The Not-So-Odd Couple: Designers and developers
Originally posted Mar 15, 2013 on amymarquez.com Today, .net Magazine posted a comic about developers’ frustrations with designers’ lack of coding skills. Like most comics, it poked fun at a...
View ArticleDesigning in an Agile Team
Agile!? For the last few years I have been working in an Agile environment as a designer. For those of you that are not familiar with Agile, it is a rapid application methodology that relies on...
View ArticleHow to Hire a Brilliant UX Designer
If you work at a new startup or established company that doesn’t specialize in design, understanding what a user experience designer is and how to hire the right one for your needs can be complex. The...
View ArticleUser Experience Design as Applied Psychology
User experience design is often relegated to the cosmetic, and while developing an aesthetically pleasing interface in which users will wish to interact is certainly within the demesne of user...
View ArticleLet’s Encourage More Women in Tech to Speak Publicly
You’re probably thinking not another post about women speaking at tech conferences. I thought we hashed this out months ago with endless debates about quotas, privilege, and diversity. But before you...
View ArticleBuilding My Portfolio – Part 2
As soon as I settled on “Just Being Frank” as the name of my portfolio, a lot of design decisions became very clear. The name of my portfolio invokes simplicity and a general sense of being direct....
View ArticleTurning Criticism into Collaboration
“Everyone’s a critic” is a problem designers know all too well. When you show a design solution to a group of businessmen, computer programmers, accountants, and managers they love to pick it apart...
View ArticleAssertiveness for Designers
Designers frequently complain that design is not respected where they work, or they more directly complain that they are not respected where they work. The other members of their project teams...
View ArticleTop 10 Skills Employers Look For In A UX Designer
Amy Edwards gives designers the inside info on the top skills employers in the UK and Europe are looking for in user experience design job applicants. Working for a digital jobs board, I live, eat and...
View ArticleThe Hero’s Journey of a UX Designer
If you’ve spent time studying any form of literature, mythology, film or theater, you have heard of Joseph Campbell’s Monomyth (aka The Hero’s Journey). Actually, anyone who has seen Star Wars or The...
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