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Hosts Chris & Mustafa live worlds apart but are brought together by their mutual interest in topics at the intersection of research, design, and development. Every episode Chris & Mustafa use their experience and knowledge to discuss current trends and best practices in technology development and user experience design. Raised in different parts of the world and with completely different backgrounds (Chris is from the US and has background in philosophy and Mustafa lives in Dubai and was tra ...
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In 1965, Herbert Simon predicted that "machines will be capable, within twenty years, of performing tasks that a man can do." Similarly, in 1970, Marvin Minsky was quoted saying, "within a generation, the problem of creating 'artificial intelligence' will largely be solved." These two men were pioneering AI researchers and are widely regarded as fo…
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Welcome to the Universal Lens Channel. Getting to the bottom of all things human-centered design. I'm your host Chris Kovel. In this episode of our "In Dialogues" series, we are pleased to bring you our conversation with Kathryn Brookshier. Chris and Kathryn sit down to chat about several issues within the nascent and growing field of UX research. …
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In the guys' 3rd installment of their recurring series on the business value of UX, they have another marathon episode for you. Chris gets things started by highlighting two themes that have emerged based on past conversations and interviews on UX business value: (1) the ROI of UX and (2) how to best reorganize or transform businesses to be more ex…
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Welcome to the Universal Lens Channel. Getting to the bottom of all things human-centered design. I'm your host Chris Kovel. In our second installment of the "In Dialogue" series, we are delighted to welcome Kelly Bowker as our guest. She will be discussing a wide range of topics related to what it means to be a designer in today's ever-changing pr…
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In this installment of the YouX Freestyle, the guys have a wide-ranging and free-wheeling conversation on numerous topics concerning research, design, development, and user experience. Mustafa gets things started by expressing frustration about how common it is at companies to silo product teams. Because these teams are working on different parts o…
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Welcome to The Universal Lens Channel. Getting to the bottom of all things human-centered design. I'm your host Chris Kovel. For this inaugural episode of our "In Dialogue" series, we have Steve Portigal as our guest. Chris and Steve discuss a wide variety of topics, including how Steve got started in user research, methods, UX maturity levels, and…
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Design is Communication with Mark Donohue
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Join Chris and Mustafa as they welcome their old friend Mark Donohue for this wide-ranging and thoughtful conversation. Topics discussed and explored in this episode run the gamut from how design is essentially communication, to whether universal and objective design principles can be identified through research and study. They also delve into what…
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The guys are kicking off a new series with this episode called "YouX Freestyle." These conversations will be free-flowing and agenda-less, focusing on topics that are currently on the minds of Chris and Mustafa. For today’s episode, the guys tackle the well-known concept of empathy. Chris gets things started by slightly denouncing the term and ques…
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Becoming Product Led with Joseph Boston
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On this very special edition of YouX the guys are talking with their first guest! Springboarding off of their recent conversations on the business value of UX and transforming organizations around the principles and practices of UX and product design, we have on Joseph Boston to talk about his presentation "Becoming Product Led" he gave at Product …
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The guys back with a new installment in their Business Value of UX series. Chris & Mustafa kick off the conversation by discussing the various ways businesses measure success and systematically set strategic goals. The guys wonder if these traditional practices apply to UX teams. Mustafa thinks that OKRs should become the industry standard, mesh we…
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In this fresh episode of The YouX Podcast the guys are discussing digital transformations and where and why they go wrong. Chris & Mustafa start the conversation by bringing up a serious problem plaguing the tech industry today: the misguided belief that fully-digitizing customers' experiences is always a good idea. The guys wade into this topic by…
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The guys are back with a fresh episode on another important topic within the field: what tangible value do research and design professionals bring to businesses? Chris says that the macro-level logic of UX can be viewed as a business philosophy and operating model that creates revenue and market separation by fostering usage and adoption via human-…
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In this episode the Chris & Mustafa are focused on the very buzzwordy topic of research democratization. Not surprisingly, the guys first do a conceptual analysis of ‘democratization’ and try to elucidate its meaning. To help facilitate the conversation Chris & Mustafa reference an article that outlines four levels of research democratization: acce…
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In this episode, Chris & Mustafa sit down to discuss topics around UX teams. They begin the conversation by revising a question from the last show: what is UX? Chris thinks the significant differences between UX and Product are empiricism and big-picture thinking. Mustafa thinks Uxers differ from business folks because they are trained and experien…
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Meet the Hosts and Discover the World of UX
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Welcome to the premiere episode of The YouX Podcast! Join Chris and Mustafa in The YouX Podcast's first episode as they share their unique global insights on UX design. With Chris' philosophical roots and Mustafa's computer science expertise, explore the fundamentals of user experience, methods, and tools to make technology accessible for all. Star…
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