The World of UX with Dr Darren Hood

A mirage is the by-product of two things: a deficiency and a desire to alleviate said deficiency. This results in experiencing something outside the bounds of reality. In the conclusion of the series about "Overcoming the Mirage of UX Ambiguity," Darren takes time to provide his recommendation on how to overcome this problem — by embracing what he calls the "UX Cycle of Excellence." This 7-step process helps us to be rooted and grounded in the discipline and to dispel any and all forms of ambiguity. Tune in for more info.

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In this episode, following a brief recap, Darren continues his discussion on what he considers to be the biggest contributor to the perception of ambiguity in UX — willful misrepresentation of the discipline. Picking up where he left off last week, Darren speaks about three more examples of willful misrepresentation: portfolios, misdirected equality, and gaslighting people about experts and what experts actually stand for. Tune in to hear the details.

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This week, Darren addresses what he considers to be of the biggest contributors to confusion in the world of UX — willful misrepresentation. Today, we face large volumes of people claiming to be what they are not and framing UX in misguided ways, all for the purpose of getting ahead at the expense of the discipline AND its occupants. Listen to this episode to hear examples and strategies we need to embrace to help benefit the discipline and secure its future in a responsible manner.

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Do you remember how you chose to eat when you were younger? Do you remember the days of ramen noodles and just-add-water pancakes? We chose what we ate due to budgetary constraints. Today, due to a perceived lack of ability to evaluate combined with heightened zeal, people do the same when choosing learning resources, opting for whatever they come into contact with without evaluating and validating what they partake of. This is extremely dangerous, especially to the person in the earlier stages of their UX career development. In this week's episode, Darren addresses the associated dangers associated with informal avenues of information.

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Darren delves further into factors contributing to the cloud that surrounds UX today, focusing on two elements: 1) Expectations of and misperceptions associated with UX professionals' functionality in the workplace and 2) The fallacy of UX/UI (or UI/UX) and how it has contributed to steering people away from an accurate understanding of the discipline.

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This week, Darren examines another source of UX ambiguity — job titles — specifically taking a look at the rise of the product designer. We'll take a look at job duties and qualifications within job postings from three prominent companies to help illustrate why people are confused and the issues this is causing for the UX world. 

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This week, Darren delves deeper into the mirage of ambiguity surrounding UX, focusing on contributing factors, some real world examples, and the problems resulting from this lack of understanding. He also covers an unsuspecting element contributing to the so-called ambiguity.

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UX has been in the mainstream for 20+ years. One would think its understanding would be more widespread, but several factors have limited mass UX maturity. To complicate matters more, many people feel UX is a void of standards and unity among top-level practitioners. Is UX undefined? Is UX an enigma? Is the discipline in a tailspin? In this episode, Darren will lay a foundation for this 3-part series, where he will put claims about UX's ambiguity to rest.

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This week, Darren takes time to present a virtual fireside chat as he tells the story of his career journey in UX. In this segment, he talks about how he made the transition into the field, highlights a few milestones, and provides some encouragement for up and coming UXers to stay the course to overcome the obstacles and challenges we face today.

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This week, Darren builds on the UX maturity level segments by describing and analyzing how other maturity models are structured and concluding by sharing his own supplementary UX maturity model — the UX Uncensored UX Maturity Model — stressing the need for practicality and self-awareness in order to drive successful UX operation within one's organization.

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