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Why we don't do usability tests for AI-driven products (and neither should you)

To create more successful AI-driven products, focus on RITE (Rapid Iterative Testing and Evaluation) studies instead of Usability tests. Here’s why.

Innovate Like a Boss: How to create the perfect user research program for your AI-driven project.

Proven strategies for creating repeatable, consistent research opportunities for your AI-driven project so that you can innovate with confidence and poise.

AI for UX: Figma and the Gods of Hammers

In case you missed the news last week, Figma launched its new “Make Designs” AI and then had to pull it out almost immediately because everything it made looked exactly like an… (GASP!) Apple app. I think that is, at best, a distraction. Here are 7 use cases Figma should focus on instead and what UX Designers should focus on in this critical transition for the UX industry to avoid becoming “the gods of hammers.”

The New AI-Inclusive UX Process

AI is like nothing we’ve ever done before. It demands a new level of rapid, flexible, user-centered thinking and rapid adjustment, neatly expressed in this new process diagram.

Getting Ready for AI-pocalypse: Short-Hand UX Design Notation as AI Prompt

My friends and colleagues know about my obsession with AI-First design tools. And this little hack is all you need to get started on the road to more efficient design and higher quality by eliminating repetitive and boring “robot monkey work.”

The One Thing you Should Never Say to Designers in 2024

UX can help your AI come to life. But not if you keep using this toxic word you should ban from your office in 2024.

Faster, UX Pussycat! Kill! Kill!

Sure, AI can design, but can it kill? The new UX superpower is killing bad ideas and projects with low ROI. Welcome to the New Normal.

How to Create Figma Tables for AI Designs in Less Than 3 Minutes

We boil down almost four decades of design experience to demonstrate how to best create tables in Figma (as well as other standard components) in the age of AI. We offer a simple, straightforward, and highly practical approach to creating tables in Figma that allows a typical table to be built live on a Zoom call in under 3 minutes.

The Importance of Staying Lean

The second best way to sink your AI project is by spending too much money.

AI and UX Research

AI is radically altering the landscape of the UX profession. What impact will the new technology have on UX Research? Will UX Researchers still have jobs? What research skills are going to be most in demand in the new age of AI?

UX is Dead.

Congratulations! We did it. UX has finally gone mainstream.

How to Keep both Dev and Design Teams Happy and Productive in an Agile Environment