What is Wrong with UX

By Laura KleinTechnology

What is Wrong with UX episodes

May 13, 2015 Should Designers Learn to Code?
Kate has Strong Opinions about exactly how technical other designers should be. Laura mostly just humors her.

Intro Music: The Future Soon by Jonathan Coulton

Drink Pairing: Manhattan
31 min
May 01, 2015 The Five Things UX Designers Must Never Say
In this week's episode, Kate and Laura bitch about the stupid things people say during the design and research process and the terrible questions people ask their customers. No UXers were harmed in the making of this episode, probably because Kate was just drunk enough to not have to be restrained.

Intro Music: The Future Soon by Jonathan Coulton, who is awesome

Drink Pairing: Woodford Reserve Bourbon
31 min
April 18, 2015 What the Hell is a Product Designer, Anyway?
In this episode of What Is Wrong with UX, Kate and Laura argue about what the term Product Designer means and whether it's just a new word for the same job we've been doing for years.

Intro music: The Future Soon by Jonathan Coulton.

Drink Pairing: Single Malt Scotch
28 min
March 23, 2015 C-FWOTs
Kate and Laura talk about C-FWOTs or Colossal Fucking Wastes of Time. What makes a design project a C-FWOT, and how can we avoid them?

Intro music: The Future Soon by Jonathan Coulton

Drink Pairing: Absinthe
23 min
March 23, 2015 Is There Such a Thing As a Junior Designer?
Kate and Laura fight about what makes a designer "senior" other than just years on the job and what that means for hiring people to your design organization.

Intro music: The Future Soon, by Jonathan Coulton

Drink Pairing: Sauvignon Blanc
23 min