Bridging the Past to Present: The Etymology of “Experience” in UX Design
A meta-geeky word dive into a term we use every day.
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6 min readAug 2, 2023
“Experience” is our mantra — our shared language, our unified purpose. It’s the bedrock of our work, the soul of our discipline. We advocate for good experiences. We warn our colleagues against bad ones. And yet, rarely do we take the time to pause and…