UX Like Us
UX Like Us is a podcast for the User Experience community. Designers, researchers, analysts, strategists - even product managers and front-end developers - will feel right at home as we discuss the techniques, tools, and toys that help us bring great products to life.
Stop Saying It Depends
March 30th, 2021
The right answer to every question does in fact depend on the context. But answering every question with "It depends" makes designers seem spineless, undermining others' confidence in our ability, judgment, and …
When Should You Override Your Direct’s Design?
February 12th, 2021
Designers should be given the freedom to make the best design they can without the fear of their designs getting changed for arbitrary reasons. This …
the UX of Distance Learning
January 12th, 2021
In a world where everyone has to learn online, why are the platforms so bad? Larry and Roman discuss the user experience of distance learning sites …
DesignOps
December 28th, 2020
Larry and Roman wrap up 2020 with a discussion of Design Ops (after a quick diversion into the Anova Precision Oven). In the last few years Design …
the Robot Episode - UX Like Us - S2E22
December 11th, 2020
Larry and Roman explore the design of robots in science fiction and real life. Should robots have faces? What about gender? Are Asimov ‘s Laws of …
AI-powered Design - S2E21 - UX Like Us
October 5th, 2020
Product Designer Jordan Singer (@jsngr) recently shocked the design world with his Figma plugin that renders interface designs using narrative text as the input. Larry King (@LAKing) and Roman Bercot (@Stuporman) …
2 Kinds of Design
September 13th, 2019
In our Season 2 premier, Larry King and Roman Bercot discuss why Industrial age design practices don’t hold up in the cloud era. Modern product …
Everybody Isn’t Not a Designer
July 1st, 2019
Summary
With #DesignTwitter becoming increasingly toxic, @LAKing and @Stuporman take on one of the issues making designers lose their minds:
Is everyone a designer?
We discuss a bit of background, why it matters, and …
Maturity Models to Advance Your Practice
June 6th, 2019
Summary
Roman Bercot and Larry King discuss a variety of maturity models and how to choose one that suits your needs. What is a maturity model? What is a model used for? Which model works best? Listen to this episode …
UX Bootcamps - UX Like Us 17
May 27th, 2019
Kelly Nakawatase (@UX_Kelly) joins the show to share her experience entering the design field as a graduate of General Assembly.
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Show Notes
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Do Designers Need Jobs to be Done?
April 22nd, 2019
Summary
Roman Bercot and Larry King explore Clayton Christensen’s Jobs to be Done framework and whether product design professionals need this …
UX Like Us 15 - the Agile Manifesto
March 22nd, 2019
18 years after the Agile Manifesto was published, Agile development methodologies dominate the way we make software. But are any of these …
Design Ethics - UX Like Us 14
March 15th, 2019
As designers realize greater impact and influence in their organizations, Design Ethics becomes an increasingly important discussion. We start the conversation with the UX of Ts & Cs, the Surveillance Industrial …
the Overlap Pt. 2 - UX Like Us 13
March 8th, 2019
Nelson Yu, Director of Strategy and Business Development at Experian, joins us to give a product manager’s view of the overlap between PM and Design. And you’ll never guess what Nelson picks for Stuff Designers Love!
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When Should You Redesign?
March 1st, 2019
In light of several high-profile redesigns greeted by user revolt, Larry asks when is redesign the right move? How might we allow for user choice, …
The Smart and Creepy Home - UX Like Us - 11
February 14th, 2019
Larry's smart home increasingly belongs to Amazon. Will Amazon use Eero to make setting up smart homes easier? Should Eero owners worry about their …
Culture Eats Strategy - UX Like Us - 10
February 8th, 2019
Kevin M. Hoffman, author of Meeting Design, discusses the power of culture in our organizations. What shapes culture? What transcends cultures and …
Bold Predictions for UX in 2019
February 1st, 2019
Larry King and Roman Bercot discuss Roman’s Bold Predictions for UX in 2019. Plus, we discuss InVision's The New Design Frontier state of design …
Fresh Perspectives
January 24th, 2019
Larry and Roman discuss exciting new talks from UX Camp DC presenters:
Stuff Designers Love twitter thread by @bethdean: https://twitter.com/bethdean/status/1084153270644310016
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The Overlap
January 11th, 2019
Larry considers the overlap between UX and Product Management. And a great new sketching app for iPad Pro.
What do you think of the Stuff Designers Love jingle? Let us know what you think on Twitter.
@LAKing and …
What is a Design Strategist?
January 4th, 2019
Larry and Roman welcome 2019 by discussing the role of a design strategist, business strategy, ethics, vision, super aggregators, and tiki bars along …
The Tool Show
December 14th, 2018
Larry and Roman discuss the 2018 Design Tools Survey, and how our tools shape our art.
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UXTools.co 2018 Design Tools Survey (…
I’m Gonna Be A Webmaster
December 6th, 2018
Who should go into UX? Larry and Roman discuss traits that can make for a great UX professional, and stuff designers love.
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Jake Knapp's 'Make Time' …
The WIP Problem
November 29th, 2018
Roman is disappointed with Dark Mode. Larry talks about the Phoenix Project.
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The Big Batch / Small Batch diagram by John Cutler: https://twitter.com/johncutlefish/status/1002193108765831168
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The Phoenix Project …
Thank-UX-giving
November 22nd, 2018
Just in time for Thanksgiving in the US, it’s the UX Like Us Thank-UX-giving episode. We discuss favorite dishes and all the user experience things …
Ending the Existential Crisis
November 15th, 2018
Larry’s recent trip to the Magic Kingdom provides some inspired examples of Experience Design. We put the title debate to bed (hopefully) forever.
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