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Can Ugly UX Still Be Good?

A person on Quora asked what they should think about a UX portfolio site that uses a Wordpress template. My answer is getting some attention.

ORIGINAL QUESTION:

“How would you interpret someone who applies for a UX position and has a WordPress template for their online portfolio?

When ever I see a UX candidate who links to an online portfolio with a wordpress template, I am not sure how to interpret it. On one hand, they could be too busy (or not know how to code) and use it as a quick way to present their work. And the focus should be on the quality of the work in the portfolio and their ability to walk one through the projects. I get, and am sensitive to that. On the other hand, I always feel a little cheated. I want to see what they would design with no boundaries. I also feel like one cannot properly design for the medium if they don’t know enough about basic HTML/CSS to make a portfolio for themselves. I am curious to know how other people feel about this.”

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MY ANSWER BEGINS:

“Wow. You are probably ignoring a lot of perfectly good UX designers because YOU don’t really understand what a UX designer actually does. First of all, someone can do UX for their entire career without ever writing interface code or designing anything that looks pretty. And that person might be an excellent UX designer…”

Read the rest of my answer on Quora.

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I mean really? I thought we were UX Designers, not developers.

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Happy 27th birthday Adele! Look back at our 2012 cover story on the making of 21.

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So important.

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Audrey Hepburn in a publicity still for Funny Face (1957). Costume design by Edith Head & Hubert de Givenchy

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The ‘Real’ Meaning Behind These Words

Check out this hilarious series of words, which reveals an unspoken truth in our daily lives. You will revel in the sarcasm found in these implications. Find out what it really means to be poor and study!

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The real dictionary. #writing #funny

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Shazam for Apple Watch — store.ramotion.com

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And so it begins #applewatch #ui

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NY Times - On a tablet device, double-tapping the article text enlarges the text size rather than zooming the entire screen. /via Kyle Parkinson

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Solid.

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If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.

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Wake up early. Drink coffee. Work hard. Be ambitious. Keep your priorities straight, your mind right and your head up. Do well, live well and dress really well. Do what you love, love what you do. It is time to start living.

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My New Year’s Resolution for 2014 was to get more people started in User Experience (UX) Design. I posted one lesson every day in January, and thousands of people came to learn!

Below you will find links to all 31 daily lessons.

Basic UX Principles: How to get started

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Typography as the Cornerstone of Responsive Web Design: Why and What you Need to Know?

It doesn’t take the most modern or innovative research to discover that most of the information on the web is written language. Fundamentally, the web is a textual medium with its main function being to provide information and to help users accomplish certain tasks. Remove the text from any popular website you can think of and it becomes near impossible to use. We’ll use Amazon.com for an…

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