Ferg the UXer

A visual journey of a UX designer

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We were wrong about the first-time shoppers. They did mind registering. They resented having to register when they encountered the page. As one shopper told us, "I'm not here to enter into a relationship. I just want to buy something."

Jared M Spool kicking it out of the park again!

This is why I became a UX designer. By identifying pain-points, even changing a simple feature like a button can result in incredible gains for not only the users experience but also increasing the business revenue stream.  This is what I would call a win-win.

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The User Experience of Creative Sprints

Here’s how the role of UX has shifted from wireframing in isolation to ring leading entire teams to think about great user experience - and why that’s a great thing

“The difference between learning and failure is time and money, and this fast process quickly justifies the ideas worth investing in.”

Loved this article, a good insight on how quickly intense iteration and ideation can result in building not only a strong team, but also valuable design results.

I feel more companies need take on this type of thinking and processing. 

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The start of my prototyping in Axure. Remember: Mobile First 

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Presenting my project 3: ‘Hoyts Tickets’

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Iterations of my responsive project.

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Page Features 

Just working out what features need to be included in each of the pages within my userflows

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Who am I?

Doing an exercise where you take your previous work responsibilities and break them down into core skills. The purpose of this activity is use these skills as my point of difference in my personal branding.

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Storytelling Structure:

Setting

Time

Location

Characters

Problem

What happened

Resolution

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Presentations completed! Cider time!

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The UX crew, have a few brews.

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Presenting our Project 3: Hoyts Tickets

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Usability Testing our Axure prototype. Filming our participant as she completed a range of tasks.

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Report writing with a view. Love Melbournes beautiful architecture. Just stunning!

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8 things I learned from wearing an Apple Watch for a couple of weeks - The Oatmeal

Humorous and fantastic read. 

“Sending your heartbeat to a loved one is about as personal as faxing them your cholesterol levels. There are infinite ways to get personal using a mobile device. This isn't one of them.”

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Quick wire-framing and testing with a walkthrough

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Working out all the features that we need to include for each of the flows

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Let the battle begin..