UX Café

[English] 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!

[Deutsch] Stefan und Holger diskutieren über interne Barcamps als Weiterbildungsmaßnahme.

[English] 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.

[English] 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.

[English] 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.

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.

[English] Predicting the future is easy! At least that's what Holger thinks. But what is the future of our digital world? What is the future of the Internet, of television, movies, books, music, social networks and communication? What devices will we have in the future and how will we interact with them? And what does this all mean for our work as UX designers today? Hear how the d

Auftraggeber lassen potentielle Dienstleister antreten um die beste Agentur für den Job zu finden. So wie Pitches meistens ablaufen wird die Partnerwahl zur Glückssache -- und zwar auch für den Auftraggeber. Wir diskutieren auf welchen anderen Wegen sich Kunden für eine Agentur entscheiden können, und wie wir auf Agenturseite das Beste aus der Situation machen.

Holger stellt die These auf: Jedes Jahrzehnt bringt eine neue Eingabemethode, und das nächste große Ding ist Sprachsteuerung. Stefan und Tom sehen dabei noch technische und linguistische Hürden...

[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.