UXer Musings
Jay’s blog on all things UX Design
User Personas
A user persona is a representation of the goals, challenges, and behaviors of a hypothesized subset of users. Personas are informed by research, typically through the user interview process at the beginning of a project. Personas are then...
User Research
User research is central to the success of any UX design process. It is part of the Observe phase of The Design Thinking Process. There are several qualitative and quantitative methods of user research. For now, I am going to focus on...
Intro to UX and Design Thinking
Throughout this post I will be sharing some helpful introductory videos from CareerFoundry which present an introduction to UX Design Thinking. User experience (UX), is any experience a user has with a product or service, as well as everything part...
The UX of the Green Monster Seats at Fenway Park
I am a lifelong fan of the Boston Red Sox. Like other New Englanders since 1918, my childhood and early adulthood was spent as a suffering member of Red Sox Nation. I thought at age 16 the Red Sox would finally win it all. They were one strike away...
The Design of Everyday Things
Some reading for the weekend. Don Norman's The Design of Everyday Things. It is the book for UX designers to read. Following is the book description and links where you can purchase the book.Design doesn't have to complicated, which is why this...
Why UX Design?
Why UX Design? Before I answer that question, I think it is useful to first explore what UX Design is. UX stands for User Experience and is the human-first approach to designing products and services. Engineer and Psychologist Don Norman was the...