What Makes a Tool Bad?

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What Makes a Tool Bad?

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28 minutes

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May 30, 2017

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Kate and Laura discuss whether some commonly misunderstood tools and frameworks (Surveys? Agile?) are bad or just really misunderstood a lot of the time. Drink Pairing: Shot of Jager

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May 30, 2017

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Kate and Laura drink and fight about what is wrong with user experience design.

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Stop Saying Users Don't Know What They Want: Why you should stop saying "Users Don't Know What They Want." by What is Wrong with UX
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Don't Be a UX Designer: Kate & Laura bitch about the problems with being a UX Designer. by What is Wrong with UX
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Being Human Centered Humans: How it can help to apply Human Centered Design techniques to your every day life. by What is Wrong with UX
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Maybe Is Not an Option: Rapid fire UX questions by What is Wrong with UX
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Your Research Character: Sometimes it's easier to get good research feedback if you're somebody else. by What is Wrong with UX
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What is Wrong with Personas: What is Wrong with Personas by What is Wrong with UX
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The Worst Clients: The worst types of clients for designers and how to deal with them. by What is Wrong with UX
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The Five Things UX Designers Must Never Say: Kate and Laura argue about things like why you should never ask people if they'll buy your product. by What is Wrong with UX
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Stop Arguing with Feedback: Feedback makes your work better. We promise. by What is Wrong with UX
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Should Designers Learn to Code?: Kate and Laura argue about how people need to learn more things. by What is Wrong with UX
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Getting Creatively Unblocked: Sometimes Creative work is harder than it needs to be. by What is Wrong with UX
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It's Not the Change They Hate: Change aversion is real, but so is bad design. by What is Wrong with UX
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6 Things We Wish We Had Known: What do we wish we'd known after 20 years in the business? by What is Wrong with UX
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Designing Your Design Space: Different spaces are conducive to different types of design work. by What is Wrong with UX
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Setting Design Priorities: What to design when by What is Wrong with UX
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On Jargon: When to talk like a UX Designer. by What is Wrong with UX
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In Defense of Assholes: What your company's "we don't hire assholes" policy really should mean. by What is Wrong with UX
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Storytelling for Entrepreneurs: Kate & Laura argue about how entrepreneurs can talk about their products better. by What is Wrong with UX
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What Is Good Design?: Kate and Laura argue about the meaning of good by What is Wrong with UX
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4 Things that Will Make You a Better UX Designer: Learn four tips for becoming a better UX designer. by What is Wrong with UX
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What Makes a Tool Bad?: Bad things are bad. Or ARE they? by What is Wrong with UX
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When Stakeholders Want Pixel Perfect: Sometimes stakeholders want the wrong thing. by What is Wrong with UX
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The Best Advice We Were Never Given: Things we learned the hard way by What is Wrong with UX
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The Best Advice We've Ever Been Given: Some of the best advice you'll ever hear by What is Wrong with UX
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Where Should You Work: Learn why working at an agency is different from working at a startup. by What is Wrong with UX
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Delight: Delight others, not yourself by What is Wrong with UX
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Being Flexible vs Pushing Back: When to give in and when to say no by What is Wrong with UX
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What Makes a Tool Bad?

What Makes a Tool Bad?

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Titles in the series (100)

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