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How to Test Your User Interface the Right Way
Season 20- Running Time:
- 61 Minutes
On this episode of the Boagworld Show, we look at testing your user interface and how to integrate it into your design process.
Design Principles: What are they and how do they help?
From Silicon Valley startups like Airbnb to multi-national companies like IBM, design principles are becoming adopted. But what exactly are design principles?
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Content Strategy
Advice on improving the quality of the content you deliver via digital services. Whether that be copy, imagery, video or audio.
- How to Build a User-Centric Information Architecture Without Endless Debate
- Why say no to the madness of content migration
Development
Ideas and thoughts on how development has a significant impact on the user experience through everything from security to performance.
- Why you should want to be a user experience developer
- How to squeeze the most from your images
- Minimum viable product (MVP). What is it and why should you care?
Digital Marketing
Opinions on the role of marketing in a digital world. Advice on balancing marketing objectives with the user experience.
- How to successfully encourage newsletter signup with good design
- Call to Action: The 10 Most Effective Techniques
Digital Strategy
A look at the business strategy, governance and culture that drives a company's approach to their digital strategy and ultimately the user experience.
- Digital Transformation: A Comprehensive Introduction
- Are you wasting money on periodic website redesign?
- 10 mistakes that are ruining the success of your digital projects
Inclusive Design
Advice on how to make your digital services available to the widest possible audience.
- Accessibility is not what you think
- Stop Talking About Accessibility. Start Talking About Inclusive Design.
- Accessibility advice for businesses
Interface Design
Advice on everything from aesthetic design to improving the interfaces that support your digital services.
- How to adopt an iterative approach to UI design
- How to create a pattern library and why you should bother
- User Interface Design: 10 Principles Learned from Painful Mistakes
User Experience
Advice on how to improve the user's experience beyond the edge of the screen. Where user interface design stops, UX continues.
- Why you should want to be a user experience developer
- Why performance is the best way to improve the user experience
- How to get users involved in creating better content
Working in Digital
Thoughts and advice on a career in digital. From opinions about the direction of the sector to tips to improve your skill set.
- How to Grow a Successful Web Design Business With 10 Lessons
- Website Reviews: Why they suck and how to make them better
- Five tools to kick start your web design business
Books and resources
User Experience Revolution
Do you feel like the only person at your company who understands the competitive advantage a good user experience provides? Would you like to see change but cannot make it happen. Then User Experience Revolution is for you. A practical playbook to place the user experience at the heart of your business.
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User Experience Culture Cards
Looking for practical tips on how to build a user-centric culture in your organisation? This set of 52 full-colour cards should inspire you and provide the techniques you need to make a real difference. Start winning over clients and colleagues today.
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Digital Adaptation
Digital is not just another tool we can bolt on to our businesses. It has transformed our world and our organisations need to adapt to this new reality. This book introduces management to the steps they need to take. Steps to ensure their organisation succeeds in the digital economy.
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