I met up with Rachel Bronstein, Content Strategist at Real Art, and Hannah Goldstein, UX Designer at UNIFIED Oncology – Omnicom, to ask them about their job search experiences. Rachel and Hannah are recent Pratt SILS alumni (2015). They both have concentrations in User Experience, and also held leadership positions in the UX/IA group (Hannah was […]
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Nadaleen Tempelman-Kluit is currently the Head of the User Experience Department at NYU’s Bobst Library. I was particularly interested in interviewing Nadaleen, as she entered the UX field when it was just getting started. She also frequently helps Pratt students break into this field with internship opportunities. Because of this, I knew she would be
Remote user testing has a reputation for being a quick and dirty evaluation method, but like other methods it has strengths, weaknesses, and best use cases. Remote user testing can be divided into two types: moderated and unmoderated. In unmoderated remote user testing, the evaluator and user are not in the same place, and the
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Data-driven design sounds pretty self-explanatory on the surface: collecting data about activities of users on a website and making key design decisions based on the insights garnered from these numbers. Using this data from web analytics to make design decisions can be a cheaper, automated, and potentially quicker way to know what users want. Or
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Interface design often depends on the icon to communicate functionality to a user in one compact image. Some icons even become a part of our digital language. The magnifying glass, the house, the printer… these are all universal icons [1]. Recently, the hamburger icon has been debated for inclusion though research is steadily revealing its
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Just because empathy is becoming a popular term in design doesn’t mean we should discount it. Using empathy in user testing can help create a better experience for users and better results for you. Empathy allows a person to understand and share another person’s feelings from their perspective. It is not sympathy which in order
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With the advent of mobile technology and user apps, technology companies and users are increasingly invested in finding ways to incorporate everyday learning seamlessly into their daily routine. Learning a foreign language is one of the many areas where mobile apps are fast growing. The high demand for different languages and learning methods are the
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Openstreetmap.org(OSM) is a GIS editor of Openstreetmap project that supports free geographical data service for all over the world. While the website has professional quality on its minimalistic interface, the mobile setting can be improved to deliver the better speed on data feedback and web security on the user environment. OSM provides a
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(source www.clubic.com) Introduction to Spotify Connect Spotify Connect is a feature that is described by Spotify that allows the user to “Play Spotify through your speakers, laptop or TV, using the Spotify app as a remote.” Specifically, I am examining the ability to use the Spotify Iphone app as a remote to control the Spotify
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The Roundabout Theatre Group produces several Broadway and Off-Broadway shows every year. Though Roundabout also present events like education programs and workshops, rent their venues and accept donations, purchasing ticket and looking up show information are patrons’ most urgent need, and yet their website is not user-friendly in terms of these services. Problem 1:
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