UXer Musings
Jay’s blog on all things UX Design
Presenting Your Work
Presening is about telling the story of the user experience journey from the perspective of the persona. Presenting is the Tell Story and Present steps in The Design Thinking Process. Presentations are made to other members of the design...
Usability Testing
Usability Testing is intended to evaluate a prototype experience. It is the Test phase of The Design Thinking Process. By performing usability testing, UX designers evaluate the ability, or inability, of users to complete specific tasks....
Wireframing and Prototyping
Wireframing and prototyping is where a design begins to take shape. It is the Prototype phase of The Design Thinking Process. At this point, the sketches (either by hand or using software) are basic. These are known as low-fidelity...
Information Architecture
Information Architecture is the organization of information within a system. In a website, for example, this refers to how content is grouped and navigated on a site. Information architecture is part of the Ideate step of The Design Thinking...
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 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...
Welcome to UXer Musings
Hi, my name is Jay! UXer Musings is my blog about all things UX Design. I am beginning my journey in UX Design with a CareerFoundry UX Design boot camp. Initially my blog will be about my process of becoming a UXer, what I am learning, and the...