by Rebecca | Aug 28, 2015 | Influencing Your Organization, UX Skills
I’ve spent quite a few hours of my life arguing over bugs. Weeks, months. Who knows how much it adds up to? Did you know that people that identify bugs tend to rate severity dramatically higher than people who didn’t find them? So when you experience and...
by Rebecca | Aug 19, 2015 | UX Skills
As a design student, or sometimes just when you’re off in imagination land, it can feel like the hardest thing you can do is get your design perfect. Would a drop shadow make this more intuitive? Is it subtle enough? Too subtle and no one can see it but me?...
by Rebecca | Aug 13, 2015 | UX Skills
When you make a mistake or discover you don’t have a much needed skill, what’s your reaction? Is it… I’m screwed! I don’t know how to do that. I’m gonna be stuck in this mediocre job forever. Or do you think… Oh, interesting....
by Rebecca | Aug 5, 2015 | UX Skills
I know for me, as I got more comfortable as a UX designer (and more in demand), I began to struggle to manage my time. Having one feature to focus on was one thing, but balancing two or juggling as many as six at one (crazy) time demanded developing a whole new set of...
by Rebecca | Jul 23, 2015 | UX Skills
Presenting was one of the most important skills mentioned in our most critical soft skills round-up, so I’ve put together a few ideas to help you kick more butt on your next one. Cause, you know, butt kicking is good. Do right by all us designers in the world....
by Rebecca | Jul 3, 2015 | Influencing Your Organization, UX Skills
Have you ever had a project or design thrown off at the last minute by someone you didn’t even think was involved with your project? Have you ever been in a situation with so many cooks in the kitchen, you weren’t even sure you could count them all? And...
