Taking more of a textbook format, this first chapter from Interaction Design: Beyond Human-Computer Interaction explores the overarching discipline of Interaction Design. Used as a overarching term to describe the methods, theories, and approaches used in the discipline, Interaction design is the catch-all term used to describe the “different aspects of what is being designed including user interface design (UI),… Continue reading Week 1 Reading: “What is Interaction Design?”
Author: Jeremy
Week 1 Reading: “The Psychopathology of Everyday Things”
This first chapter serves as a fantastic introduction to what the phrase “User Experience” actually means. The term gets thrown around a lot and is usually used as a broad catch all for the whole product design process. Getting a primer from the author who coined it is a great way to understand what it… Continue reading Week 1 Reading: “The Psychopathology of Everyday Things”
Week 1: User Experience (UX) Primer
Week 1 – UX Primer A User Experience Primer (What is interaction design?) & Human Centred Design (HCD) Case Study Readings: The Design of Everyday Things (Don Norman, 2013) – Ch.1 “The Psychopathology of Everyday Things” ✅ What Is Interaction? Are There Different Types? (Dubberly et al., 2009)- Interaction Design: Beyond Human Computer Interaction (Preece et al., 2015) – Ch.… Continue reading Week 1: User Experience (UX) Primer
Self-Taught UX Curriculum
Introduction Week 1 – UX Primer A User Experience Primer (What is interaction design?) & Human Centred Design (HCD) Case Study Readings: The Design of Everyday Things (Don Norman, 2013) – Ch.1 “The Psychopathology of Everyday Things” ✅ What Is Interaction? Are There Different Types? (Dubberly et al., 2009) – Interaction Design: Beyond Human ✅\Computer Interaction (Preece et al., 2015)… Continue reading Self-Taught UX Curriculum
Curriculum Research – the Job market
Another important component of understanding what I need to learn to get a job in UX is figuring out what employers looking for. Below I’ve broken down a few job listings for UX/UI jobs to get a better understanding of the hard, soft, and technical skills banks, studios, and big tech companies are looking for.… Continue reading Curriculum Research – the Job market
Curricular Research – UX + UI Courses
Career change into UX
As I write this, I’m at the beginning of my career transition into UX design. Not a completely unfamiliar concept to me, ‘user experience’ design is something I’ve always done as a designer; having studied architecture, I’ve always thought about people and how they interact with the designed world. UX design takes this thinking to… Continue reading Career change into UX