Start with the Problem: Our Framework for Meaningful Internal Initiatives As a small, new company, and with founders who love to try new things, we started with no fixed approach for many of our core business processes. We all have a genuine desire to create a company that works well for the whole team, now and into the future. And
workshops Alignment workshops My favourite method for getting from a big idea to something small and practical is what I call an alignment workshop. This post outlines the overall approach and has enough detail for you to give it a go next time you want to align on a set of next steps for your product.
UX graduates: You don't need a UX job to do UX I recently spoke to Marc Majers on his excellent UX Pathways Youtube/podcast - a show where Marc talks to UX folks of all kinds about how they got to where they did and advice for people trying to do the same. While we talked a bit about what'
ux Information architecture core concepts Some core concepts of information architecture, used for a recent client project
workshops A winning workshop warmup I recently needed a warmup activity for our team conference day in Bali (yes, we had our annual company catch-up in Bali!). Many of our team had met face-to-face, but not all. Some had worked together remotely, but not all. I wanted an activity that would help people to start
ux User experience design (UX) for Web 3 Here I explain how web 3 is different to web 2 (with as little jargon as I can), show examples of poor user experiences, explain why we should not be saying it’s ‘user error’ when people get in trouble, and give some practical advice on how to design good user experiences for web 3.
makersmake Information architecture today: Meetup recording Donna recently talked to the Preely meetup about what information architecture looks like at the moment, how it differs from the way it was written about in books from the past, and what skills are needed for it.
design Working backwards A video blog about starting at the end and planning (or writing) towards the beginning. Transcript (this isn't the video transcript, it's the script I worked from, so might be slightly different, but better!) Today’s blog post is all about planning, and specifically about working
user research How people research a company for a new role We asked people how they researched a role at a new company. Learn how they do it and what matters to them.
makersmake Weeknotes 24 Jan 2022 Weeknotes from Donna for week 9 with MakerX; just wait until you see the shocking twist :)
design process The power of anonymity in online workshops Anonymous participation in a series of client workshops brought much better engagement than I expected. I explain why I think it might have happened.
