UXDI-7

Semantic Design

Good wires can help developers create semantic, SEO friendly, and accessible website because if layed out correctly, the wires already lend themselves to being turned into things like “Articles,” “Nav,” and “Asides.” Accessibility inherently helps with SEO because if you are writing alternative text…

Week 8 Homework (Sysco Chatbot)

The first thing we did after collecting what the deliverables were and the requirements from our client on the MVP was to conduct comparative research on the various types and functions of chatbots already in existence. When we came back together after that we conducted…

JOG.AI

“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.” -Einstein

JOG.AI tells you, This Robot Takes Notes for You.

And it does! It’s great. JOG.AI captures transcripts of meetings, so you don’t have to take notes. This…

Scrum: the sequel

Subtitle: Strenths and less-strengths.

The scene: So you are well down the path, your MVP comes into focus here and there, like an oasis over the next dune. Your sprints are moving from “in-progress” to “completed”, user stories guiding your flow, and your sketches…

Scrummin’ it

For our collaboration with the Development Team (WDI) we took our first crack at an Agile work environment, embracing the Scrum process. Our team’s challenge: create a website for school nurses and doctors to communicate in an urgent care-type capacity, with a portal for parents to sign up their…

Scrum and my UX Process

I do not believe that scrum affects my UX process too much. From day 1 I have naturally leaned into what could be called an agile process and the only thing scrum really requires me to do differently is to track my progress on a Trello board and collaborate more. Since I started UX I…

WebMD needs help. STAT.

WebMD has plenty of traffic, sure. But how many people feel either fed-up or panic-stricken when they eventually…

Portfolio time, run and hide.

Killing yourself for a client, deep diving and iterating for the umpteenth time is what we do. Indeed who we are, right? And even on hard days it feels great to move a project forward, getting an idea closer and closer to right.