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Metric UX

"The user experience is a metric." Brief high-level practical design strategy thinking and strategy by Michael Schofield. metricpodcast.com

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034: How "UX as a Measurement" Leads to "Service Design"

034: How "UX as a Measurement" Leads to "Service Design"

You might remember that in our 2016 Design Predictions episode, my number one was that we are going to see an explosion ... Read more

29 Feb 2016

20mins

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Questions UXers should ask in Job Interviews

Questions UXers should ask in Job Interviews

In this episode of Metric, we talk about questions UXers should ask during job interviews, and what about that interview... Read more

4 Mar 2019

32mins

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Thirsty UXers

Thirsty UXers

How do you get the experience you need -- or want -- to take that next step in your career? In this episode of Metric: t... Read more

18 Feb 2019

29mins

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Can jobs-to-be-done replace "Front End Developer"?

Can jobs-to-be-done replace "Front End Developer"?

The “front end” is pretty nebulous. What makes a good front end developer? Its definitions, and so its answers, are all ... Read more

11 Nov 2019

6mins

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"So, exactly how goth is the user experience?"

"So, exactly how goth is the user experience?"

 The third episode in our new question-and-answer bonus series raises more questions than anything. Meg Ecclestone stumb... Read more

26 Feb 2016

11mins

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What UX Can Learn from Ouija Boards

What UX Can Learn from Ouija Boards

In this episode of Metric: the UX Podcast, we investigate what ouija boards and World War 1 teach us about design soluti... Read more

11 Mar 2019

30mins

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The Temporal Midpoint of the Sprint

The Temporal Midpoint of the Sprint

The two-week sprint is totally arbitrary. We adopt the convention without really questioning the wisdom, but by such dog... Read more

21 Oct 2019

4mins

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037 - [Terrifying] Voice User Interfaces with Jason Griffey

037 - [Terrifying] Voice User Interfaces with Jason Griffey

3:34 – There is a Revolution Ahead and it Has a Voice What if we didn’t need to learn arcane commands? What if you c... Read more

10 May 2016

33mins

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038 - Tim Spalding

038 - Tim Spalding

Tim Spalding (LibraryThing and TinyCat) is on this episode of the podcast in which we are critical of library software, ... Read more

17 May 2016

28mins

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039 - Jean Felisme

039 - Jean Felisme

Jean Felisme is an entrepreneur, speaker, WordCamp Miami organizer, and developer at the School of Computing and Informa... Read more

30 May 2016

33mins

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Promo for W3 Radio

Promo for W3 Radio

Do you need your web design news right now in ten minutes or less? Well it’s just your luck that soon I Michael Schofiel... Read more

29 May 2016

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035 - Lisa Rabey

035 - Lisa Rabey

Amanda and I interview Lisa Rabey ( Twitter ) ( Journal ) about how the trials of the job hunt for library technologists... Read more

7 Mar 2016

35mins

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W3R - Thursday, June 2

W3R - Thursday, June 2

Progress toward HTML5 DRM continues; whether Trust API is the end of passwords; the Internet of Things is way big; inter... Read more

2 Jun 2016

7mins

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"Why are library websites so hard to get right?"

"Why are library websites so hard to get right?"

The second question asked in our new question-and-answer bonus series. Meg Ecclestone and Michael Schofield talk about t... Read more

11 Feb 2016

9mins

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036 - Penelope Singer

036 - Penelope Singer

Michael  talks shop with Penelope Singer (@pushingvision) -- an awesome UI designer at a major vendor --  about cross-pl... Read more

13 Apr 2016

30mins

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Spark Joy

Spark Joy

In this episode of Metric: the UX Podcast,we talk about how we deal with signal overload and notification fatigue in our... Read more

18 Mar 2019

33mins

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The Service Reactor

The Service Reactor

We pitch this idea of operational user research as a means to scale and democratize user experience design practice acro... Read more

9 Sep 2019

4mins

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French Creek Freddie

French Creek Freddie

What can regional ground hogs teach us about UX design? In this episode of Metric, we talk about designing services and ... Read more

11 Feb 2019

31mins

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The Persona Zoo

The Persona Zoo

In this episode of Metric, we pick up where we left off in 65: Mazes and Monsters and hit the user archetypes known as w... Read more

4 Feb 2019

33mins

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Mazes and Monsters

Mazes and Monsters

This episode of Metric is about tabletop game design and play testing. Enter the awkward ass world of Michael explaining... Read more

4 Feb 2019

41mins

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