The Design Block

The Design Block

By Erik P HansonBusinessTechnologyArtsDesign
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The Design Block episodes

  • What Happens When I Let AI Tell My Story
    I was walking my dog when I had an idea. What would happen if I gave AI the opportunity to create a podcast about me? So, I went to Notebook LM and Bench and uploaded all of the documentation about myself that I’ve produced over the past few months. I’ve been creating all of this
    20 min
  • The Role of Community in UX Careers: Insights with Ryan Bell
    In this episode, I’m joined by Ryan Bell, a UX practitioner with over a decade of experience, currently working at Amazon on Prime Video and Amazon Studios internal tools. We reminisce about their earlier days working together at ADP and discuss Ryan’s journey from being an intern to becoming a lead
    42 min
  • Millions Saved in 10 Hours: The Case for Strategic Research
    In this episode, we share how less than 10 hours of research saved millions of dollars, countless hours of work, and turned a multi-quarter project into a streamlined four-sprint success. It’s a perfect example of why even quick research can make a massive impact. The challenge began with a team tas
    13 min
  • Leveraging AI for User Research and Reporting
    In this episode, I share a few helpful ways that I’ve used AI in my workflow as a the sole, and a bit lonely, UX designer in a fast paced organization. I discuss how I’ve used AI for work summarization, turning my daily notes into comprehensive weekly and monthly reports. This approach has proven in
    19 min
  • Mastering Design: Beyond Tools and Techniques
    In this episode, I dive into the importance of understanding design principles and laws, rather than just focusing on mastering design tools. Here’s a summary of what I covered: The Trouble with Social Media Design Content I’ve noticed that most social media content about design focuses on tool usag
    12 min
  • A Brief History of Me
    Learn about my 23 years as a User Experience designer and leader. As I dive into creating and hosting this podcast, I feel like it’s important that you know a bit of my history. That’s the point of this episode, an introduction to me and how I got here. Now, you could just cruise over
    25 min
  • The Introduction Episode
    Welcome to the Design Block podcast. In this episode, I’ll do a quick intro about myself and my 23 years in User Experience and Product Design. I’ll give a quick preview about what the podcast will be about and why I chose now to create and publish a UX centered podcast.
    5 min

About The Design Block

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Join veteran UX and Product Design leader Erik P. Hanson for insightful conversations and lessons learned throughout his 23-year journey in the software development industry. Dive into real-world UX, UI, user-centered design, product development strategies, and the evolving tech landscape.