Building a Product Within a Product
A highlight from UXRConf 2019 Our very own Kacie Wise and Henrik Mattsson took the main stage to discuss why the importance of research in building a company is the same as the importance…
Bringing Empathy Back to the Workplace
Original post published on Zippia by Lindy Guillet, PhD. Offering high-quality user experience testing tools, Lookback uses technology to help businesses better understand their users. Their mission to create empathic, human connections shines through…
Why online meetings are better in VR
About two years ago, we ordered a handful of Oculus Rifts for some of our remote team, to try to up our remote collaboration. Turns out meeting in VR isn’t just more immersive and…
A year with iPad Pro only? Not so fast
My project was ambitious: work without a laptop or desktop computer for all of 2019. Turns out that while the iPad definitely supercharged me in many ways, it had two major issues that forced…
Early wins & fitting in: How to succeed during career transitions
Guest post: While career transitions give us the opportunity to grow professionally, it’s imperative that we do the right things early on to thrive in the face of change.
How to build remote relationships at scale
With so many interesting people online to build relationships with, I’ve need a way to track them somehow. In this post, I’ll share my best practices, and how I’ve built a better contacts manager with Airtable.
How to be a great remote collaborator
Remote work is getting more popular, and today I’ll expand on the 7 most important areas to make you a better remote collaborator, after 15 years of practice.
4 types of intuition, for product management and beyond
I believe intuition is behind a lot of great products, but we don’t talk about it often. This article helps you categorize, and improve, your intuition.
Whitney Hess: Tech needs more self-empathy to build social justice
To understand tech’s responsibility to respect users’ privacy, we naturally had to turn to Whitney Hess for an interview. Whitney is a wise and thoughtful designer who’s now also a coach, writer and speaker….
Let’s pledge to defend user privacy
There’s now an excellent opportunity to move the tech industry into being privacy-centric. And we believe UX people should lead the charge.
Becoming joy-driven — a startup founder’s journey
Work used to feel like such a weight because of all the things I didn’t like to do, but felt like I had to do. Then I decided to become joy-driven. This is my story of transformation, into a new way of life that actually works — and is fun.
The best way to declutter my brain: Imaginary conversations.
I often find myself wanting more clarity in life. That’s when I use this great method: imaginary conversation with someone who’s really smart or loving.