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Leveraging neurodivergent traits for design strategy

UX Collective

The symptoms I presented got bad very quickly, so much so that I thought I had a brain tumor because I could not remember anything I had worked on throughout the day, and I could not communicate back to others what my output was or what any of it meant. The journey to my diagnosis was extremely difficult. So what’s race car thinking?

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20 Must-Read Books for Product Designers at Any Stage

Creative Market

This product design book stands out as a top resource to help you create the most effective forms and encourage positive user interaction. The author, Luke Wroblewski, also consults other experts to present a thorough understanding of the subject. Just Enough Research. Same with Rosenfeld.” Mental Models.

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Should designers PM?

UX Collective

Fortunately, that’s over, but it really does help us designers to at least get a feel for coding so we can work more smoothly and empathetically with our engineering teammates. As a designer, I still code a little myself both at work and as a hobby. The same goes with our product management (PM) teammates.

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The waves of research practice

UX Collective

The current wave is cresting, ready to wash over software design and product management. And third-wave research will reach even higher, moving into product and organizational strategy. There’s known value here, but no shared and understood model of how research work works in the product-sphere.

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Understanding privacy-enhancing design

UX Collective

Privacy-Enhancing Design aims at tackling unfair and deceptive design practices in the context of data protection (such as deceptive patterns ) by empowering UX designers and educating organizations about the positive and transformative impact UX design can have on privacy protection. Holistic implementation.

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The ‘data-driven’ mindset feeds our dangerous craving for certainty

UX Collective

Even when that information is clearly presented as being false, we are still likely to process it as true.” This can lead to the invention or acceptance of false causes if no clear, true cause is evident. Our default is to believe that what we hear and read is true. So is data important?

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Product lessons from the history of HBO

UX Collective

But it’s evident to me that HBO’s legacy transcends the medium , with the influence of what they did being so obviously present in the way we consume entertainment today. there are a few strategy lessons you can draw from Tinderbox that will feel less stale than Blockbuster’s downfall. That last merger takes us to present history.