May 4, 2020 | User Experience
By Kristen Bohlander UX designers, are you open to a recruiter’s perspective? Now might be a good time to update your portfolio. Things are changing fast! Luckily, when your portfolio is up to date, you’ll be more likely to get interviews with your top choice... 
Feb 19, 2020 | User Experience
Designing a seamless hardware and software interaction is more important than ever thanks to the Internet of Things (IoT), the network of web-enabled devices that are now found in many homes. While the early days of IoT focused on perfecting technical capabilities,... 
Sep 12, 2019 | Technical Writing, User Experience
No matter the type of writing or content you’re creating, knowing your audience is vital. So what does that mean for user experience and technical writers? How can we better understand the audiences that we’re informing? While figuring out “who your readers are” may... 
Sep 12, 2019 | Technical Writing, User Experience
People interact with voice interfaces very differently than they do with graphical interfaces. As a result, creating the strongest possible user experience for voice assistants demands a fundamental understanding of how people actually communicate using their voice.... 
Jun 21, 2019 | User Experience
Good design isn’t simply about aesthetics. Form really does follow function—all the way to the bank, in fact, according to a recent study by the consulting firm McKinsey. Tracking 300 publicly-traded companies over a five-year period, the study examined how these...Feb 23, 2019 | DevOps, Technical Writing, Usability, User Experience, UX Education
Have you heard of DevOps? I bet there is a great many of you that haven’t. If you aren’t familiar with the concept, then you need to be. DevOps is transforming the entire software space, affecting the UX and tech writing disciplines as well. There is a lot of...