UX Podcast

#144 Anticipatory design & cross-channel ecosystems with Sarah Doody & Andrea Resmini

24 Nov 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Sarah Doody joined us to talk about anticipatory design. What if we didn’t need to find and search through information to help us make decisions...

#143 Chatbots & emotional data with Daniel Harvey & Pamela Pavliscak

10 Nov 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In a chat based world, the words are the UI. Rather than tapping or clicking, we’re writing and responding. Daniel Harvey talked to us about chatbo...

#142 Presumptive design & Explaining yourself with Leo Frishberg & Lou Rosenfeld

27 Oct 2016

Contributed by Lukas

We don’t generally have a problem considering objects from the past. Speculating about what they are and how they might have been used. We could...

#141 The death of web design

13 Oct 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 141 is a link show. James and Per discuss three articles that have grabbed their attention. Design standards, form validation, and prototyping...

#140 Storymapping with Donna Lichaw

29 Sep 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Donna Lichaw is the author of The User’s Journey. In the book Donna explains the idea of storymapping. How, when, and why to use narrative struc...

#139 Education & Leadership with Evgenia Grinblo & Melissa Perri (Part 2)

22 Sep 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In part 2 of our two part chat with Melissa Perri and Evgenia Grinblo about education and leadership, we ask why are we doing all this stuff? The impo...

#138 Education & Leadership with Evgenia Grinblo & Melissa Perri (Part 1)

15 Sep 2016

Contributed by Lukas

We found ourselves talking separately to Melissa Perri and Evgenia Grinblo about education within the UX and design industry. So we brought them both ...

#137 Design leadership with Andy Budd

01 Sep 2016

Contributed by Lukas

We talk to Andy Budd about design leadership. As our relatively young industry matures and expands, many people are moving from being UX practitioner...

#136 Creativity with Denise Jacobs & Chris Noessel

18 Aug 2016

Contributed by Lukas

“Unfold your brain – Skyrocket your creative ability” was the title of Denise Jacobs’s highly interactive workshop at UXLx this spring. We ta...

#135 Asian e-commerce & Object Oriented UX with Stephanie Rieger & Sophia Voychehovski

04 Aug 2016

Contributed by Lukas

We live in a bit of a western-world UX-bubble. Stephanie Rieger joined us in the first half of this episode to give us a glimpse into how things are i...

#134 Material design with Richard Fulcher

21 Jul 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Since its launch in 2014, Google’s design framework – Material Design has been gathering momentum and spreading beyond its original focus ...

#133 Animation and Fairytale UX with Val Head & Per Axbom

07 Jul 2016

Contributed by Lukas

At UXLx James and Per both attended Val Head’s workshop to learn more about animation in online interfaces. The workshop gave us some excellent&...

#132 Listener phone-in

23 Jun 2016

Contributed by Lukas

James, Per and Danwei open the video channels for the 7th UX Podcast Listener phone-in. On a warm Friday afternoon in June we took questions and call...

#131 Ranch stories with Alan Cooper (Part 2)

16 Jun 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Alan Cooper was the closing keynote on the speaker day at UXLx 2016. Alan, the creator of visual basic and co-founder of design agency Cooper, hasn’...

#130 Ranch stories with Alan Cooper (Part 1)

09 Jun 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Alan Cooper was the closing keynote on the speaker day at UXLx 2016. Alan, the creator of visual basic and co-founder of design agency Cooper, hasn’...

#129 Beyond user research with Lou Rosenfeld

26 May 2016

Contributed by Lukas

We talk to Lou Rosenfeld about the 4th edition of Information Architecture (“The Polar Bear book”) and how the fields of IA and UX have ev...

#128 Occupational challenges

12 May 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In our listener survey we ask the question: What is the biggest occupational challenge facing you right now? Over the past few surveys we’ve ga...

#127 The Compassion Team

28 Apr 2016

Contributed by Lukas

A linkshow. James and Per discuss three articles that have grabbed their attention. The first article is Users always choose the path of least resista...

#126 Design doing with Don Norman (Part 2)

21 Apr 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Don Norman is without a doubt one of the most influential voices within the UX and design industry and also the cognitive sciences. Don produced some ...

#125 Design doing with Don Norman (Part 1)

14 Apr 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Don Norman is without a doubt one of the most influential voices within the UX and design industry and also the cognitive sciences. Don produced some ...

#124 Listener phone-in (Part 2)

07 Apr 2016

Contributed by Lukas

James, Per and Danwei open the video channels for the 6th UX Podcast Listener phone-in. We’ve pulled out the highlights from the live session and m...

#123 Listener phone-in (Part 1)

31 Mar 2016

Contributed by Lukas

James, Per and Danwei open the video channels for the 6th UX Podcast Listener phone-in. On a Friday afternoon in March we took questions and calls fro...

#122 Calm technology with Amber Case

17 Mar 2016

Contributed by Lukas

We talk to Amber Case, cyborg anthropologist and UX designer. We chat about the ideas expressed in Amber’s popular TED talk “We are all cy...

#121 Agentive technology with Chris Noessel

03 Mar 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Spawned from his keen interest in sci-fi interfaces Chris Noessel is passionate about the concept of agentive technology; computers doing things on ou...

#120 Product management & UX with Melissa Perri

18 Feb 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Melissa Perri has a background as both a product manager and a UX-er. We learn more about the overlap between the two disciplines and discuss some of ...

#119 Articulating design decisions with Tom Greever

04 Feb 2016

Contributed by Lukas

We talk to Tom Greever about Articulating Design Decisions. How do we talk about our designs effectively with stakeholders? Every designer has to ex...

#118 Inclusive design with Sara Lerén

21 Jan 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Sometimes we just run on auto-pilot. Male and Female. Two genders. His and Hers. A simple, polarised, view. When gender is implemented this way in web...

#117 Designing with Images

07 Jan 2016

Contributed by Lukas

It’s so easy to add a little rectangle to a wireframe, but what are the consequences of adding an image to your design? Are images good or bad...

#116 Christmas Listener phone-in

24 Dec 2015

Contributed by Lukas

James, Per and Danwei Tran Luciani open the video channels for the 5th UX Podcast Listener phone-in. The theme for this phone-in is The Demise of UX....

#115 The utility of UX

10 Dec 2015

Contributed by Lukas

A linkshow. James and Per discuss three articles that have grabbed their attention.

#114 Zero UI with Andy Goodman

26 Nov 2015

Contributed by Lukas

One of the problems with user interfaces is that it often feels like we’re serving the machines rather than them serving us. They demand so mu...

#113 Interacting with Jim Kalbach, Vanessa Kirby, Craig Sullivan & Sofia Hussain

12 Nov 2015

Contributed by Lukas

The second of our two shows featuring interviews from Interact London 2015. We talk to Jim Kalbach, Vanessa Kirby, Craig Sullivan and Sofia Hussain.

#112 Brain food with Steve Portigal, Pete Trainor & Anjan Chatterjee

29 Oct 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Our first of two shows featuring interviews from Interact London 2015 has a bit of a brain-related theme to it. We talk to Steve Portigal about mind...

#111 Meta moments

15 Oct 2015

Contributed by Lukas

A linkshow.  James and Per discuss three articles that have caught their attention. The first article is Who Needs UX Strategy by Paul Bryan. Second...

#110 UX Coaching with Whitney Hess

01 Oct 2015

Contributed by Lukas

We were lucky enough to meet up with Whitney Hess during her summer vacation in Sweden. We talk to Whitney about her journey from “producer of ...

#109 UX Strategy with Simon Norris

17 Sep 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Simon Norris, CEO of Nomensa joins us to chat about UX strategy. We look back over how digital has matured during the last 15 years and how the world ...

#108 Listener phone-in special

10 Sep 2015

Contributed by Lukas

“Thank you for ginning us!” In the style of a radio phone-in, James and Per open the door and invite in you, the listener. Our guests in o...

#107 Architecting the information age with Lisa Welchman

03 Sep 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Lisa Welchman was the opening speaker on the conference day of UXLx 2015. She posed the question Are we Architecting the Information Age? We talk to ...

#106 Imposter syndrome with Amy Silvers & Lori Cavallucci

20 Aug 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Many of us suffer from imposter syndrome. Everyone else is better than me. This was just luck. Good timing. Soon they’re going to find out that ...

#105 Content, sensory experiences & linked data with Nicole Fenton, Alastair Somerville & Mike Atherton

06 Aug 2015

Contributed by Lukas

A triple set of interviews with Nicole Fenton, Alastair Somerville and Mike Atherton recorded at UXLx 2015.  Nicole is an editor, writer, content s...

#104 Sorting out this mess with Abby Covert & Andrew Hinton

23 Jul 2015

Contributed by Lukas

A conversation with Abby Covert and Andrew Hinton about dealing with digital change. Recorded at UXLx 2015. Abby is an independent information archi...

#103 What is Zero UI?

09 Jul 2015

Contributed by Lukas

A Linkshow. James and Per discuss three recent articles they have found on their digital travels. Our first article is Designing with Analytics by one...

#102 Story mapping & analytics with Adrian Howard & Mike Beasley

25 Jun 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Interviews with Adrian Howard and Mike Beasley recorded at UXLx 2015. Adrian regularly teaches and speaks on integrating Lean, UX and Agile methods an...

#101 Magical UX with Josh Clark & Stephen Hay

11 Jun 2015

Contributed by Lukas

An interview with Josh Clark and Stephen Hay recorded at UXLx 2015. Josh is the man behind Big Medium, formally Globalmoxie, and was the closing keyno...

#100 James & Per sing happy birthday

28 May 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Happy 4th Birthday UX Podcast! We happen to turn 4 at the same time as reaching the milestone of 100 episodes. In this birthday special we really do s...

#99 James & Per hide their hamburgers

14 May 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Three articles stumbled upon recently by James and Per are up for discussion in this Link Show. First up – Why It’s Totally Okay to Use a Hamb...

#98 James & Per at From Business To Buttons 2015

30 Apr 2015

Contributed by Lukas

UX Podcast attended the biggest UX conference in Sweden to date with over 850 attendees. “From Business To Buttons” was held on 21 April 2...

#97 James & Per & Joe peel onions

16 Apr 2015

Contributed by Lukas

We talk to Joe Leech about psychology for designers and bullshit science. We debunk some myths and “rules” that come across as truths.

#96 James & Per give micro-feedback

02 Apr 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 96 is a linkshow. James and Per discuss three articles they’ve stumbled upon whilst roaming the internet.

#95 James & Per & Ethan are responsive

19 Mar 2015

Contributed by Lukas

The father of the term Responsive Web Design, Ethan Marcotte, joins us for a chat. We talk, naturally, about responsive web design. How it came about,...

#94 James & Per & You

05 Mar 2015

Contributed by Lukas

In the style of a radio phone-in, James and Per open the door and invite in you, the listener. Our guests in our third listener phone-in ended up bein...

#93 James & Per & Kim plan their journey

19 Feb 2015

Contributed by Lukas

We’re joined by Kim Goodwin author of Designing for the digital age and UX executive at both PatientsLikeMe and Cooper. We dive into t...

#92 James & Per & Lisa manage chaos

05 Feb 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Lisa Welchman, from Active Standards, joins us to talk about digital governance. How to manage the chaos and put a digital governance framework in pla...

#91 James & Per & Aimee get automated

22 Jan 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Automated marketing. The marketeer’s dream. What is it, and how does this impact UX? Aimee Ravacon from Specopssoft shares her experiences ...

#90 James & Per are not robots

08 Jan 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 90 is a link show. James and Per discuss three articles they’ve stumbled upon whilst roaming the internet. First – Under-resourced an...

#89 James & Per want a car not a skateboard

25 Dec 2014

Contributed by Lukas

How do you build a minimum viable product? Inspired by a Twitter conversation, we talk to Russ Unger, Stephen Anderson and Jeff Gothelf about what MVP...

#88 James & Per & Jared leave sheep alone

11 Dec 2014

Contributed by Lukas

We’re joined by usability grandmaster Jared Spool. Inspired by a tweet we asked Jared to join us to dive a little deeper.

#87 James & Per & You

27 Nov 2014

Contributed by Lukas

In the style of a radio phone-in, James and Per open up the communication channels and talk to you the listener. Our guests in our second listener ph...

#86 James & Per & Chris redesign Star Wars

13 Nov 2014

Contributed by Lukas

UX Podcast was lucky enough to take part in the first ever Redesigning Star Wars workshop run by Chris Noessel. Chris is the co-author of Make It So, ...

#85 James & Per & Bart spin the wheel of persuasion

30 Oct 2014

Contributed by Lukas

When Bart, James and Per start talking, they just don’t stop. This is an extended and thought-provoking interview with Bart Schutz that we rec...

#84 James & Per at Conversion Jam 4

16 Oct 2014

Contributed by Lukas

UX Podcast attended one of the biggest conversion optimisation conferences in the world, Conversion Jam 4, organised by Conversionista. We grabbed i...

#83 James & Per & Skip pay by mobile

02 Oct 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Hot on the heels of the launch of the iPhone 6 with it’s NFC chip and Apple Pay, we talk to Skip Allum, the author of Designing Mobile Paymen...

#82 James & Per & Heather give consumers rights

18 Sep 2014

Contributed by Lukas

On June 13th 2014 the Consumer Rights Directive came into force across Europe. This law has a direct impact on the way we design our websites within ...

#81 James & Per at Hybridconf 2014

04 Sep 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Touring UX, design and dev conference Hybridconf landed in Stockholm this year. We were there for both days to listen, learn and most importantly to i...

#80 James & Per are broken

21 Aug 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 80 is a link show. James and Per discuss three articles they’ve stumbled upon whilst dredging the internets. First – Everything is...

#79 James & Per & Alissa get unbundled

07 Aug 2014

Contributed by Lukas

With Facebook moving messaging to a separate app, unbundling has really hit the big time. What is app unbundling? Should you be adopting it as a stra...

#78 James & Per & You

24 Jul 2014

Contributed by Lukas

In the style of a radio phone-in, James and Per open up the communication channels and talk to you the listener. We took calls live and blind not know...

#77 James & Per & Caroline answer your survey

10 Jul 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Form and survey specialist and author Caroline Jarrett joins us on this episode of UX Podcast. Unsurprisingly we chat about surveys and forms beginnin...

#76 James & Per thank you for subscribing

26 Jun 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 76 is a link show. James and Per discuss three articles they’ve discovered on their digital travels. First – 45 days to plan a T...

#75 James & Per & Dave share principles of agility

12 Jun 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Dave Gray of Gamestorming fame joined us in Stockholm to share some stories around principles of agility. Patterns to guide you rather than dogma to ...

#74 James & Per at Intranätverk 2014

29 May 2014

Contributed by Lukas

James and Per jumped on the early morning train from Stockholm and headed down to Gothenburg for the international day of Intranätverk 2014, a confe...

#73 James & Per & Russ plan a workshop

15 May 2014

Contributed by Lukas

James and Per are joined by Russ Unger to talk about workshops. How do you plan and create a workshop? How do you become an awesome facilitator?

#72 James & Per & comments for all

01 May 2014

Contributed by Lukas

An accessible, user-centered comment system? How has no one managed to do that before? UX Podcast is joined by Malin Crona from The Centre for Easy-to...

#71 James & Per & Jens gather insights

17 Apr 2014

Contributed by Lukas

James and Per are joined in this episode by Jens Wedin to talk about design research. When should you do research? Why should you do it? How should yo...

#70 James & Per & Vimla

03 Apr 2014

Contributed by Lukas

UX Podcast attended the launch of Vimla, a new mobile network developed start-up style by Telenor here  in Sweden that aims to be simple, open, and c...

#69 James & Per & The Dirt Show

20 Mar 2014

Contributed by Lukas

UX Podcast in Sweden stretches across 6000km of Atlantic ocean to join up with The Dirt Show in Boston for a crossover show. James and Per from UX Pod...

#68 James & Per ask: money or meaning?

06 Mar 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Are you in it for the money or in it for the UX? James and Per reflect on Facebook’s $19bn purchase of Whatsapp, the history and future of messa...

#67 James & Per & Anna talk deliverables

21 Feb 2014

Contributed by Lukas

UX deliverables with Anna Dahlström. We look at the problem with UX deliverables, explore being tactical and adapting what you produce to the situati...

#66 James & Per stunt UX

06 Feb 2014

Contributed by Lukas

A Link show. James and Per discuss three recent articles found during their digital travels. Has information architecture been hindered by the rise of...

#65 James & Per & Nathalie talk dirty

23 Jan 2014

Contributed by Lukas

We’re joined by The Web Psychologist Nathalie Nahai to talk dirty. We discuss sex and UX. Is everything connected to sex, even online?

#64 James & Per are web-safe

09 Jan 2014

Contributed by Lukas

A Link show to start the year. Per and James discuss three recent articles that they’ve found during their digital travels. With font-face now w...

#63 James & Per recommend podcasts

26 Dec 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Whilst sat around an open fire drinking sherry and wearing Santa hats, James and Per record a podcast about podcasts. In this meta-show we explain how...

#62 James & Per are delightful

12 Dec 2013

Contributed by Lukas

In this linkshow James and Per discuss 3 articles they’ve found during their digital travels. We start off by discussing customer experience lan...

#61 James & Per & Costas grumpily innovate

29 Nov 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Costas Papaikonomou is The Grumpy Innovator and author of Thoughts from a Grumpy Innovator as well as one of the founding partners of the Happen group...

#60 James & Per & Jonas fill in forms

15 Nov 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Web forms and form analytics. We’re joined (once he’d found the right garden!) by Jonas Arnklint from Stockholm-based start-up Revrise to ...

#59 James & Per suck up leaves

01 Nov 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Why do we produce so much content, and so many websites and apps, that people don’t want or need? We take a look at the problem of bloat that so...

#58 James & Per & Mattias have beards

18 Oct 2013

Contributed by Lukas

We meet up with Mattias Beijmo, founder of Duma and course leader for Web Management at Berghs School of Communication for a chat about beards. After ...

#57 James & Per avoid spinning

04 Oct 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 57 of UX Podcast is a link show. James and Per discuss three articles found during their digital travels. We start off with some satire and d...

#56 James and Per at Conversion Jam 3

20 Sep 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Conversion Jam 3 was held recently here in Stockholm. Conversion Jam is a conference for online marketing/ecommerce managers, optimizers and analysts....

#55 James & Per & Steve buy beer with Bitcoin

06 Sep 2013

Contributed by Lukas

On Obama-day here in Stockholm we were joined by Stephen Early, owner of Individual Pubs in the UK and, earlier this year, became the first pubs in th...

#54 James & Per become unicorns

23 Aug 2013

Contributed by Lukas

A Link show. James and Per discuss three articles found during their digital travels. We begin by talking about Deception and when does persuasive des...

#53 James & Per quantify themselves

09 Aug 2013

Contributed by Lukas

James and Per are both fans of quantified self. In this show we take a look at what quantified self and life logging are. We chat about some of the po...

#52 James & Per move beyond 960

26 Jul 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Inspired by a question Bruno Figueiredo posted to Facebook, James and Per try to answer the question – How do you decide what resolution to des...

#51 James & Per & Brad go future friendly

12 Jul 2013

Contributed by Lukas

We’re joined in Episode 51 by mobile web strategist and front-end designer Brad Frost. Brad’s blog posts have featured in a number of UX ...

#50 James & Per begin with words

28 Jun 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Separated by a hundred million square kilometres of Atlantic Ocean, James and Per bring you a link show featuring three articles we’ve found dur...

#49 James & Per accept your terms and conditions

14 Jun 2013

Contributed by Lukas

On the back of the NSA Prism revelations, we’re joined by Pär Lannerö to talk about internet privacy and the complicated world of terms and c...

#48 James & Per look at users from the inside

31 May 2013

Contributed by Lukas

After returning from Intranätverk, an intranet conference recently held in Sweden, James shares some reflections. We also talk about user centered de...

#47 James & Per say goodbye to UXLx 2013

18 May 2013

Contributed by Lukas

That’s it. it’s all over. Time to board the aeroplane and head back to Stockholm. It’s been a fun and intensive 3 days of conferenci...

#46 James & Per & Chris

17 May 2013

Contributed by Lukas

In the bar of the Tryp Oriente at the end of day 2 of  UXLx 2013 we settle down with a  beer and reflect on the conference so far together with Chri...

#45 James & Per & Luke

16 May 2013

Contributed by Lukas

It’s just before lunch on day 2 of UXLx 2013 and we were lucky enough to grab a few minutes of Luke Wroblewski‘s time right after his mor...