Hitting Pause (2022)
Life and career (re)focus this year have brought me to a place where I need to hit pause on this show's production... Keep fighting the good...
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User Defenders: Inspiring Interviews with UX Superheroes
There are scores of inspirational UX Designers out there who are doing outstanding, innovative work and helping to shape the future in their struggle to solve important design problems while...
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20 of 108 episodes080: Everything I Know (So Far) on Landing a Job in UX with Jason Ogle
Video available on the show notes page at userdefenders.com/080 This is the last episode of 2021. After nearly two years of outlining the co...
079: Listener Spotlight – Landing My First UX Job
Here's a fun treat I've never done before. In this episode I shine the spotlight on listeners Jordan Burke + Joel Ryerson who recently lande...
078: There and Back (and Forward) Again with Bob Baxley
Bob Baxley, a Silicon Valley pioneer, takes us back in time through the history of Silicon Valley and gives us a glimpse into the future of...
077: Conflict Resolution for People Who Hate Conflict with Josh Mauldin
Josh Mauldin shows us how resolving conflict not only makes us better humans, but better designers. He challenges us to approach conflict wi...
076: User Research? Game On with Steve Bromley
Join the UD Email List at userdefenders.com/join through March 2021 and enter to win a free signed copy of Steve Bromley's new book, "How to...
075: You Belong Here with Jessica Gaddis
Jessica Gaddis motivates us to realize that we belong here. Not only in the field of design, but in this often painful and perplexing world...
074: Designers, Mind Your Business with Pek Pongpaet
Pek Pongpaet teaches us how to be business-minded designers. He reveals how designers with business knowledge and more tools in their tool b...
073: The Unstoppable Designer with Jeff Gothelf
Jeff Gothelf tells us how to be unstoppable designers. He debunks the mythical creature known as Phase 2. He shows us what a designer effect...
072: Everyone's a UX Designer with Jared Spool
Jared Spool has been doing and defining UX long before many of us existed and/or even knew what it was. He invites us in to hear his fascina...
What the Next Season is Looking Like...
This episode is me apologizing for the literal radio silence and filling you in on all the very valid reasons why I've been MIA with new con...
071: User Defenders Live – A Panel on Design Accessibility, Diversity & Ethics with Mina Markham, Derek Featherstone and Farai Madzima
I had the great honor of being invited back to An Event Apart Denver (2019) to record a live podcast episode with Mina Markham, Farai Madzim...
070: Harnessing Life Experiences in Design with Shaheena Attarwala
Shaheena Attarwala defends a woman's right to design her own future, especially in the face of fierce adversity and opposition. She champion...
069: We Are All Pioneers with Sophia Prater
Sophia Prater reminds us that we're all pioneers in a field that is changing every minute. She encourages us to use forcing functions by get...
068: People May be the Most Important Thing You Build as a Designer with Braden Kowitz
Braden Kowitz reveals how human-centered design has everything to do with the humans we design and build with every day. He advocates for a...
067: Design for How People Think with John Whalen
Dr. John Whalen teaches us what it means to design for how people think. He reveals the powerful principals behind what he calls the six min...
066: Is Web Design Dead? with Jeffrey Zeldman
Jeffrey Zeldman answers the provocative question, "Is Web Design Dead?". He enlightens us to what the Web was, where it's at now, and where...
065: Yes, AI will Replace Designers with Jasmine Oh
Jasmine Oh informs us that AI will one day replace our current jobs as designers. She challenges us to adapt to AI since no career field is...
064: How to Become Indistractable with Nir Eyal
Nir Eyal teaches us how to harness the skill of the century…becoming Indistractable. He reminds us that distraction is an action that starts...
063: Mindset & Learning How to Learn with Jessica Ivins
Jessica Ivins schools us on the critical value of a growth mindset in UX Design. She teaches us how to learn how to learn. She enlightens us...