We’ve talked about content first, now it’s time to talk about content strategy.

Carla once again channels her inner Jeremy Paxman to talk to Emma Hoddinot who is Associate Content Strategy Director at SapientRazorfish.

Carla takes to the streets to talk to Kieron Leppard, Group Creative Director at Huge about the do’s and do nots of Design Principles.

You will learn about:

Agile isn’t always the best solution.

Chris and Carla talk about when Agile isn’t the best way to build great products and what you can do instead.

This is a follow up to our previous episode where Chris interviewed Clive Trounson, an Agile coach.

We recommend you check that out if you haven’t already.

In this episode Chris chats to Clive Trounson – Agile coach extraordinaire – about Agile, Scrum, retrospectives and other process jargon in yet another freezing cold location in central London.

Information Architecture means different things to different people. Chris and Carla attempt to untangle this confusing term whilst freezing their buttocks in Liverpool Street station.

Fresh faced from new years eve Chris and Carla tackle the often overlooked subject of content and functional copy in UX design.

We also choose our favourite North Korean hairstyle.

In this Christmas special Chris and Carla play the UX drinking game (uxdrinkinggame.com), exchange shitty presents and talk about Carla’s replacement.

Music credits

We Wish you a Merry Christmas Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Chris chats with Christina Li (Melon Experience Design) about doing lean UX research that delivers results.

We also cover how to bring research back to your team, recruit participants and how to point microphones the right way.

Show notes

User research – The beginner’s guide

Are wireframes redundant in the new Agile way of delivering projects or do they just need to change?

Chris and Carla explore the changing way these traditional UX deliverables can help or hinder our projects.

Personas are one of the more controversial tools in the UX design toolkit. Chris and Carla take a look at the common issues with them, when they can be useful and why you should never print them out larger than you are.