User Experience

<!–:en–>Pretending to Be You (Issue 2.2)<!–:–> The Screen Scene Usabilty in Practice: Eight steps for recruiting the right usability test participants by Kimberly Oslob Ready for a Test Drive The […]

The UX Portfolio: Your Golden Ticket to Job Interviews Whether you’re a recent graduate or a seasoned veteran of user experience design or research, having a portfolio is one of the biggest factors i […]

Making the Most of a UX Internship: Out of the Classroom and into the Wild For students, a summer internship represents a major first step in establishing oneself as a user experience professional. Internships are a […]

Building the Next-Gen UX Team: Strategies for Cultivating Generalists If you entered the UX industry in the mid to late ‘90s, you probably did a little bit of everything, which helped you get through some of the l […]

Care About Your UX Career? Network Now! Networking is critical regardless of what your career is. That said, by definition user experience is centered on understanding people: the people […]

[:en]Negotiation: You Already Do It – Now Own It[:zh]谈判：您有过经历 – 现在来精通其中的技巧[:KO]협상: 이미 하고 있습니다 – 이제 주도권을 가지세요[:pt]Negociação: você já pratica – agora domine[:ja]交渉力：実践から熟練へ[:es]Negociación: ya sabe cómo hacerlo, ahora domínelo a la perfección[:] [:en]My father recently commented that my kids (age six and four) are becoming expert negotiators. That made my husband and I smile—big goofy sm […]

Taking Your Seat at the Strategy Table: Three Must-Have Leadership Skills My senior executives once approached me with the question: What will it be like to shop on Walmart.com in the future? They came to me with this […]

Global Design Teams: Managing Distributed Teams Effectively User experience is still a relatively new discipline, and many companies don’t have clear career paths for professionals in the field. UX p […]

Engaging Study Observers: An Overlooked Step in User Research At AutoTrader.com, we have learned the value of actively involving observers when conducting usability studies. We have always invited […]

<!–:en–>UX Professionals + Stakeholders (Book Review)<!–:–><!–:zh–>用户体验专业人员 + 利益相关者 (书评)<!–:–><!–:KO–>UX 전문가 + 이해관계자 (서평)<!–:–><!–:pt–>Resenha do livro: UX Professionals + Stakeholders (Profissionais de Experiência do Usuário + Stakeholders)<!–:–><!–:ja–>UX専門家および関係者 (書籍レビュー)<!–:–><!–:es–>Crítica de libros: profesionales de la experiencia de usuario + partes interesadas<!–:–> A review of It’s OUR Research by Tomer Sharon Morgan Kauffman, 2012 The boldfaced Our in the title suggests that It’s Our Research may be yet a […]

<!–:en–>Editor’s Note: Let’s Talk About User Experience Careers<!–:–><!–:zh–>编者按：让我们讨论一下用户体验职业<!–:–><!–:KO–>편집 후기: 사용자 경험 커리어에 대해 얘기해 봅시다<!–:–><!–:pt–>Nota do editor: Vamos falar sobre carreiras em experiência do usuário<!–:–><!–:ja–>編集者手記：ユーザエクスペリエンス分野のキャリアを語ろう<!–:–><!–:es–>Nota del editor: Hablemos sobre las carreras de experiencia de usuario<!–:–>This issue of the UX magazine is devoted to UX careers. This topic has weighed heavily on my mind these past few years as I’ve matured as a UX pro […]

Rubes Cartoons: Pigeon Dream Jobs Read more Rubes cartoons or download the new daily Rubes app at rubescartoons.com (c) 2010, Leigh Rubin, Syndicated Cartoonist [greybox]Pigeon […]

[:en]What’s News: Announcing UXPA’s New Mentoring Program. Mentors and Protégés Needed![:zh]新增内容：宣布 UXPA 的新辅导计划。欢迎新导师与新学员参加！[:KO]최신 뉴스: UXPA의 새 멘토링 프로그램 소개. 멘토와 멘티를 찾습니다![:pt]Notícias: Anúncio do novo programa de orientação da UXPA. Procura-se orientadores e orientandos![:ja]最新情報：UXPAの新規メンタリングプログラム開始。メンターとプロテジェ募集中！[:es]Novedades: presentación del nuevo programa de tutoría de UXPA. ¡Se buscan tutores y discípulos![:][:en]Some time ago, I had lunch with a friend who was facing a layoff. We were talking about her prospects when she mentioned a conversation with […]

[:en]Multiple Skills: The Ultimate UX Career Path Expander[:zh]多项技能：用户体验职业生涯终极开拓者[:KO]다중 스킬: 궁극적인 UX 커리어 진로 확장[:pt]Habilidades múltiplas: O elemento definitivo para a expansão da carreira em experiência do usuário[:ja]広範なスキル：UX分野でのキャリアパスを広げるための究極の条件[:es]Múltiples aptitudes: el factor clave en la expansión de la carrera del profesional en Experiencia de Usuario[:] [:en]It may be true that a jack-of-all-trades is a master of none, but for a UX professional, extra skills can boost a career. When I was a […]

<!–:en–>The p Stops Here (Book Review)<!–:–><!–:zh–>p 步分析 (书评)<!–:–><!–:KO–>p는 여기에서 멈춘다 (서평)<!–:–><!–:pt–>The p Stops Here (Book Review)<!–:–><!–:ja–>The p Stops Here (書籍レビュー)<!–:–><!–:es–>The p Stops Here (La p termina aquí)<!–:–> A review of Quantifying the User Experience By Jeff Sauro and James R. Lewis Morgan Kauffman, 2012 In Quantifying the User Experience, Jeff Sauro […]

<!–:en–>Announcing User Experience Online<!–:–> I’m delighted to be writing about a project that opens up a fine collection of user experience articles to a wider audience. User Experience has been […]

The Aging Brain: At the Crossroads of Attention and Memory We’re all aware that the population is aging. The baby boomers-a huge cohort of the population in industrialized countries-have started reaching age 60 […]

Trusting Inaccurate Systems: Both Technological and HumanAlthough interaction designers can strive for perfection and engineers endeavor to achieve complete reliability, there will always be situations […]

Beyond Global: Exploring the Regional UX Opportunity User experience is a growing field in Asia. More and more people believe that UX is a key competency to help win markets, earn profits, or build a […]

Gaining User Trust: Research and a Secret Directing users to make out-of-context privacy and security decisions hurts them and software companies alike. It’s not just that users don’t und […]