What is Wrong with UX
Technology Podcasts
Kate and Laura drink and fight about what is wrong with user experience design.
Location:
United States
Genres:
Technology Podcasts
Description:
Kate and Laura drink and fight about what is wrong with user experience design.
Language:
English
Episodes
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3/22/2022
Kate and Laura finally agree on something. Unfortunately, it's to end the podcast. They reminisce about the good parts and talk a bit about what comes next.
Drink pairing (Kate): Long Island Ice Tea Drink pairing (Laura): Champagne
Duration:00:19:12
Why Would You Use That Product
12/28/2021
In this episode, Kate and Laura complain about a lot of stuff they use every day and then wonder why they do that.
Drink pairing: Prosecco
Duration:00:34:42
Consistency
12/7/2021
The two least consistent people in the world argue about why consistency matters. And why it doesn't. It's pretty much what you'd expect.
Drink Pairing: Mulled Wine
Duration:00:35:12
Looks Old Works Great
8/17/2021
In an episode that should have been called "a cry for help," Kate and Laura shriek about how old things can actually work just fine and please stop changing everything. The subtext is strong with this one.
Drink Pairing: Old Fashioned
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Duration:00:22:44
High Level UX Jobs
8/3/2021
In this episode, Kate and Laura really go off the rails talking about the similarities, differences, and issues with various different higher level UX jobs, many of which they haven't actually held in well over a decade, if at all.
Drink Pairing: Daquiri
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Duration:00:27:57
Some Things Are Harder than Others
6/8/2021
In this episode, Kate and Laura whine about how hard it is to actually make things and Laura makes fun of The Future, again.
Drink Pairing: Hard Cider
Duration:00:30:41
Journeys
5/25/2021
This episode is like being on a long car ride with two loud friends (Kate and Laura) who won't shut up about the journey. They yell a bit about how designers make everything into a much bigger deal than users really want or care about.
Drink pairing: Anything out of a hip flask
Duration:00:22:37
Collaboration vs Design by Committee
4/13/2021
In this episode, Kate and Laura argue about semantics. Again. This time they try to decide why collaboration is good and committees are bad.
Drink Pairing: Sazerac
Duration:00:27:03
Predicting Disaster
3/9/2021
In this episode, Kate and Laura argue about how to best predict disasters when deciding what to build. Obviously they never applied this framework before they started making a podcast.
Drink Pairing: Hurricane
Duration:00:31:01
Designing in Triples
2/2/2021
Kate explains why she likes to make everything three times as hard as it needs to be. If you're playing the What is Wrong with UX drinking game and drinking every time they mention Task Flows, then maybe don't make any plans for after the podcast.
Drink Pairing: Triple Sec
Duration:00:31:03
Your Design Voices
1/19/2021
In this episode, Laura and Kate talk about the many voices that talk to them while they're designing things and frankly, we think maybe 2020 was a little bit much for them and they finally snapped.
Drink Pairing: Whiskey and Sarsaparilla
Duration:00:30:35
Design for Lazy Irrational People
1/5/2021
In this episode, Kate and Laura discuss designing for lazy, irrational people. Or, you know, people.
Drink Pairing: Veuve Clicquot Rose
Duration:00:29:15
Designing for Complex Products
12/22/2020
In this episode, Kate and Laura contradict pretty much everything they've ever told you so that Laura can brag about her new electric car that she doesn't drive anywhere because she never leaves the house.
But seriously, sometimes you're designing something you can't really measure! And that's hard!
Drink Pairing: It's nog season, baby!
Duration:00:31:03
Why Do You Believe That?
11/24/2020
In this episode, Kate and Laura ask a fundamental question - why on earth do you believe that completely unbelievable thing? Or anything really? What are you basing your product assumptions on and how can you stop doing it so badly?
Drink Pairing: Make Believe
Duration:00:34:38
Design with Real Content
11/10/2020
In this episode, Kate and Laura argue about what it means to design with real content and actual user data, which is a weird thing to argue about, since it's pretty straightforward. Anyway, knock it off with the Lorem Ipsum!
Drink Pairing: Sour Dorothy Parker
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Duration:00:33:23
Consequences and Second Order Effects
10/27/2020
In this episode, Kate and Laura get a little more serious than usual when yelling about how you never think of the consequences of your actions.
Drink Pairing: Smoked Old Fashioned
Duration:00:33:36
Decoding Design Briefs
9/29/2020
In this episode, Kate and Laura not so briefly discuss design briefs and how you should approach them. Laura almost achieves enlightenment when she asks "What is Chair?" but then quickly ruins it, as you might imagine.
Drink pairing: Armagnac
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Duration:00:25:59
Get Paid
9/1/2020
Kate and Laura lecture you on when you should demand cash and when you shouldn't, and the answer isn't "demand cash all the damn time" like you'd think it ought to be.
Sponsor: Springboard
Drink Pairing: Money Maker
Duration:00:33:34
The Intrinsic Value of a Product
8/18/2020
In this episode, Kate and Laura quibble about why on earth people would use anything that they designed. Apparently some people get value out of it? Who knew?
Drink Pairing: Sparkling Persimmon Margarita
Duration:00:30:47
Make Your Own UX Podcast
8/4/2020
In this episode, Kate and Laura reveal all the secrets (ed note: there are no secrets and they're probably wrong) to creating a successful (ed note: HA!) UX podcast.
Some tools they use:
Libsyn
Zencastr
Patreon
Audacity
Drink Pairing: Shots of Patron
Duration:00:31:28