Most apps and sites hide how they’ll use location information…. Sure, users can also enter a location manually, but there’s no provision for the automatic use of coarse location, so the result…
Artificial Intelligence, Supervised Learning, and User Experience :: UXmatters
All Data Are Not Equal If scientists do not give sufficient care to a dataset’s hygiene before plugging it into an ML system, the AI might never learn—or worse, could learn incorrectly….…
Molding Yourself into a Leader, Part 1 :: UXmatters
In enterprise environments in which User Experience is still relatively immature, it’s often necessary for UX designers to write user-interface copy as part of a design specification. Although this text might receive…
Making Sense of Tally Sheets :: UXmatters
Participant Annotations for Discussion-Guide Questions Gathering participant annotations onto a tally sheet is most useful for capturing responses to the key design questions a study needs to answer. Gathering participant annotations onto…
Book Review: Redesigning Leadership :: UXmatters
Technologist as Leader Clarity facilitates understanding. Transparency is a recurring theme we hear from our politicians and corporate leaders. However, Maeda advises that, while transparency is nice, clarity is better. Those leaders…
Speaking Up for Conversation Design :: UXmatters
Implementing Sound Design Google and Amazon have extended SSML to enable voice designers to play sounds from their native library. Have you ever listened to an old radio show? Before TV, radio…
Navigating Ambiguity :: UXmatters
Enlisting the Help of Key Stakeholders Their spending time with you to give you clarity is in their best interest. When you must solve a vaguely defined problem, do not suffer alone.…
3 Keys to Effective Product Roadmapping :: UXmatters
3 Best Practices for Crafting Your Product-Development Roadmap Make sure that everyone who needs to be aligned on a project shares the same views. Many leaders are unsure about how to create…
Fears About User Research :: UXmatters
What If We Recruit Really Bad Participants? Work with your client and project-team members to clearly identify the users’ characteristics and behaviors. Then create a robust screener that will eliminate those who…
Socially Conscious Service Design :: UXmatters
Impacts on Companies Companies…have to find a greater good beyond their own financial success. Otherwise, they risk losing key consumer groups. It’s still too early to tell whether consumer activists are having…