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Design with Real Content

November 10th episode of What is Wrong with UX. In this episode, Kate and Laura argue about what it means to design with real content and actual user data, which…
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Consequences

October 27th episode of What is Wrong with UX. In this episode, Kate and Laura get a little more serious than usual when yelling about how you never think of…
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Decoding Design Briefs.

September 29th episode of What is Wrong with UX. In this episode, Kate and Laura not so briefly discuss design briefs and how you should approach them. Laura almost achieves…

New semester, new project.

This idea has been banging around in my head for a couple of years: short videos that cover the basics of a visual vocabulary. I know. (I know!) There are…
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Get Paid

September 1st episode of What is Wrong with UX. Kate and Laura lecture you on when you should demand cash and when you shouldn't, and the answer isn't "demand cash…

Born with a copper spoon…

It looks like a regular plant, but upon touching it, it feels like a succulent (which is it.) The beautiful Copper Spoons (Kalanchoe orgyalis) is a delight. The new leaves…

Jade: the jewel of the garden

Seems like everyone in the Bay Area has a Jade plant because these plants like the weather and temp range. Here in zone 10, Jade plants grow wild! The technical…
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The Intrinsic Value of a Product

August 18th episode of What is Wrong with UX In this episode, Kate and Laura quibble about why on earth people would use anything that they designed. Apparently some people…

Doing Planks

There's a strange and magical beauty in plankton. Nature Journalist Janai Southworth has a microscope and hosts Pacific Plankton, a plankton-viewing livestream on Twitch. What an opportunity to take a…