Duncan Stephen

Linknote — 3 November 2017 — 29 words

How Netflix started the UX revolution – Justin Ramedia, Prototypr

The Netflix v Blockbuster case study is familiar to most by now. Even so, this article contains some interesting insights.

Linknote — 2 November 2017 — 32 words

Business — User experience

Troubleshooting group ideation: 10 fixes for more and better UX ideas

Useful tips for dealing with strange dynamics in ideation workshops, including when a senior voice is inhibiting the rest of the group.

Linknote — 31 October 2017 — 33 words

User experience — Web

How booking.com uses stress to rush your decisions

I was vaguely aware of the dark patterns used by Booking.com, but I didn’t realise quite how pervasive it is across the website.

Linknote — 27 October 2017 — 51 words

Human-centred approaches — User experience — Web

Making the case for ‘boring’ UX design – Roxanne Abercrombie, Usability Geek

When something works fluently and fluidly, users do not tend to notice ‘boring’. They do, however, see annoying and intrusive.

I have argued previously that web design should be boring. I am an undesigner as much as a designer.

Linknote — 26 October 2017 — 53 words

Business

Why you can focus in a coffee shop but not in your open office

It transpires that a moderate level of noise helps you concentrate. I find listening to music helps. This year I have started working in an open plan office for the first time, which is taking some getting used to.

Linknote — 25 October 2017 — 24 words

Media

Stuntvertising — Seth Godin

…if you’re going to optimize for attention, not trust or results or contribution, then you’re on a very dangerous road.

Linknote — 25 October 2017 — 32 words

Digital — Media

13 things I learned from six years at the Guardian – Mary Hamilton

The departing executive editor, audience at the Guardian shares these pieces of advice, many of which would be applicable beyond journalism.

Linknote — 24 October 2017 — 32 words

Culture

When did girls start wearing pink? — Jeanne Maglaty, Smithsonian

Today’s color dictate wasn’t established until the 1940s, as a result of Americans’ preferences as interpreted by manufacturers and retailers.

Linknote — 24 October 2017 — 23 words

Accessibility — Human-centred approaches — User experience

Trends that exclude – Hampus Sethfors, Axess Lab

A lot of familiar tips here — but all stuff well worth bearing in mind.

Linknote — 24 October 2017 — 21 words

Digital

10 things about transformation and change

Amazon have never had a transformation or change plan. (I’ll just let that one hang there…).