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Month: January 2015

History of UX, Part 2

UX is a “big tent” field; people get into it from a variety of backgrounds–but mostly three: psychology, computer science, and design. My first post on History of UX, I showed how UX goes back to Applied Psychology and the application

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What can UX learn from Applied Psychology?

Last post, I proposed that UX is just specialized Applied Psychology.  If that’s so, what can modern UX learn from Applied Psychology? Stepping back, what is Applied Psychology? A smart-ass answer would be: it is the application of psychology… then

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History of UX, Part 1

Here I start to discuss one of the issues that got me writing on UX in the first place. Having been in the field quite a while, I get peeved reading about how UX is a new (or relatively new) field.

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SXSW 2014 Trip Report

SXSW Interactive 2015 is two months away… you can still get a discount on registration.  I will dust off some useful content to get my blog going — this was a trip report for my  team at work to highlight some

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What’s In a Name

One of the arguments UX’ers love to have is about job titles. It’s up there with ‘defining the damn thing’, ‘UX vs. UI’, ‘should designers code’, ‘should designers draw’, ‘do I need a UX portfolio’ (I bought into that one), ‘what’s

pkdaly@yahoo.com January 9, 2015January 21, 2015 Definitions, Industry 2 Comments Read more

iTunes in Decline Because of Poor Usability?

 “But many people say they are leaving iTunes simply because it isn’t that easy to use.” via With Downloads In Decline, Can iTunes Adapt? : The Record : NPR.   It’s not typical to start the day with a news

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Introduction

Hi, I’m Paul Daly, a User Experience professional in Austin Texas. I come from an applied psychology background; working in military human factors, instructional system design, desktop GUI and web design–with a little embedded mobile thrown in as well. My

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