Hot on the heels of Apple's recent iOS 7 announcement we're discussing exactly that: Apple's new iOS 7. Is it a good experience? Is it a good interaction design? Is it a good visual design? And can Jonathan Ive, besides all his hardware work, really design software? Let's find out!

[EN] #30: iOS 7

Stefan und Holger diskutieren über interne Barcamps als Weiterbildungsmaßnahme.

[DE] #29: Interne Barcamps

What's the self-image of UX professionals? Are we artists? Designers? Consultants? Or more like movie directors? Can we express ourselves within a project? This time, the guys have a little bit of a philosophical discussion.

[EN] #28: Art vs. Design

What challenges do we face and what to do about it? Together with the awesome crowd at UXcamp Europe, we discussed roadblocks and areas in need for improvement -- and how to tackle these fellas to evolve as UX professionals.

[EN] #27: Challenges

Holger brings up Om Malik's posting The of course principle of design. The thesis: People are trying to wow their customers with their products. Om said: "Don't wow your customers, just have them go: of course." The guys have some thoughts about that.

[EN] #26: Of course

In dieser Folge geht es nicht nur um die Frage, wie wir auf dem Laufenden bleiben und bewerten können, was wichtig ist, sondern auch um aktuelle Trends.

[DE] #25: Weiterbildung

Predicting the future is easy! At least that's what Holger thinks. But what is the future of our digital world?

[EN] #24: The Future (Holger's Talk)

In der ersten Folge nach der Sommerpause unterhalten wir uns über Pitches.

[DE] #23: Pitches

Stefan, Tom und Holger diskutieren über Paradigmenwechsel: Ist die Spracheingabe das Interface der Zukunft?

[DE] #22: Human Computer Interaction

[English] If we just do our job with information architecture, wireframes and stuff, chances are high to build a useless website with lots of bad content. In his talk at UXcamp Europe, Stefan focusses on the business side of large-scale UX projects. His talk offers food for thought on why we need to align stakeholders, how to do it, and how to sell change management methods.

[EN] #21: Change Management (Recorded at UXcamp Europe)

At UX Café designers meet to discuss about User Experience and related disciplines like information architecture, interface design or interaction design.

I am a graphic designer in the US. Listened to 3 titles in english, very enjoyable, it has given me much to think about, expanded my knowledge of UX and supports some theory&#39;s I have learned in the past. Thank you and keep them coming.

Great thoughts.

UX Café

[English] Are we going to evolve into tie-wearing consultants? Do UX pros matter at all a few years down the road? And how do Africa and refrigerators fit in? Together with the awesome folks at UXcamp Europe, we discussed the future of our profession. Thanks to all UXcamp attendees for a marvelous weekend, and special thanks to the Orga team -- we had fun!

[EN] #20: The Future of UX (Live from UXcamp Europe)

[English] After recording a regular episode, Tom and Holger got into a heated discussion about storytelling - and the recorder was still running. Both have some interessting points to make, but be warned: We earned that explicit rating in iTunes for a reason - this episode contains more four-letter words than all previous episodes combined!

[EN] #16: Storytelling (Recorded by accident)

Wer hören möchte, wie Stefan innerhalb einer halben Stunde 300x Ähm sagt, der ist bei unserer neuen Folge genau richtig! Alle anderen können erfahren was Mental-Model-Diagramme sind, warum man sie einsetzen sollte, und wie man selbst Nutzerinterviews organisiert, durchführt und als Diagramm auswertet. Viel Spaß bei diesem Mitschnitt von der IA-Konferenz 2010!

[DE] #12: Mental Models

[English] At UXcamp Holger talked about song-writing, creativity, shitty first drafts, and teaching stuff. The title is "How to write the perfect pop song" - and yes, indeed, this has a lot to do with User Experience!

[EN] #7: How to write the perfect pop song

[English] This is by far the nerdiest episode we ever did, so fasten your seat belts. In his session at UXcamp, Tom said: "Personas - love 'em or hate 'em - you can't not use 'em. Either you have zombies, or you have living ones." In this recording of his session he talks about different kinds of zombies like Mirror Personas, Undead Personas, Unicorn Personas or Stupid User Personas. He gives advice on how to avoid these fellas and how to make good use of living personas during a project. As a bonus, Tom explains why 37signals doesn't need personas at all.

[EN] #4: Zombie Personas

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