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Mar 27

Stop Vibe Coding and Start Building with Intention.

I am absolutely the kind of person who says, “that’s SUCH a viiiibe!”

Stop Vibe Coding and Start Building with Intention.

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Mar 16, 2025

Five Ways to Save UX

So as the debate continues on whether UX is “dead” or “long live UX”, the UX job market still seems to suck. Veteran designers are getting…

Five floppy disks with five emojis: the brain, the bomb, the skull, the heart hands, and a scroll

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May 17, 2024

Content Strategy for AI: Three Things I got Wrong

Podcast transcripts. Articles. Newsletters. Video Transcripts. Email templates. Years of them.

Collage of robotic hands writing on sticky notes, symbolizing AI’s role in creative and planning tasks. (Alt text written by Bing’s COPILOT AI, checked by a human).

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Sep 8, 2023

What if…legacy software was a good thing?

I’ve got a question that I feel like no one is asking. Why is “legacy software” always considered a bad thing? Or perhaps the better…

Four colored Ionic columns, blue, yellow, pink, and green, lined up equidistant from each other.

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Jun 30, 2023

Wrangling UX Complexity with Tree Systems 🌲

Learn to recognize and leverage this ubiquitous hierarchy pattern that you’ve probably never heard of

Wrangling UX Complexity with Tree Systems 🌲

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Mar 31, 2023

Three ways to make a long-term collaborative project work

If you’ve been following me for any time at all, you know that I am deeply passionate about Object-Oriented UX. I’ve seen OOUX drastically…

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Dec 8, 2022

How to start any UX Project (It’s NOT sketching User Flows)

I’ve got a design challenge for you for the holiday season. Let’s call it Giftify. Here’s the brief:

My low-fidelity screen flow sketches for the “add a new gift” task.

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Nov 11, 2022

Prioritizing Prioritization for Product Designers

A question that I often get asked when my students hit Module 12 of my Object-Oriented UX Masterclass is:

O-Object Guide. R-My Cat Saving Fire Department. C-OO User Stories. A-Details, details, details.

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Jun 24, 2022

Introducing ORCA: The Third Diamond in your UX Process

Let’s cut to the chase. ORCA stands for:

The Triple Diamond. First diamond — Research: understand the context, define the problem. Middle diamond — Structure: A blue and pink Orca yinyang with a green and yellow orca. An arrow pointing back to the first diamond says, “realize you need more research.” Third diamond — Design: brainstorm solutions, refine solutions.

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Jun 3, 2022

Five Signs You’re Practicing Advanced UX

For many UX designers, moving up the career ladder means taking on people management responsibilities. This path is not within everyone’s…

Five Signs You’re Practicing Advanced UX

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UX designer, OOUX Instructor, and Chief Evangelist for Object-Oriented UX | Download the OOUX Launch Guide! OOUX.com/resources/launchguide

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