The UX Usability Podcast: Recent Episodes
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Exploring the world of UX Design with leaders, designers, and researchers - with Dr Chris Parker of Loughborough University
We talk with Karl Randay: Product Designer, Human Centred Design advocate, and currently Head of Design for Customer Experience Studio 383. He's worked in fashion and global leisure brands, healthcare, and the energy sector with over 20 years of experience, developing a deep understanding of designing for human behaviour. We discuss crafting authentic experiences, services, and products that make a genuine difference for real people.
- Discover 383: https://383project.com/
- Connect with Karl via LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karlranday/
- Connect with Dr Chris Parker via LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drchrisparker/
- Read my latest Research Papers: https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=oQbSNL8AAAAJ&hl=en
Dr Parker talks with Gaurav Sharma about returning to his Masters in UX Design, international design, and life as a UX Designer at The Economist.
Loughborough University UX Design Courses
- MA: UX and Service Design
- MSc: User Experience Design
Virtual Reality (VR) is one of User Experience Design (UX)'s most exciting and challenging areas. This week, Frank Spillers, CEO and founder of Experience Dynamics shares his thoughts and approaches to designing engaging and meaningful experiences within the virtual world.
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Experience Dynamics- a Top 1000 Global Design company www.experiencedynamics.com
UX INNER CIRCLE
Learn UX 1:1 with Frank at www.uxinnercircle.com
Dani Sampson (freelance Brand Strategist) talks about the experience of design, what makes agencies work well, and creating powerful identities beyond UX.
- Connect with Dani: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dani-sampson-37290959/
- Explore Roam for yourself: https://exploreroam.com/ and https://www.instagram.com/explore.roam/
Dr Chris Parker returns for Season Four of the UX Usability Podcast. We kick off in conversation with Sarah Doody about her trailblazing work shaping UX designers' career strategies, portfolios, and ways of working.
Discover Sarah's Career Strategy Lab at: https://www.uxportfolioformula.com/
Cees de Bont (Dean of the School of Design and Creative Arts at Loughborough University) discusses his career inventing the Senseo coffee machine at Philips, managing design at Delft, and leading Design at Hong Kong University. We explore why emotion and dedication are essential skills in success and touching to hearts of others.
Dr Keneilwe Munyai describes her journey through fashion, design, and sustainability. We discover what a small Italian leather tanner has to offer African sustainability and the power of resilience.
Connect with Dr Parker
- LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drchrisparker/
- TWITTER: https://twitter.com/ChrisUXD
- EMAIL: c.parker@lboro.ac.uk
Discover Enterprise Design Thinking: https://www.ibm.com/design/
Dr Parker sits down with the incredible Karel Vredenburg (IBM) to discuss design education, enterprise design thinking, and the role designers have in a more responsible future.
Connect with Dr Parker
- TWITTER: https://twitter.com/ChrisUXD
- EMAIL: c.parker@lboro.ac.uk
Dr Parker and Eugene Murphy discuss how Indeemo is revolutionising ethnography and diary studies for Design Research, why emotions are critical, and the future of technology.
Check out Indeemo: https://indeemo.com/
Follow Dr Parker via
- Twitter: @ChrisUXD
- Clubhouse: @ChrisUX
Dr Parker talks with Abhijeet Shukla, UX Designer at Tata Design Consultancy Services (Mumbai), about his work beyond design thinking, working effectively in business, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) in design.
Read more about PSAV design method:
- Application of PSAV method in interaction steps optimization for user experience design International Journal of Advanced Research, Ideas and Innovations in Technology ISSN: 2454-132X, Vol.4, Issue 5, page no.841-843
Connect with Abhijeet on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/abhijeetme1/
Dr Parker sits down with Mariam Braimah, product designer at Netflix and founder of the Kimoyo Fellowship to talk about creativity, inspiration, and Nigeria's stunning creative culture.
Visit The Kimoyo Fellowship https://www.kimoyofellowship.org/
Kimoyo Fellowship's Twitter: https://twitter.com/kimoyofellows
Mariam's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mbraimah_
Dr Chris Parker and Liangchao Xue discuss how to design Augmented Reality apps for fashion retail based on her award-winning PhD research.
Presentation slides: https://doi.org/10.17028/rd.lboro.13560320.v1
Read Liangchao's publications: https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=P1d1sUkAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
Liangchao on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/liangchao-xue/
Dr Chris Parker and Hellen Pitikaris - Head of Conversion Rate-Optimierung & User Experience at Morefire GmbH - talk about the fundamentals of psychology that guide her in crafting excellent user experiences.
FREE eBook - The Scientific Foundation of the Limbic Approach: https://digital-commerce.post.ch/-/media/post-maxisites/e-commerce/dokumente/The-scientific-foundation-of-the-Limbic-approach.pdf
Dr Parker chats with UX Design Consultants Pete Underwood and Cathy Carr about how they work as UX Designers in one of the UK's leading design agencies: Bunnyfoot.
Connect with Bunnyfoot: https://www.bunnyfoot.com/
Connect with Frances Brown CEO at Nightingale Design Research: https://www.linkedin.com/in/frances-brown-b5922356/
Nightingale Design Research: https://www.linkedin.com/company/nightingaledesignresearch/
Find Gerry's book - Top Tasks - here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1916444601?pf_rd_r=JFSFFGCWKEDECGV2DT2P&pf_rd_p=e632fea2-678f-4848-9a97-bcecda59cb4e
We sit down with Senior UX Designer Heidi Smith (of Aviva) to talk about UX Design within the insurance industry, her passions, the future UX design, and thematic analysis's role as a key design skill.
Follow Us Online: Twitter: https://twitter.com/UserGenDesign
YouTube: youtube.com/designelearningtutorials
User Experience Designer Lou Oakham speaks with Chris Parker about working as a UX Designer, Accessibility, and the skills designers learn at university Vs. in the workplace.
Twitter: @UserGenDesign
YouTube: Design eLearning Tutorials
Connect with Grace Francis via LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/graciefrancis/
Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/UserGenDesign
Watch us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/designelearningtutorials
Connect with Marg via LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marglaing/
Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/UserGenDesign
Watch us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/designelearningtutorials
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Szymon is a UX Designer for Alior Bank SA, podcaster for UX po Godzinach, and recent graduate from Loughborough University. In tonight's conversation, we discuss starting out as a young UX designer, the post-COVID world, and starting a podcast to share his passion.
Listen to Szymon's podcast UX po Godzinach: https://anchor.fm/ux-po-godzinach
Watch the video presentation: https://youtu.be/WBtBg-LqY5o
SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS
Twitter: https://twitter.com/UserGenDesign
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/designelearningtutorials
Research: https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=oQbSNL8AAAAJ&hl=en
Douglas Ferguson is an entrepreneur, human-centred technologist, and president of Voltage Control - an Austin-based workshop agency that specialises in Design Sprints and innovation workshops. Douglas’s recent book Beyond The Prototype offers six clear steps to shift from idea discovery to product launch.
In tonight’s conversation, we discuss the greatest life lessons in design, secrets to success, and the role design can play in this fast-evolving world of COVID-19 and Black Lives Matter protests.
Connect With Douglas * Voltage Control * LinkedIn
Douglas's Books * Beyond the Prototype * Start Within
Junior UX Crunch at Home: https://www.bigmarker.com/tech-circus-tv/Junior-UX-Crunch-at-Home-Usability-Testing
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Hello and welcome to the UX Usability Podcast.
I am Dr Chris Parker, and this is not your standard episode.
The coronavirus has touched everyone in the world, and has changed the way we work, forever.
The other week I thought I would start a series of bonus episodes between seasons, inspired by the rapid changes coronavirus is bringing to our homes. But then, like many of you, my life changed. So instead, I’m bringing season 2 of The UX Usability Podcast Forward.
We’re working hard on bringing you interviews, insights, and analysis of this changing world, and we want you to come along. So if you haven’t subscribed yet, hit that button and be notified when the first episode is ready; in the very, very near future.
But until then, I have an announcement. On the 15th April 2020, I am presenting at UX Crunch, and I want you to join me. This is a live webinar series for everyone starting out in UX or wanting to further their knowledge of our diverse and exciting field. I am joined by Moonpig’s strategy-lead researcher: Aly Abel and passionate UX Consultant: Marg Laing. Together, we will discuss the what, the why, and then when of usability testing, the secret research goals you need, and how to stand out and be excellent at UX Design.
Tickets are just £12, so a great and affordable way to turn your lockdown into a productive learning experience. I hope I can see you there. Links are in the show notes, or visit tinyurl.com/TheUXTalk. That’s tinyurl.com/TheUXTalk.
So that is it for now. I look forward to speaking with you soon in Season 2 of The UX Usability Podcast, or maybe live at UX Crunch.
Medical Advice on Coronavirus (COVID-19): https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
Why Hand Sanitiser is useless against viruses: https://aem.asm.org/content/76/2/394.short
Dr Parker, in this Extra episode between seasons, covers UX Design's role in helping the public understand and deal with COVID-19.
We are not doctors, we are UX designers. Designers are powerful communicators. The public needs better communication of medical advice to feel better.
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/designelearningtutorials
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/UserGenDesign
What research methods do you use at each design stage? In this last episode of Season 1, we find out!
Book: The Tao of Statistics: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/148337792X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=148337792X&linkCode=as2&tag=usergendesign-21&linkId=8fb6b7d0be4a43404a9b0be10851f26a
A look back at usability's evolution through 2019: the methods, approaches, and developments to use in 2020.
Why is navigation important? How do you create a website and app navigation that is perfect for your users? In this episode of the Usability podcast, we find out.
[Book] Top Tasks: View On Amazon
How do you run a professional usability assessment?
Dr Chris Parker's Publications: https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=oQbSNL8AAAAJ&hl=en
Twitter: @UserGenDesign
YouTube: Design eLearning Tutorials
How can users thinking aloud while using your product help drive the redesign of more satisfying interfaces? Today, we find out.
How to think about Nielsen’s heuristics and WCAG 2.1
Design eLearning Tutorials: https://www.youtube.com/user/FashionManchester
Dr Chris Parker's research: https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=oQbSNL8AAAAJ&hl=en
What is Usability and how must UX designers think about it in the future? To find the answer I interview Dr Martin Maguire of Loughborough University's School of Design and Creative Art.
Dr Maguire's academic papers: https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=FCZ_GjgAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=sra