This past August was not the hottest
And our summer was kind of a bummer
But keep your chin up, we’ll help you perk up
With our monthly UX Link Roundup
(If you missed it, you can also check out July’s UX Link Roundup – poetry not included.)
August 1, 2019
Building the Case for a Redesign by Jennifer Gieber
https://medium.com/glassdoor-design/building-the-case-for-a-redesign-1059a431a3d6
August 7, 2019
Customer experience technology spending to exceed $600bn by 2022 – IDC by Andrew Ross
https://www.information-age.com/customer-experience-technology-spending-to-exceed-600bn-by-2022-123484627/
The Making of an Organization-Changing UX Strategy by Jared M. Spool
https://medium.com/@jmspool/the-making-of-an-organization-changing-ux-strategy-88135de43ab3
August 8, 2019
Six guidelines for successful prototype testing by Sally Graham
https://www.userzoom.com/blog/guidelines-for-testing-prototypes/?utm_campaign=sproutsocial&utm_medium=organic-social&utm_source=linkedin&utm_content=1565365993
August 10, 2019
Reply with the worst design/architecture picture you have from by Sarah Schauer
https://twitter.com/SJSchauer/status/1160336040189710336
Think smaller: engaging users through microinteractions by Bianca Toledo
https://uxdesign.cc/think-smaller-engaging-users-through-microinteractions-9f10372f2e1b
August 11, 2019
Creating Emotional Connections by Andreas Komninos
https://www.interaction-design.org/literature/article/creating-emotional-connections?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=sm
The 3-Click Rule for Navigation Is False by Page Laubheimer
https://www.nngroup.com/articles/3-click-rule/?
August 12, 2019
Future of VR and AR depends on user experience and education by Nick Ismail
https://www.information-age.com/future-vr-ar-123484463/
Why a cookie-cutter design system worn’t work for your organization by Jordan Staniscia
https://www.abstract.com/blog/cookie-cutter-design-system-lyft/
August 14, 2019
UX Strategy is a Long Game, But Worth Every Moment by Jared M. Spool
https://medium.com/@jmspool/ux-strategy-is-a-long-game-but-worth-every-moment-1597979e4a2e
August 15, 2019
People Are Starting to Realize How Voice Assistants Actually Work by Sidney Fussell
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/08/facebook-paid-contractors-listen-messenger-audio/596143/
August 17, 2019
10 good design reads that aren’t written by white men by Anna Saraceno
https://uxdesign.cc/10-good-design-reads-that-arent-written-by-white-men-58943255d04e
August 18, 2019
Setup of an Eyetracking Study by Kate Moran
https://www.nngroup.com/articles/eyetracking-setup/
August 20, 2019
Untapped Potential: How To Engage Baby Boomers in The Digital Age by Johana Ludwig
https://blog.prototypr.io/ux-case-study-designing-an-app-for-seniors-ed2836046f5e
August 21, 2019
How to Keep Talking: A model for community conversations by Louis Rosenfeld
https://medium.com/@louisrosenfeld/how-to-keep-talking-a-model-for-community-conversations-facc788c703d
What Are the Biggest Barriers to Data Literacy? By Bernard Marr
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-biggest-barriers-data-literacy-bernard-marr/?trackingId=iIsEDHEeGj03XNA91uJFxQ%3D%3D
August 25, 2019
Large Devices Preferred for Important Tasks by Kate Moran and Kim Flaherty
https://www.nngroup.com/articles/large-devices-important-tasks/
Notes on the book ‘Conversational Design’ by Erika Hall by Beant Kaur Dhillon
https://medium.com/swlh/notes-on-the-book-conversational-design-a06ef331871
August 26, 2019
3 user onboarding pitfalls every designer should avoid by Krystal Higgins
https://www.invisionapp.com/inside-design/3-user-onboarding-pitfalls-every-designer-should-avoid/?utm_campaign=Weekly%20Digest&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=76373569&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_UQ3fisvqgLCzmg1bxd6DOauvlCccEMiQkDQw_1uqEaYj3RiXr2zNUE61zLnwk-cgEfX6TROTQlCXK01cEhhY3QAa9wYuHck6L1Rmp–7qWG6u33Q&_hsmi=76386689
August 27, 2019
What the heck is IT Accessibility? By Jason Buzzell
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-heck-accessibility-jason-buzzell/?trackingId=iex6NNexqO32brt7ihmQng%3D%3D
Other things of note
Forrester Research’s annual State of Design Teams survey is open for a few more days
https://forrester.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eWgs9ZRU29hqxzT