What is Wrong with UX

By Laura KleinTechnology

What is Wrong with UX episodes

September 26, 2016 Red Flags
In this episode, Kate and Laura talk about some of the red flags that can mean a project or a job is not a great place for doing good UX design work.

Drink Pairing: Red Bull and Vodka

Music: The Future Soon by Jonathan Coulton
27 min
September 13, 2016 Questions about Craft
In this episode, Kate and Laura completely fail to answer simple questions about UX. We do blather on for a bit about ourselves though, as usual.

Drink Pairing: Craft brews - the more pretentious the better

Music: The Future Soon by Jonathan Coulton
30 min
August 30, 2016 Delight
Kate and Laura dig in a little more on what "designing for delight" really means. They argue that most things designers find delightful just end up annoying users.

Drink Pairing: Something delightful, obvs

Music: The Future Soon by Jonathan Coulton
25 min
August 16, 2016 Being Flexible vs Pushing Back
It's not always clear when you should stand up for yourself against clients or stakeholders and when you should do what is asked of you, even when you think it's a bad design decision. Kate and Laura argue about where the line is and whether it's better to be flexible or to push back.

Music: The Future Soon by Jonathan Coulton

Drink Pairing: The stiffest drink you can stand
31 min
August 02, 2016 UX Trends
Kate and Laura answer questions submitted by the fine UXers at Tradecraft. This week, we completely fail to tell the future of the UX.

Music: The Future Soon by Jonathan Coulton

Drink Pairing: Vintage Champagne
26 min
July 19, 2016 The Best Advice We Were Never Given
In this episode, Kate and Laura talk about the advice we wish people had given us instead of making us learn things the hard way. We really don't like doing things the hard way.

Drink Pairing: You never drink what we tell you to, anyway

Music: The Future Soon by Jonathan Coulton
24 min
July 05, 2016 The Best Advice We've Ever Been Given
In this episode, Kate and Laura discuss the best advice that we've ever been given about life, products, and work in general.

Drink Pairing: Ask someone else for advice on this

Music: The Future Soon by Jonathan Coulton
31 min
June 14, 2016 What Is Good Design?
In this episode, Kate and Laura argue about what makes a design good and come dangerously near a few moral absolutes.

Drink Pairing: Whatever you like best. Who are we to judge?

Music: The Future Soon by Jonathan Coulton
23 min
May 31, 2016 What We Wish People Knew About Design
In this episode, Kate and Laura discuss the things that we wish people, including designers, knew about UX design.

Drink pairing: Rum and coke

Music: The Future Soon by Jonathan Coulton
31 min
May 03, 2016 Maybe Is Not an Option
In this rapid fire episode, Kate and Laura try (and fail) to answer easy, yes or no UX questions. Maybe is not an option, nor is death. It's the antidote to "It Depends."

Drinks: Screwdrivers

Music: The Future Soon by Jonathan Coulton
18 min