Archive for the ‘Radio Johnny’ Category
Radio Johnny: Adler Looks Jorge on Designing in Hong Kong
Today on Radio Johnny Daniel Szuc, in his continuing series on design in Asia, speaks with Adler Looks Jorge about how he got started on User Centered Design in Hong Kong. Originally from Portugal, Adler reflects on his experiences living and working within the multi-cultural society that is Hong Kong and how interactions with people and business has provided him an opportunity to look at solving design challenges from a diversity of perspectives.
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Radio Johnny: Philips’ Michael De Regt on Design in Asia
Today on Radio Johnny Daniel Szuc, in his continuing series on design in Asia, speaks with Michael De Regt at Philips about his experience working in Hong Kong. Originally from the Netherlands, Michael shares experiences about cultural differences – corporate and lifestyle – in addition to different approaches to the design process in Asia compared to Europe and other parts of the world.
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Radio Johnny: Why Content Is Critical to IxD and Persuasive Design
Content strategy…you’ve probably heard of it. Content is important. Content has to mean something to your users. Content needs a plan. But, what does all this really mean for interaction and persuasive design? Should it change your approach? Today on Radio Johnny Kristina Mausser talks with Colleen Jones who shares her insights into how considering content will make your designs more effective—and easier to create.
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Classic Radio Johnny: Agile and User Experience
In a special series of podcasts that we’ll be calling “Classic Radio Johnny”, Jeff Parks shares some of the more popular discussions from the i.a.podcast; the show that helped to launch podcasts for Boxes and Arrows and now Radio Johnny.
In this discussion, recorded on April 5th, 2010 Jeff Parks had the pleasure of talking with Alla Zollers, Ryan Norris, and Zachary Spencer about the Agile process. They explain how all disciplines can benefit from a better understanding of the Agile methodology as well as the opportunities for UX professionals to build an even greater experience into everything they design.
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Radio Johnny: Jason Hobbs on the South African Experience
Today on Radio Johnny, Werner Puchert chats with User Experience specialist at the Investec Group in South Africa, Jason Hobbs. Jason shares the challenges facing the UX community in South Africa and how designers can assist in bringing real world solutions to both the people and businesses throughout Africa. … »
Radio Johnny: Jeff Gothelf on Lean User Experience
Today on Radio Johnny, Jeff Parks talks with Jeff Gothelf, Director of User Experience at The Ladders from the 2011 IA Summit about Lean User Experience.
Inspired by Agile and Lean methodologies, Lean UX is the practice of bringing the true nature of our work to light, faster with less emphasis on the deliverables and greater focus on the actual experiences being designed.
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Radio Johnny: Design Research with Sam Ladner
Today on Radio Johnny Jill Christ and Andrew Harris talk with Sam Ladner about design research, and the theories behind research design. They discuss how to choose the right research method, the differences between qualitative and quantitative research, and why certain research methods are used at certain times.
Sam also talks about what designers can learn from sociologists, particularly when designing for social spaces as well as the value of ethnographic research for mobile experiences.
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Classic Radio Johnny: Ginny Redish on Writing Web Content That Works
In a special series of podcasts that we’ll be calling “Classic Radio Johnny”, Jeff Parks shares some of the more popular discussions from the i.a.podcast; the show that helped to launch podcasts for Boxes and Arrows and now Radio Johnny.
In this discussion, recorded on February 11th, 2009, Ginny Redish shares some of the key ideas found in her book Letting Go of the Words – Writing Web Content that Works.
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Radio Johnny: Lynne Polischuik & Aaron Irizarry on UX and Web Analytics
Today on Radio Johnny, Jeff Parks talks with Aaron Irizarry and Lynne Polischuik about the many benefits in using web analytics to drive design choices. They discuss using analytics as a means to get buy-in for design decisions—and by extension, building stronger lines of communication with other teams—and encourage all UX professionals to not be intimidated and just dive in.
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Radio Johnny: Katey Deeny talks with Masters of Science Candidate Alena Benson
In this conversation, Senior User Experience Architect at Ascentium, Katey Deeny talks with Master’s of Science candidate and Research Assistant in the Human Centered Design & Engineering department at the University of Washington Alena Benson.
Alena discusses her initial attraction to the field and why she thinks junior-level professionals are strong contributors in both the academic and professional settings.
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