@ashleyspixels

Believer | Designer @ InterVarsity

 Madison, WI
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Joined July 2011
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Designers: I implore you to learn about the back-end system of the apps you work on. How can you advocate for the user if you don’t know how their data is being used, or stored? How can you offer a good experience if you can’t signal what’s going on under the hood in the UI?
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Most people massively over complicate the concept of “strategy”. Ultimately a strategy is the general approach you are going to take in order to deliver your company mission/goals.
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I love this!
Banner hanging from ceiling that reads “WE DO THIS BOT BECAUSE IT IS EASY, BUT BECAUSE WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE EASY”

ALT Banner hanging from ceiling that reads “WE DO THIS BOT BECAUSE IT IS EASY, BUT BECAUSE WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE EASY”

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Ready for today
Spirit halloween costume meme of UX Researcher with woman holding laptop. laptop screen says "It depends." Costume description says includes: coffee, a follow up question, frameworks, inaccurate transcripts, slide deck, imposter syndrome. does not include: other researchers, design skills, a seat at the table

ALT Spirit halloween costume meme of UX Researcher with woman holding laptop. laptop screen says "It depends." Costume description says includes: coffee, a follow up question, frameworks, inaccurate transcripts, slide deck, imposter syndrome. does not include: other researchers, design skills, a seat at the table

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The “We’re new to #UX #design but only hired one person to do it” starter pack.
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I’d also like to add that I think we massively over estimate the importance of “the strategy” while simultaneously under estimating the importance of delivery.
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a story in 4 acts xitter.cf/iamdavidobrien/status/…
Stephanie Sell @stephaniesell_ · Feb 3 Me, a junior product designer: Wow, I can’t believe they’d ship that design. Me, a senior designer: (Pause) I wonder what trade-offs the designers needed to make, the design process they followed, what their users have to say, what the goals they were trying to accomplish… Bill DeRouchey @billder · 1h Me, principal designer: I wonder what organizational structure and dynamics made that decision inevitable Dan Saffer @odannyboy · 20m Me, design director: I wonder what they were hoping to ship instead of this David O’Brien @iamdavidobrien Me, a user: WTF is this shit?

ALT Stephanie Sell @stephaniesell_ · Feb 3 Me, a junior product designer: Wow, I can’t believe they’d ship that design. Me, a senior designer: (Pause) I wonder what trade-offs the designers needed to make, the design process they followed, what their users have to say, what the goals they were trying to accomplish… Bill DeRouchey @billder · 1h Me, principal designer: I wonder what organizational structure and dynamics made that decision inevitable Dan Saffer @odannyboy · 20m Me, design director: I wonder what they were hoping to ship instead of this David O’Brien @iamdavidobrien Me, a user: WTF is this shit?

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Good design solves problems. Good experience design isn’t about good screens, it’s about good experiences.
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There’s a tendency to think that when we’re designing for a user’s experience, we’re only talking about applications, websites, and other digital products and services. Yet, UX design encompasses far more than digital design. It always has. medium.com/@jmspool/the-true…

The True Power of UX Goes Beyond Digital

There’s a tendency to think that when we’re designing for a user’s experience, we’re only talking about applications, websites, and other…

jmspool.medium.com
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Have you ever seen user experience design live in a part of an organization that wasn't digital or tech or engineering? Does anyone have the title of UX designer in an org that spends the majority of their time designing non-digital experiences?
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Struggling to connect on your remote team? We've built a 67 person remote team that loves to work together while driving $29 million in annual revenue. Here are 8 ideas we use for building a great culture in a distributed team: 💻🌐
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Bonus:
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Pastoral content that's also a meme? Top tier.
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Replying to @mulegirl
Apart from the word Digital being unnecessary, this is precisely why the Sunday blues are hitting me harder than ever tonight. "Go and speak to users to find out what they really want. Oh, they want wholesale change? Well you can't do that. Anyway, what have you been doing?"
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Stages of strategy maturity 1: We don't need a strategy 2: We need a strategy but don't have one 3: We have a strategy but it isn’t articulated 4: We have an articulated strategy but our execution is disconnected 5: We are cohesively executing on a known & rigorous strategy
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I'm curious - what would you say is there more work in?
44%Website work
56%Product work
9 votes • Final results
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"A Prototype is worth a thousand meetings." - Mike Davidson. VP of Design. Twitter.
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i know. there’s a lot going on right now. so i just wanted to say. i love you
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Before jumping in with our design tools & asking “How might we <solve a hard problem>,” we need to ask those who’ve been doing the work, “What are you already doing? How can I help?” Good followership matters as much as good leadership.
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In these times, we need guidance to process and give voice to our lament, acknowledgement, and gratitude each day. These 3 questions from @jaredmackey have helped me the most.
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