UX research: The future of good business
Something very dear to me, as I saw in my past experiences, that everytime you have the chance to perform some User Research, you bring home loads of new insights that can be translated into new requirements for product development. […]
2018 In-car infotainment systems
A good read, comparing several different in-car infotainment systems Every car infotainment system available in 2018 Photo of the interior of a KIA K900.
Weekly Readings
A New Study on Design Thinking is Great News for Designers https://medium.com/design-ibm/a-new-study-on-design-thinking-is-great-news-for-designers-593f71b40627 Putting Humans at the Center of Health Care Innovation https://hbr.org/2018/03/putting-humans-at-the-center-of-health-care-innovation How Analogies Reveal Connections, Spark Innovation, and Sell Our Greatest Ideas https://www.fs.blog/2015/11/analogies/
What do you look for in a Senior UX Designer?
I had a chat the other day about this topic, and that lead me to write down a few ideas I have about this topic. What to look for on a Senior UX Designer?… here’s a few things that pop […]
Quantitative VS Qualitative Data
…many companies are turning to customer research that is powered by big data and analytics. Although that approach can provide astonishingly detailed pictures of some aspects of their markets, the pictures are far from complete and are often misleading. It […]
Design Lessons from unexpected sources
Stumbling on thought provoking content on the internet puts me a smile on my face, like someone said it’s like noise canceling headphones for the web. I found Shane Parrish’s blog through this post: The Relationship Between Design and Planning. Here […]
My thoughts about Google Inbox
A friend of mine told me about Google’s new app, Inbox, and since I’m a designer, he would like to hear my opinion. This is my answer to him. First thing I have to say, is that Google made a […]
Grassroots Innovation products = a rich set of requirements
Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night with insomnia, and when that happens, the best you can do is to make that time productive (and spend the day after, drinking coffee), right? … So, I wrote this […]
Design Thinking in a nutshell
A few years ago I had the chance to have a training on Service Design with Arne from Design Thinkers, while I was still working for Novabase Consulting and based in Lisbon. Novabase was at that point starting to embrace […]
Doing the good, can hurt – Apple and UX good practices
Doing the good deed to users? or basic UX mistake from Apple?… “Don’t give me what I didn’t ask” some might say. And they are right. Others where probably happy to have a small gift from Apple. It’s debatable. Apple […]