The World of UX with Dr Darren Hood

This Talkin' Shop segment features the only person Darren accepts the use of "UX/UI" from — 20+ year veteran UX professional and former adjunct professor, Dennis Stone. Check out this lively conversation with Darren and Dennis to find out why as they travel down memory lane in Dennis' career, discussion challenges everyone's facing in UX today, and provide insights for up-and-coming UXer. #ux#eq#podcasts#cxofmradio#cxofm#realuxtalk#worldofux Check out the new World of UX website at https://www.worldoux.com.  Visit the UX Uncensored blog at https://uxuncensored.medium.com.

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Darren's presenting more UX potpourri this week. In this episode, he reviews a recent LinkedIn post from a critical thinking perspective, provides tips on getting started on the path of UX maturity level management, and provides insights about the importance of peer review and its inevitability. #ux#eq#podcasts#cxofmradio#cxofm#realuxtalk#worldofux Check out the new World of UX website at https://www.worldoux.com.  Visit the UX Uncensored blog at https://uxuncensored.medium.com.

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This week's episode is another UX potpourri session, where Darren takes time to address the following three topics: 1) The challenge of relearning2) A junior UX litmus factor3) Being a UX ambassador What's being addressed might not be clear, so you'll need to tune in to see what's being addressed. ;-) All, however, are critical for individual growth AND critical for the well-being of the discipline-at-large. #ux#eq#podcasts#cxofmradio#cxofm#realuxtalk#worldofux Check out the new World of UX website at https://www.worldoux.com.  Visit the UX Uncensored blog at https://uxuncensored.medium.com.

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In this Talkin' Shop session, Darren engages with UX veteran Roshan Ravi. Roshan shares experiences gained throughout his career, including how he developed his acumen, his greatest challenges, light bulb moments, tips for up-and-coming UXers, and more. #ux#eq#podcasts#cxofmradio#cxofm#realuxtalk#worldofux Check out the new World of UX website at https://www.worldoux.com. Visit the UX Uncensored blog at https://uxuncensored.medium.com.

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In this episode, Darren takes time to address some of his critics, providing itemized responses through the lens of critical thinking, emotional intelligence, and plain old facts. Tune in for a dose of reality. #ux #eq #podcasts #cxofmradio #cxofm #realuxtalk #worldofux Check out the new World of UX website at https://www.worldoux.com. Visit the UX Uncensored blog at https://uxuncensored.medium.com.

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In this Talkin' Shop segment, Darren interviews celebrated author, UX/CX consultant, and thought leader, Debbie Levitt. In this episode Debbie talks about how she first got into UX, how she developed her acumen, and shares several thoughts and concepts from her new book, "Customers Know You Suck." Tune in for this very energetic and informative session. #ux #eq #podcasts #cxofmradio #cxofm #realuxtalk #worldofux #debbitlevitt Check out Debbie's resources: • The DeltaCX YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@DeltaCX • The new Customer-Centricity.com site • Buy "Customers Know You Suck" on Amazon.com. Check out the new World of UX website at https://www.worldoux.com. Visit the UX Uncensored blog at https://uxuncensored.medium.com.

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In this episode, Darren concludes the 2-part series by sharing several different heuristic models, examples of how they can be applied to a UXer's work, and refutes arguments against the value of heuristics by sharing a story of how they were used to solve a critical eCommerce-related UX problem for a major company WITHOUT conducting any research. Tune in for this enlightening segment. #ux#eq#podcasts#cxofmradio#cxofm#realuxtalk#worldofux#heuristics#heuristicanalysis Check out the new World of UX website at https://www.worldoux.com. Visit the UX Uncensored blog at https://uxuncensored.medium.com.

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Heuristics is a critical part of the successful UXer's toolbox. Unfortunately, it has been neglected for about the last decade. In the intro of this 2-part series, Darren takes time to provide an overview to heuristics and demonstrate its importance to our operation and necessity of its application in the discipline. #ux#eq#podcasts#cxofmradio#cxofm#realuxtalk#worldofux#heuristics#heuristicanalysis Check out the new World of UX website at https://www.worldoux.com. Visit the UX Uncensored blog at https://uxuncensored.medium.com.

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In the finale of Memory Lane, Darren shares a series of nightmare stories — all derived from and related to interviews for UX roles — taking the time to dissect and reverse engineer them to help establish better interviewing strategies and mindsets for UX professionals going forward. #ux#eq#podcasts#cxofmradio#cxofm#realuxtalk#worldofux#uxmemories Check out the new World of UX website at https://www.worldoux.com. Visit the UX Uncensored blog at https://uxuncensored.medium.com.

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In this episode, Darren provides three "nightmare" stories from his career. He focuses on a leadership story, an interview story, and a dysfunctional team operation story, all of which are used to dispel the notion that UX is for the thin-skinned, but also to emphasize more skills, aptitudes, and attitudes that UXers need to be successful. Enjoy! #ux#eq#podcasts#cxofmradio#cxofm#realuxtalk#worldofux#uxmemories Check out the new World of UX website at https://www.worldoux.com. Visit the UX Uncensored blog at https://uxuncensored.medium.com.

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