Podcast

UX Writing

The Interface is a monthly, can’t-miss group chat for everything happening in content design and UX writing. The Interface has industry updates, deep conversations, and other helpful resources.

Article

Psychology in Design

An appraisal is part of a process that assesses the meaningfulness and relevance of ongoing and previously experienced perceptual (sensory-related) and/or emotional (reward or aversive-related) schematic experience. A social appraisal (or a self-other appraisal, as social suggests the existence of interaction between two human beings) is a type of appraisal that cumulatively assesses the self, at any point in time, as a dynamic participant who interprets and attributes meaning to interpersonal interactions between self and other

Article

Shaping Design with Data

While Google Analytics can’t tell you exactly why a user quits, the position of the step in the funnel enables you to make an educated guess. And by analyzing where visitors go after they quit, you’ll get further insight into what may have gone wrong.

Article

Psychology in Design

According to appraisal theory, our interpretation of a situation causes an emotional response that is based on that interpretation.

Framework

User Research

The “job to be done” describes what a product helps the customer to achieve. Looking for the JTBD is a method to move away from the current solution and create a new frame of reference for a different future solution. The JTBD framework includes a social, a functional, and an emotional dimension.

Tools

Prototyping

Marvel has everything you need to bring ideas to life and transform how you create digital products with your team, placing the power of design in everyone’s hands. Marvel helps you centralize all your design processes in one place, and enables you to wireframe, design and prototype with Marvel's intuitive tools. Instantly generate design specs and connect integrations that power up your workflow. From low to high-fidelity, Marvel supports you every step of the way.

Tools

Prototyping

Maze is a fantastic product research and testing tool that allows teams to make quick, data-driven decisions about their product development. It couldn’t be easier to give prototypes a test run with their built-in pool of research participants. Try Maze to evaluate: • Wireframe & usability testing: gather quantitative user insights and determine how well your prototype is performing • Concept & idea validation: if you’re not crystal clear on your ideas during the earlier stages of the design process, use Maze to test them before you move forward • Content & copy testing: how you communicate with your users is a big part of any product’s success, and Maze can validate everything from website messaging to product copy

Article

Usability Testing

Say goodbye to doomed studies with invalid research questions, follow these tips to have a clear, solid start to your project.

Article

Usability Testing

UX researchers use this popular observational methodology to uncover problems and opportunities in designs.