What is Wrong with Personas

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What is Wrong with Personas

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Jun 2, 2015

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Laura and Kate discuss the reasons that most UX personas are useless and how to fix them to make them actually worth doing. Intro Music: The Future Soon by Jonathan Coulton Drink Pairing: Late Harvest Zinfandel

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Jun 2, 2015

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

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