2015 Year End Review

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User Defenders Podcast 2015 Year End Review

In lieu of our normal episode, I wanted to do a quick Year End Review to offer a retrospective of 2015 and a glimpse into 2016 by addressing these three things:

  1. Things Accomplished
  2. Top 3 Learnings From Guests This Year
  3. What to expect from UX/UD in 2016

I can’t thank you enough for your enthusiastic support Defenders and can’t wait for all 2016 has in store!

010: Pay Attention to the Unseen with Jeff Barnaby

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Organization
010: Pay Attention to the Unseen with Jeff Barnaby
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User Defenders "Incognito" Jeff Barnaby

Jeff Barnaby inspires us to pay attention to the unseen and always keep it simple. He shares with us that organization is the most important factor to success. He also encourages us to keep ourselves and our clients educated and that ours and our clients personal preferences should come last and our users’ should come first.

Jeff Barnaby (Incognito) is a Creative Director, UI Designer, Web Developer and branding aficionado, He’s the man behind the powerful UX Design and creative agency Brandhorse based in Los Angeles. California. He’s also quite the chef and always a sharp-dressed man.

LINKS
Jeff’s Twitter
Brandhorse

[RESOURCE] Sketch
[RESOURCE] Framer
[BOOK] The Design of Sites


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Artwork by Cesar Lemus | Editing by Chris Combs | Music by Wyman Gentry

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009: There is No “Big Time”, There’s Always Something Ahead with Josh Clark

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UI
009: There is No “Big Time”, There’s Always Something Ahead with Josh Clark
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User Defenders "Dr. Touch" Josh Clark

Josh Clark inspires us to not forget to splash in puddles and give ourselves permission to play in our work. He encourages us to not just tell our story, but to find out our users’ story and craft our experience and technology around that. He also shares with us that the things we make are not who we are and to think deeply about what kind of world we want to make…because we’re the ones shaping it.

Josh Clark (“Dr. Touch”) is a designer specializing in mobile design, strategy and user experience especially as it relates to touch. He’s the founder of the powerful design laboratory Big Medium (formerly Global Moxie). He’s the author of five books including the O’Reilly published Tapworthy and the newly released A Book Apart published “Designing for Touch”. He’s also a prominent blogger and speaker, the creator of the popular Couch to 5K running program, and he happens to be Maine’s 11th strongest man.

LINKS
Josh’s Website
Josh’s Twitter

[RESOURCE] Spending time with people.
[BOOK] Enchanted Objects
[BOOK] Designing Connected Products
[BOOK] The Circle


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Artwork by Cesar Lemus | Editing by Chris Combs | Music by Wyman Gentry

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007: Focus More on Solving Problems and Less On Dribbble Likes with Rafal Tomal

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UI
007: Focus More on Solving Problems and Less On Dribbble Likes with Rafal Tomal
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User Defenders "Typography Man" Rafal Tomal

Rafal Tomal inspires us to focus more on solving complicated problems for clients, and less on Dribbble likes. He also emphasizes the importance of keeping our UI and layouts minimal to make room for typography and especially to limit the number of choices we want our users to make to the most critical ones. He also inspires us to not shy away from starting with the most important tools we have…our brain, paper and a pencil.

Rafal Tomal (Typography Man) is the Lead Designer at Rainmaker Digital where he designs effective digital brands and experiences that convert for some of the most successful and respected digital entrepreneurs around. He’s also a blogger and eBook author focusing on teaching others how to make simple, smart, and effective designs that connect with the audience.

LINKS
Rafal’s Website
Rafal’s Twitter

[RESOURCE] InVision App
[BOOK] Don’t Make Me Think


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006: Let Go of the Things You Can’t Control…Focus On The Things You Can with Chloë Bregman

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Creativity
006: Let Go of the Things You Can’t Control...Focus On The Things You Can with Chloë Bregman
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User Defenders "Creative Juggernaut" Chloë Bregman

Chloë Bregman inspires us to not get caught up with titles like UX Designer, but to find what we’re great at and focus our energy on building those strengths to build products that not only solve problems, but bring happiness to people. She reminds us to focus on the team and that all ideas are valuable. She also shares that the most satisfaction we’ll ever find in our work happens when we invest time in helping others.

Chloë Bregman is the Director of Design & Brand Experience at OneLogin where she leads a team of designers and developers. She’s a blogger who has a published article on TechCrunch. She’s the founder of Street Art SF which showcases the evolving art landscape throughout the San Francisco’s bay area. She’s also a wonderful human being who thrives on finding inspiration anywhere and investing in others everywhere.

LINKS
Chloë’s Website
Chloë’s Twitter
Street Art SF
Going For “Pretty First” Is Wrong: A Designer’s Take On App Development

[RESOURCE] Rely on your own power of observation and measure everything.
[BOOK] 100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People
[BOOK] The Call of the Mall


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Artwork by Cesar Lemus | Editing by Chris Combs | Music by Wyman Gentry

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