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How do you get into user experience? Learn from the experts how they got into UX and how you can too!
The World of UX podcast, hosted by UX and experience design veteran, educator, and conference speaker, Darren Hood, is dedicated to presenting topics covering and addressing all things UX. We'll cover every UX-related method, discipline trend, career advancement and challenges, education recommendations, UX maturity levels, and maturity level management, and much much more. If you'd like to stay informed about UX, The World of UX is for you!
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Episode 150: UX Potpourri (The EXTREMELY Meddlesome Episode — Weren't We Already Doing That?!?!?!?), Part 3
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In this week's "meddlesome" episode, Darren focuses on the rise of product designer roles, focusing on several misconceptions about differences between UX and product design and conducting analysis on a blog post presuming to provide clarity on the matter. Enjoy (and overcome the Kool-aid)! #ux #eq #podcasts #cxofmradio #cxofm #realuxtalk #worldofu…
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Episode 149: UX Potpourri (The EXTREMELY Meddlesome Episode — Weren't We Already Doing That?!?!?!?), Part 2
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Darren continues the "meddlesome" topic by addressing the differences between UX research and marketing research, along with explaining the importance of our co-existence and sharing an example of success he experienced during his UX career. Tune in for this short but sweet episode! #ux #eq #podcasts #cxofmradio #cxofm #realuxtalk #worldofux #marke…
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Episode 148: UX Potpourri (The EXTREMELY Meddlesome Episode — Weren't We Already Doing That?!?!?), Part 1
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This week, Darren begins unmasking and providing clarity about old concepts and practices being sold to the UX community as new. The first topic up for discussion is design thinking. Darren shares how discovering, defining, ideating, prototyping, and testing, were being done long before someone introduced it to the world of UX. Tune in for your wee…
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Episode 147: Talkin' Shop w/Michelle Pakron (The Toxic Positivity Episode)
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In this Talkin' Shop episode, Darren is joined by Michelle Pakron, the Head of UX at ChaiOne. They spend time addressing the topic of toxic positivity, explaining what it is, its threats to optimal UX operation, and how to overcome it in today's professional landscape. #ux #eq #podcasts #cxofmradio #cxofm #realuxtalk #worldofux #toxicpositivity #em…
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Episode 146: Talking Shop w/Dennis Stone
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This Talkin' Shop segment features the only person Darren accepts the use of "UX/UI" from — 20+ year veteran UX professional and former adjunct professor, Dennis Stone. Check out this lively conversation with Darren and Dennis to find out why as they travel down memory lane in Dennis' career, discussion challenges everyone's facing in UX today, and…
Darren's presenting more UX potpourri this week. In this episode, he reviews a recent LinkedIn post from a critical thinking perspective, provides tips on getting started on the path of UX maturity level management, and provides insights about the importance of peer review and its inevitability. #ux #eq #podcasts #cxofmradio #cxofm #realuxtalk #wor…
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UX Pathways - Season 2 Episode 12: Peter Horvath
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Discover the unique user experience path that Peter Horvath, UX & Design Lead at Whitespace, Co-Founder of 24 Hours of UX, and Lecturer at Lucerne University, followed in this twelfth episode of Season 2.
This week's episode is another UX potpourri session, where Darren takes time to address the following three topics: 1) The challenge of relearning 2) A junior UX litmus factor 3) Being a UX ambassador What's being addressed might not be clear, so you'll need to tune in to see what's being addressed. ;-) All, however, are critical for individual gro…
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UX Pathways - Season 2 Episode 11: Indi Young
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Discover the unique user experience path that Indi Young, Independent Qualitative Data Scientist & Problem Space Researcher, Consultant, Author, and Trainer, followed in this eleventh episode of Season 2.
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UX Pathways - Season 2 Episode 10: Luis Berumen
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Discover the unique user experience path that Luis Berumen, Director at Calgary UX, Director at IncluCity, and Sr. UX Designer at Technology + Innovation Lab at Enbridge, followed in this tenth episode of Season 2.
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Episode 143: Talkin' Shop w/Roshan Ravi
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In this Talkin' Shop session, Darren engages with UX veteran Roshan Ravi. Roshan shares experiences gained throughout his career, including how he developed his acumen, his greatest challenges, light bulb moments, tips for up-and-coming UXers, and more. #ux #eq #podcasts #cxofmradio #cxofm #realuxtalk #worldofux Check out the new World of UX websit…
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UX Pathways - Season 2 Episode 9: Andy Vitale
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Discover the unique user experience path that Andy Vitale, Executive Vice President, Design, Rocket Companies, followed in this ninth episode of Season 2.
In this episode, Darren takes time to address some of his critics, providing itemized responses through the lens of critical thinking, emotional intelligence, and plain old facts. Tune in for a dose of reality. #ux #eq #podcasts #cxofmradio #cxofm #realuxtalk #worldofux Check out the new World of UX website at https://www.worldoux.com. Visit the UX…
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Episode 141: Talkin' Shop with Debbie Levitt
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In this Talkin' Shop segment, Darren interviews celebrated author, UX/CX consultant, and thought leader, Debbie Levitt. In this episode Debbie talks about how she first got into UX, how she developed her acumen, and shares several thoughts and concepts from her new book, "Customers Know You Suck." Tune in for this very energetic and informative ses…
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UX Pathways - Season 2 Episode 8: Grace G. Lau
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Discover the unique user experience path that Grace G. Lau, Information Architect, Co-founder at DIA Design Guild, and Co-president at World IA Association, followed in this eigth episode of Season 2.
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Episode 140: The Need for Heuristics, Part 2 (Conclusion)
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In this episode, Darren concludes the 2-part series by sharing several different heuristic models, examples of how they can be applied to a UXer's work, and refutes arguments against the value of heuristics by sharing a story of how they were used to solve a critical eCommerce-related UX problem for a major company WITHOUT conducting any research. …
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UX Pathways - Season 2 Episode 7: Haunani Pao
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Discover the unique user experience path that Haunani Pao, Managing Community Organiser at UX Auckland, followed in this seventh episode of Season 2.
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Episode 139: The Need for Heuristics, Part 1
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Heuristics is a critical part of the successful UXer's toolbox. Unfortunately, it has been neglected for about the last decade. In the intro of this 2-part series, Darren takes time to provide an overview to heuristics and demonstrate its importance to our operation and necessity of its application in the discipline. #ux #eq #podcasts #cxofmradio #…
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Episode 138: Memory Lane, Part 4 (Conclusion)
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In the finale of Memory Lane, Darren shares a series of nightmare stories — all derived from and related to interviews for UX roles — taking the time to dissect and reverse engineer them to help establish better interviewing strategies and mindsets for UX professionals going forward. #ux #eq #podcasts #cxofmradio #cxofm #realuxtalk #worldofux #uxme…
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UX Pathways - Season 2 Episode 6: Jesse James Garrett
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Discover the unique user experience path that Jesse James Garrett, Design Leadership Coach, Author, and Speaker, followed in this sixth episode of Season 2. He created the book "Elements of User Experience" which truly solidified my understanding of the subject matter. Find out in this conversation with Jesse how he developed his book concept and w…
In this episode, Darren provides three "nightmare" stories from his career. He focuses on a leadership story, an interview story, and a dysfunctional team operation story, all of which are used to dispel the notion that UX is for the thin-skinned, but also to emphasize more skills, aptitudes, and attitudes that UXers need to be successful. Enjoy! #…
In this second installment of Memory Lane, Darren shares three more success stories from his 27+ year UX career. With each, he incorporates and illustrates different skills, aptitudes, and attitudes that UXers need to be successful. Check out this episode to hear the stories and partake of some encouragement we all need in order to thrive in the di…
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UX Pathways - Season 2 Episode 5: Sophia V Prater
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Discover the unique user experience path that Sophia V Prater, Founder of Rewired & the OOUX Strategist Certification Program, followed in this fifth episode of Season 2.
Darren is frequently asked to share stories and obliges in this new series, where he begins a jaunt down "Memory Lane" by sharing success stories from across his 27+ year career. Tune in to the first episode to hear Darren share three memories and the accompanying lessons and takeaways from each. #ux #eq #podcasts #cxofmradio #cxofm #realuxtalk #wo…
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UX Pathways - Season 2 Episode 4: Craig Kistler
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Discover the unique user experience path that Craig Kistler, Director of Personalization & Experimentation at Signet Jewelers followed in this third episode of Season 2.
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Episode 134: The Fallacy of the "Give People a Chance" Philosophy
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It is very common these days to hear someone experiencing a lot of rejection finding their first UX gig saying "They should give us a chance." There are also lots of others who understand the frustration of new UXers echoing the same seniments. What if I told you there's an inherent danger in embracing such a mentality? In this week's episode, I ex…
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Episode 133: The UX Job Hiring and Seeking Landscape: Part 15 — 10 Things to Enhance Your Career and Optimize the Job Search
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This week, Darren wraps up the series on the UX job landscape by providing career enhancement and key job search tips and their impact. He discusses things such as the need to commit to continued education, maintaining a broad perspective on career trajectory and ways to do the work, developing and maintaining an appetite for constructive criticism…
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Episode 132: The UX Job Hiring and Seeking Landscape: Part 14 — Understanding the Siege of UX and Its Impact
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This week, Darren explains an oft-mentioned concept on the show — UX being under siege — by way of a brief history lesson. He explains what the siege is, provides several examples of the siege at work, the impact of the siege, and the basic strategies for standing against and overcome the siege and its "children." As always, tune in for your weekly…
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Episode 131:The UX Job Hiring and Seeking Landscape: Part 13 — UX Job Potpourri
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In this potpourri episode, Darren covers several topics across the UX job landscape such as UX layoffs, hiring insincerity, the hidden problems of working with folks who subscribe to imposter syndrome, and more. Tune in for your weekly dose of UX reality. #ux #eq #podcasts #cxofmradio #cxofm #realuxtalk #worldofux #uxjobs Check out the new World of…
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Episode 130: The UX Job Hiring and Seeking Landscape: Part 12 — The Opportunity Paradox, Part 2 (Workplace Evaluation Tips)
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In this episode, Darren revisits a portion of last week's Opportunity Paradox overview, giving specific attention to and providing tips on how to evaluate job opportunties, companies, and leaders associated with the "opportunities." Tune in for the deets. #ux #eq #podcasts #cxofmradio #cxofm #realuxtalk #worldofux #uxjobs #opportunityparadox Check …
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Episode 129: The UX Job Hiring and Seeking Landscape: Part 12 — The Opportunity Paradox
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You see a job posting. You examine it to confirm whether or not you're qualified. You apply. You're interviewed. You get the gig. Shortly thereafter, you find out the job and company were not as advertised. Tune in to this episode to learn about what Darren calls the "opportunity paradox" and get tips on how to identify these scenarios and overcome…
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UX Pathways - Season 2 Episode 3: Ben Woods
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Discover the unique user experience path that Ben Woods, Owner of Covalent, followed in this third episode of Season 2. https://workwithcovalent.com/
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Episode 128: The UX Job Hiring and Seeking Landscape: Part 11 (with Karen Lin)
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This week, Darren concludes his discussion with Karen Lin, where she talks about a topic near and dear to her heart — tech supremacy. Tune in to learn about tech supremacy and learn how it impacts the UX job landscape. #ux #eq #podcasts #cxofmradio #cxofm #realuxtalk #worldofux #uxjobs #techsupremacy Check out the new World of UX website at https:/…
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Episode 127: The UX Job Hiring and Seeking Landscape: Part 10 (with Karen Lin)
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This week, Darren talks about the landscape of the UX job world with special guest, Karen Lin. The topics covered during this segment of the 2-part conversation include interviewing skills, asking the right questions when evaluating candidates, overcoming interviewer bias, overlooked factors about short stints, and the presence of a CXO in organiza…
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UX Pathways - Season 2 Episode 2: Elizabeth Rosenzweig
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Discover the unique user experience path that Elizabeth Rosenzweig, Principal Product Designer at Omnicell, Founder & Director at World Usability Day, followed in this second episode of Season 2. https://worldusabilityday.org/
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Episode 126: The UX Job Hiring and Seeking Landscape: Part 9 (Q and A Session 3)
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This week, Darren concludes the Q and A segment by covering such topics as the importance and function of UX Managers (and how to vet them), the shortage of entry-level UX positions, and the overwhelming nature of learning and growing in the discipline.Tune in for this episode's insights. #ux #eq #podcasts #cxofmradio #cxofm #realuxtalk #worldofux …
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Episode 125: The UX Job Hiring and Seeking Landscape: Part 8 (Q and A Session 2)
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This week, Darren continues answering questions from the UX community. This week's topics include: Managing challenging clients and stakeholders, the best ways for junior UXers to develop their acumen and handle career trajectory, and the differences between remote and in-house UX jobs. Tune in for the insights! #ux #eq #podcasts #cxofmradio #cxofm…
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UX Pathways - Season 2 Episode 1: Ryan Leffel
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Discover the unique user experience path that Ryan Leffel, Head Of Design at Priceline, followed in this first episode of Season 2.
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Episode 124: The UX Job Hiring and Seeking Landscape, Part 7 (Q and A Session 1)
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This week, Darren fields questions about the UX job world received via social media. Topics covered during this episode include recruiters and recruiting, proper expectations for new UXers, dissecting the frequent disconnects between hiring teams, and portfolios. Enjoy!!! #ux #eq #podcasts #cxofmradio #cxofm #realuxtalk #worldofux #uxjobs Check out…
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Episode 123: The UX Job Hiring and Seeking Landscape, Part 6 (The UX Job Seeker Manifesto)
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This week, Darren breaks down one of his popular blog posts to further address the truths needed to help optimize one's job seeking mindset. Tune in for a step-by-step breakdown of The UX Job Seeker Manifesto, plus 5 bonus items and topics. #ux #eq #podcasts #cxofmradio #cxofm #realuxtalk #worldofux #uxjobs Check out the new World of UX website at …
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Episode 122: The UX Job Hiring and Seeking Landscape, Part 5 (Job Posting Audit)
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In Part 5, Darren takes time to address proper mindsets for job seekers and expands by taking a look at the critical thinking required to evaluate job postings. Tune in for the insights. #ux #eq #podcasts #cxofmradio #cxofm #realuxtalk #worldofux #uxjobs Check out the new World of UX website at https://www.worldoux.com. Visit the UX Uncensored blog…
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Episode 121: The UX Job Hiring and Seeking Landscape, Part 4 (with Stéphanie Walter)
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In Part 4, Darren speaks with noted UX Researcher and Designer, Stéphanie Walter. The main points of focus this week include experiences with recruiters and educating recruiters about how to optimize their hiring and candidate engagement efforts. Tune in for the deets! #ux #eq #podcasts #cxofmradio #cxofm #realuxtalk #worldofux #uxjobs Check out th…
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UX Pathways - Season 1 Recap : Advice Getting Into User Experience (UX)
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Discover the unique user experience path that Apala Lahiri, Derek Featherstone, John Yunker, Molly E. Holzschlag, Jared Spool, Keith Instone, Carol Smith, Debbie Levitt, Darren Hood, Felesia McDonald, Jeff Sauro, and Everett McKay, followed in this Season 1 recap.
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Episode 120: The UX Job Hiring and Seeking Landscape, Part 3 (with Spencer Ivery)
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In the third segment of the series on the UX job landscape, Darren converses with UX veteran Spencer Ivery. The duo focuses on topics such as interviewing and vetting candidates, the "art" of interviewing, the importance of empathizing with hiring managers and recruiters, tips on buidling a sound UX team, how to best present yourself as a candidate…
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Episode 119: The UX Job Hiring and Seeking Landscape, Part 2 (with Michelle Pakron)
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In this installment of the series covering the UX job landscape, Darren hosts a conversation with UX veteran Michelle Pakron, where they discuss such topics as candidate resumes, the importance of following instructions (for candidates), the Ph.D. to UX Research phenomenon, and key factors associated with UX team building and maturation. Tune in to…
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Episode 118: The UX Job Hiring and Seeking Landscape, Part 1 (with Marc Majers)
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Whether job hunting, preparing for new job, interviewing, creating a portfolio, hiring, running a UX team, or anything of the sort, for many much of what happens in the UX job world is an enigma. This week we set out to lay a foundation of clarity. The topic begins with Darren and his first guest, Marc Majers (author of "Make Your Customers Dance")…
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Episode 117: Talkin' Shop with Spencer and Ayana Ivery, Part 3 (Finale)
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This is the finale of the 3-part series, with Darren discussing several key aspects of user experience with the father-daughter duo of long-time UX veteran Spencer Ivery and his daughter, Ayana. Tune in to hear their stories and partake of special insights to help empower and enrich your UX journey. #ux #eq #podcasts #cxofmradio #cxofm #realuxtalk …
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Episode 116: Talkin' Shop with Spencer and Ayana Ivery, Part 2
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This is part 2 of a 3-part series, discussing several key aspects of user experience with the father-daughter duo of Spencer and Ayana Ivery. Spencer began his design journey working at Apple in the late 80s, while his daughter (the Senior Communications Manager for Hack the Hood) decided to follow in her father's footsteps and enter the world of U…
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Episode 115: Talkin' Shop with Spencer and Ayana Ivery, Part 1
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In this special education of Talkin' Shop, Darren presents the first of a three-part series, discussing severa key aspects of user experience with the father-daughter duo of Spencer and Ayana Ivery. Spencer began his design journey working at Apple in the late 80s, while his daughter (the Senior Communications Manager for Hack the Hood) decided to …
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The Blood, Sweat & Tears UX Discussion (w/Darren Hood & Justin Ranton)
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As Darren always says, working in UX is about much more than the actual work itself. In this episode, Darren is joined by UX professional Justin Ranton in a discussion covering several critical topics that all provide insights about many of the unseen and overlooked elements associated with the discipline. Tune in for an energetic and enlightening …
