Human Tech
Episodes
Episode #071: Johan Berndtsson Visits The Show
Contributed by Lukas
We talk to Johan Berndtsson about the challenges of running an ethical UX Company.
Episode #081: Objects and Views
Contributed by Lukas
We talk all about the abstract idea of objects and views.
Episode #078: The ROI of User Research
Contributed by Lukas
Susan Weinschenk examines how to decide how much user research is enough, and how to think about and calculate the ROI of doing it.
Episode #077: Ylva Ostby Visits The Show To Talk About... What Again? Oh Right! Memory.
Contributed by Lukas
Ylva Ostby Visits The Show To Talk About... What Again? Oh Right! Memory.
Episode #076: Pamela Pavliscak Visits The Show To Talk About Emotional Design
Contributed by Lukas
AI is learning to read your emotions. Pamela Pavliscak tells us all about it.
Episode #075: How To Induce Compliance
Contributed by Lukas
We talk all about compliance and what the research suggests you should do to induce it.
Episode #074: Kevin M. Hoffman Visits The Podcast To Talk About Meeting Design
Contributed by Lukas
We talk all about the importance of meeting design.
Episode #073: Eric Olive Visits The Podcast
Contributed by Lukas
We talk to Eric Olive about fun behavioral science work and what he's been up to with his consultantcy.
Episode #072: All About Multitasking
Contributed by Lukas
We talk about mutlitasking and procrastinating; science and opportunities.
Episode #139: 2023 Lecture Series Episode 2
Contributed by Lukas
We continue our Lecture Series about collaboration. We focus on applying the research to some specific collaboration techniques.
Episode #141: 2023 Lecture Series Episode 4
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is about UX and Design Research, talking more deeply about the topic with examples.
Episode #140: 2023 Lecture Series Episode 3
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is about UX and Design Research, history and background.
Episode #116: Context and Environments in UX Design
Contributed by Lukas
We talk about how silly passwords are and context when doing UX.
Episode #092: Dr. Phillip Alvelda Visits The Show
Contributed by Lukas
We talk to Dr. Phillip Alvelda about AI, and his great work on the future of healthcare solutions.
Episode #120: Metaverse Thoughts Part 3 (Trust)
Contributed by Lukas
We talk about how creating new platforms is harder today after years of trust erosion.
Episode #122: Metaverse Thoughts Part 4 (Not Terrible Internet)
Contributed by Lukas
We talk about what a Web 3.0 future looks like if it was all about making the internet not terrible and unsafe and full of trolls.
Episode #091: I Love You, Now Read This Book
Contributed by Lukas
We talk about Guthrie's new book: I Love You, Now Read This Book (It's About Human Decision Making and Behavioral Economics).
Episode #110: Russ Branaghan Visits The Show
Contributed by Lukas
Russ Branaghan, author of Humanizing Healthcare – Human Factors for Medical Devices joins the show to talk about UX and the medical field.
Episode #121: Why People Are Changing Jobs
Contributed by Lukas
We talk about the motivations behind why people change jobs, and what employers can do to retain talent.
Episode #119: UX Strategy
Contributed by Lukas
Susan talks about how to implement UX Strategy.
Episode #118: Metaverse Thoughts Part 2
Contributed by Lukas
We talk about UX and the metaverse, crypto, NFTs and the challenge of mental models for the Web 3.0.
Episode #113: Caroline Jarrett Visits the Show
Contributed by Lukas
We talk to Caroline Jarrett about forms and surveys. Transcript at https://humantech.theteamw.com/transcripts/113%20transcript.docx.
Episode #117: Metaverse Thoughts Part 1
Contributed by Lukas
We talk about UX and the metaverse, VR vs AR adotption guesses, and other metaverse related thoughts.
Episode #115: Visual Thinking
Contributed by Lukas
Our first podcast live on Restream, we talk about our journey into visual thinking.
Episode #114: Shop Talk
Contributed by Lukas
We talk shop about the state of the industry, what's been going on, how UX will change because of work from home, and more.
Episode #111: The 4 Influencers on Corporate Ethics
Contributed by Lukas
We talk about the big 4 influencers on corporate ethics, the free market, government, corporate leaders, and the employees.
Episode #112: Nathan Shedroff Visits the Show
Contributed by Lukas
We talk to Nathan Shedroff about the culture of UX, sustainable design, and more.
Episode #090: UX Strategy
Contributed by Lukas
We talk about the body of knowledge around UX Strategy.
Episode #080: Chatbots
Contributed by Lukas
Intel is changing the game with a big announcement today. Guthrie poorly explains to Susan what this means, and why the hardware race is back on! Has ...
Episode #089: Kristen Gallagher Visits The Show
Contributed by Lukas
Kristen Gallagher visits the show. We talk about UX and the social studies she is running.
Episode #088: Danielle Cooley Visits The Show
Contributed by Lukas
Danielle Cooley visits the show to talk all about user testing, but also bed sheets?
Episode #087: Elizabeth Rosenzweig Visits The Show
Contributed by Lukas
Elizabeth Rosenzweig Visits The Show. Founder and Director of World Usability Day.
Episode #086: Partitioning
Contributed by Lukas
We talk about behavioral econ strategies involving partitioning and framing.
Episode #083: Journey Maps
Contributed by Lukas
Today's topic is journey maps.
Episode #084: How To Present Research To Stakeholders
Contributed by Lukas
Some friendly advice about how to present research to stakeholders.
Episode #082: Rewards and Anti-Rewards
Contributed by Lukas
What is a reward? What about the opposite? What about punishment? We talk all about these fun things.
Episode #079: The Return of Moore's Law
Contributed by Lukas
Intel is changing the game with a big announcement today. Guthrie poorly explains to Susan what this means, and why the hardware race is back on! Has ...
Episode #142: 2023 Lecture Series Episode 5
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is about mental and conceptual models. Very abstract but very important.
Episode #095: Writing is Designing
Contributed by Lukas
We talk to Michael Metts and Andy Welfle, authors of Writing is Designing.
Episode #094: Future of Social Networks
Contributed by Lukas
We talk about social networks and what their future might hold.
Episode #093: Steve Field Visits The Show
Contributed by Lukas
We talk to Steve Field today on the podcast.
Episode #160: A 2024 Prospective, Big Topics For The Upcoming Year
Contributed by Lukas
We make some predictions about what some of the big UX trends of 2024 will be. Happy New Year!
Episode #159: Todd Cherches Visits The Show
Contributed by Lukas
Todd Cherches visits the show to talk about visual leadership, management books, and frogs jumping into ponds.
Episode #158: UX Creativity
Contributed by Lukas
If you are in UX how do you satisfy your creative outlet? What sorts of hobbies and work strategies exist to make you feel fulfilled?
Episode #157: Book Publishing
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss our experience publishing numerous books, how the book publishing industry has changed, and what to do if you want to publish a book.
Episode #156: Ease vs Resiliancy
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss the dynamic between ease and resiliancy, the easier life is, the less resiliant people, or users, might be in the future.
Episode #155: Antitrust
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss the upcoming antitrust lawsuits that might be coming for the biggest of tech companies.
Episode #154: Projects Vs. Squads
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss the pros/cons of UX teams working in a project or squad formation.
Episode #131: Catching Up
Contributed by Lukas
We catch up and talk about some of the big topics that happened in 2022 while we were on break. What a big year!
Episode #130: Metrics
Contributed by Lukas
We talk about how hard it is to design good metrics because it touches so many tricky areas of the industry.
Episode #129: Tech Jumps and UI
Contributed by Lukas
We talk about the upcoming tech jump over the next few years, and what that might mean for user interfaces, and UI design. Are there any lessons from ...
Episode #128: Hypothesis Testing in UX
Contributed by Lukas
We talk about hypothesis testing in UX. It's fun! You should try it.
Episode #127: Video Conferencing
Contributed by Lukas
We talk about ways to improve video conferencing, and what is holding it back. We take a diversion about the history of Teams and Skype. Sorry for our...
Episode #126: Margot Bloomstein Visits The Show
Contributed by Lukas
We talk to Margot Bloomstein about how companies can foster trust and content across their different branches, and how to develop that important consi...
Episode #125: Industrial Design and Human Factors
Contributed by Lukas
We talk about a relative of UX, Industrial Design and Human Factors. Don't forget about the interesting work going on in this related field.
Episode #109: Humans Calculate By Feel
Contributed by Lukas
In this Human Tech podcast episode we talk about the idea that humans calculate by feel, and more about the new Behavioral Economics Certificiate that...
Episode #108: Sydney Anh Mai Visits The Show
Contributed by Lukas
In this Human Tech podcast episode we talk with Sydney Anh Mai about differences in design between the East and the West.
Episode #165: We're Back 2024
Contributed by Lukas
After a baby and work hiatus we are back! We catch up with UXPA 2024, the state of the UX job market, and other random tidbits.
Episode #147: End of The Social Web Era
Contributed by Lukas
Have we turned a corner on the era of the social web? Have we moved into a different phase of the internet?
Episode #146: Designing For Centralization vs. Decentralization
Contributed by Lukas
We talk about the differences in philosophy between designing for centralization or decentralization.
Episode #145: 2023 Lecture Series Episode 8
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is our last for this lecture series. We talk about design systems and dive deeper into the intersection between UX and service/marketing ...
Episode #144: 2023 Lecture Series Episode 7
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is an introduction to behavioral design, and the intersection of service design/marketing and UX.
Episode #143: 2023 Lecture Series Episode 6
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is about mental and conceptual models Part 2. Very abstract but very important, but now we are digging deeper.
Episode #132: The Case For Making ChatGPT Illegal Part 1
Contributed by Lukas
We make a simple case for regulating advanced AI past a certain point. Part 1.
Episode #124: Musical Notation
Contributed by Lukas
We talk about musical notation, and if the confusing history has any lessons for us in other fields.
Episode #175: Dean Barker Visits The Show
Contributed by Lukas
Dean Barker visits the show to talk about his new book "Advance: How To Move Your Business Forward With Design Strategy"
Episode #148: Dean Visits The Show Episode 1: Objects and Views
Contributed by Lukas
We welcome Dean Barker to the show to talk about Objects and Views, the first of several episodes with Dean.
Episode #123: Brain Research Thoughts
Contributed by Lukas
We talk about a great series on Youtube about brain research, and other brain research thoughts.
Episode #162: Design Systems
Contributed by Lukas
We take a brief detour to talk about running Chatbots locally on Guthrie's Mac, and then talk about some issues that design systems have been facing, ...
Episode #163: Research Plans and Protocols
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #161: Are Screens Good?
Contributed by Lukas
Tech is always looking for the next big thing to replace our old way of doing things. Screens have been around for decades, but are they actually the ...
Episode #174: Taking AI Seriously Part 5
Contributed by Lukas
We are here to take AI Seriously this time, but for real. This is Part 5 of a multi-part series. We want to have a realistic talk about AI and how it ...
Episode #172: Taking AI Seriously Part 3
Contributed by Lukas
We are here to take AI Seriously this time, but for real. This is Part 3 of a multi-part series. We want to have a realistic talk about AI and how it ...
Episode #171: Taking AI Seriously Part 2
Contributed by Lukas
We are here to take AI Seriously this time, but for real. This is Part 2 of a multi-part series. We want to have a realistic talk about AI and how it ...
Episode #170: Taking AI Seriously Part 1
Contributed by Lukas
We are here to take AI Seriously this time, but for real. This is Part 1 of a multi-part series. We want to have a realistic talk about AI and how it ...
Episode #169: Embodied Cognition
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss embodied cognition, a large part of the human experience that often goes under-talked about in UX circles.
Episode #168: Screen Monkey
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss a common issue UXers are facing, too often they spend all their time in the tool designing screens, and no time doing UX work.
Episode #167: Errors
Contributed by Lukas
How should UXers deal with designing around errors? Why is it so hard to have designs with good error flows?
Episode #166: Voting UX
Contributed by Lukas
With the US Election season coming to a close we try to talk about some of the potential pitfalls of the UX of voting, and how the mental models are q...
Episode #164: State of UX Ohio
Contributed by Lukas
Keith Instone and Adam Deardurff join the show to talk about their work doing research for the State of UX in Ohio. We talk about common issues facing...
Episode #153: Dean Visits The Show Episode 6: Objects and Views Part 6
Contributed by Lukas
We welcome Dean Barker to the show to conclude Objects and Views for Part 6, covering where do Objects and Views fit within the broader design context...
Episode #152: Dean Visits The Show Episode 5: Objects and Views Part 5
Contributed by Lukas
We welcome Dean Barker to the show to talk about Objects and Views for the Part 5, covering metaphor.
Episode #151: Dean Visits The Show Episode 4: Objects and Views Part 4
Contributed by Lukas
We welcome Dean Barker to the show to talk about Objects and Views for the Part 4, covering Spotify as an example and answering the question "is chees...
Episode #150: Dean Visits The Show Episode 3: Objects and Views Part 3
Contributed by Lukas
We welcome Dean Barker to the show to talk about Objects and Views for the Part 3, covering more history and background of how we got to today.
Episode #149: Dean Visits The Show Episode 2: Objects and Views Part 2
Contributed by Lukas
We welcome Dean Barker to the show to talk about Objects and Views for the Part 2, covering the history and background of how Objects and Views sprung...
Episode #137: Burnout
Contributed by Lukas
We talk about burnout, how to identify it, how it affects people, what's normal, and what the future of UX burnout is.
Episode #136: Guthrie Solo 1
Contributed by Lukas
Susan is out sick, so Guthrie has a short podcast talking about some internal goingsons and a new AI letter.
Episode #135: Microsoft
Contributed by Lukas
We talk about three big current events involving Microsoft, new AI hardware, Copilot, and Microsoft Loop.
Episode #134: Loss of Physical Design
Contributed by Lukas
We talk about the loss and taking for granted of physical design skills. Is there a generation of UXers and designers who can't design for the real wo...
Episode #133: ChatGPT Part 2, The Death of UX and Other Disruptions
Contributed by Lukas
Part 2. We look at AI and UX and how it might be disruptive as a microcosm for potential future changes.
Episode #107: The Knowledge Illusion: Why We Never Think Alone
Contributed by Lukas
Steve Sloman, Cognitive Science Professor at Brown University, and Phil Fernbach at University of Colorado Leeds School of Business join the show to t...
Episode #105: Dean Barker Visits The Show
Contributed by Lukas
Dean Barker visits the show to talk about scaling UX to a large team, and general remembering the good old days.
Episode #104: Update and Working Remotely
Contributed by Lukas
We give an update on what we've been working on during the pandemic, and then talk about the behavioral science of remote work, will it stick around?
Episode #103: Stephen Anderson and Karl Fast Visit The Show
Contributed by Lukas
Stephen Anderson and Karl Fast vist the show to talk about their book "Figure It Out: Getting From Information To Understanding."
Episode #102: Amy Bucher Visits The Show
Contributed by Lukas
Amy Bucher visits the show to talk about her work in Behavioral Change Design.
Episode #100! Audio AI/Deeplearning and Covid
Contributed by Lukas
We talk about a bunch of things this episode, a bit about our journey to Episode 100, Audio Only Deep Learning, and of course, a little about Covid.
Episode #099: Grant Crowell Visits The Show
Contributed by Lukas
We talk to Grant Crowell about marketing, and his new book Grantasms.
Episode #098: Dana Chisnell Visits The Show
Contributed by Lukas
We talk to Dana Chisnell about her work in helping government tackle UX design problems, and her optimism for the future.
Episode #097: Elaine Kasket Visits The Show
Contributed by Lukas
We talk to Elaine Kasket, author of "All The Ghosts In The Machine" about our digital lives after death. Who owns our data and what happens after we'r...
Episode #096: Cheenu Chari Visits The Show
Contributed by Lukas
We talk to Cheenu Chari, UX Researcher at BMC Software and expert on the UX of chatbots.