In this episode we discuss the phenomenon known to some as 'Corporate Memphis' a style of illustration that has crept into corporate UX and UI designs from Facebook to Pornhub. We discover where it came from and theorise where it might be going.

 As well as the usual conversational detours and of course, the madness that is, UX Tombola.

How do you feel about this style? Do you agree you shouldn't say you 'hate' it? Let us know on Twitter @FasterHorsesUX

Music by James Medd

Patreon Producers for this episode:

Rob Singleton

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In this episode we discuss what Mobile First means and how it is viewed at various levels, in various industries, as well as a few interesting conversational detours and of course, the madness that is, UX Tombola.

Do you think mobile first is always the right approach? Do you think it's a separate skillset? Let us know on Twitter @FasterHorsesUX

Music by James Medd

Patreon Producers for this episode:

Rob Singleton

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Welcome to Season 3 and a slightly new format!

In this episode Paul introduces the topic of Design Systems as we discuss what they are, their benefits and how to identify opportunities to create them.

...... for about 5 minutes until someone brings up melon f*****g

Everyones favourite segment UX Tombola is back, we have a new random topic to pick apart and take on humorous solutions. Featuring an audio striptease from Mark Sutcliffe.

More UX, more tangents and more fun!

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In this episode regular hosts Mark Sutcliffe, Nick Tomlinson, and Paul Wilshaw discuss if UX (user experience) is an art or science.

We talk about what makes UX and how much is art and how much is science.

We also look into current design trends and explore how success is measured and by what standards.

In UX Tombola we have a new random topic to pick apart and take on humorous solutions.

More Lamas, more weirdness and fun, with a hint of Star Wars geekiness thrown in.

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Mark Sutcliffe
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Complicated systems, in this episode we explore how to design complicated systems.

Who are the Wobble People?

What are complicated systems?

How do you factor in use beyond the happy path?

How do you cater for the needs of very different use cases?

How do you make the complex simple without dumbing the experience down?

All this and UX tombola – where we pick apart a random topic.

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Mark Sutcliffe
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What design software do you use?

Regular hosts Mark Sutcliffe, Nick Tomlinson and Paul Wilshaw are joined by the award-winning artist, musician, and UX expert James Medd to explore what our favourite design software is and why?
Does it matter if you're using a different platform from the designer next to you?
What's the most important thing in the design process where software helps (or hinders)?

++ UX Tombola, we take an everyday task and UX the hell out of it (or just gently nudge it a more user-friendly way).

Also, find out if our Podcast setup has improved and another musical delight from Nick.

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Mark Sutcliffe
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In this episode Mark, Nick and Paul, with special guest host James Medd, explore UX misconceptions.

Featuring guests, Maria Panagiotidi – https://twitter.com/mariapage and Stacey Rey – https://twitter.com/ReiStacey

What are UX misconceptions, what are the problems behind these misconceptions. How have our other experiences defined how we see digital experiences.

++ UX tombola returns, with another theme tune and our take on another everyday task that needs some UX love, what will be this episodes subject?

Saddle up, it's time for Faster Horses.

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In this episode Mark, Nick and Paul explore loading bars.

We delve into our pasts and discuss how loading bars have evolved.

We talk about games and how they've defined our load bar experiences from the classic Spectrum loading, playing mini games, reticulating splines and how we all expect our experiences to be the super fast and accurate.

The themes we discuss are:

• Loading bars
• Empty states
• Skeleton screens
• Loading expecations
• Technical constraints
• Seemless loading
• Lazy loading

Our new UX tombola of random things spins into action, what will be this episodes subject?

Saddle up, it's time for Faster Horses.

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🐴 Welcome to the new season of Faster Horses, with 100% more randomness and 10% more UX (user experience) insights.

In this episode Mark, Nick and Paul explore the Dribbble effect on design and user experience.

Do you love or loath Dribbble?  😍 / 🤬

You'll also get to hear about Mark's room divider and Nick introduces the new UX tombola feature.

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A short podcast about hackathons and my personal experiences, attending, organising and judging them.

Hackathons are generally techno-creative events where delegates form teams in a physical location (Richterich, 2017) to solve a problem statement or brief defined by the organisers. Hackathons are generally competitive, with teams competing under the confines of limited time pressures for incentives such as prizes (Richterich, 2017).

The conventional aim of a hackathon is for teams, or individuals, to practice collaborative software development. The first time the term 'hackathon' was used to describe an event gathering volunteers software developers working together on an open-source operating system, OpenBSD, in 1999 (Richterich, 2017).

This episodes resources:

https://www.hackathon.io/events (not hack.io – sorry).
https://angelhack.com

Special guest Niomi Wilshaw.

Music by James Medd and artwork by Nick Tomlinson.

For careers at Blue Prism, https://www.blueprism.com/who-we-are/culture-and-careers/

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