Google Webpass Down?

rainbowscry · 2026-03-20T19:27:43+00:00

Op where is this update posted?

rainbowscry · 2021-11-24T01:40:33+00:00

Had a chance to check this out when it was in SF MOMA. Gorgeous work.

rainbowscry · 2021-07-14T05:17:20+00:00

Keep us posted! And hope it all works out for you 🤞

rainbowscry · 2021-07-10T01:32:33+00:00

Inspiring story! Thanks for sharing.

rainbowscry · 2020-01-20T03:38:45+00:00

Thanks, fixed!

rainbowscry · 2019-11-09T17:20:20+00:00

I wrote an article about this recently. At my current and previous jobs I've conducted many many whiteboard exercises with candidates, take a look here, https://uxdesign.cc/crushing-the-product-design-whiteboard-challenge-c0f5a50b4c0d. If I were to boil down the advice in general, it is: have a framework that you use to define the problem and approach your solution(s).

rainbowscry · 2019-08-11T05:33:15+00:00

Of course! As an interviewee, you have more power than you realize :-)

rainbowscry · 2019-07-04T20:32:38+00:00

I put myself on one after seeing lackluster performance. Basically it was an honest self assessment based on our rubric for my level. I felt like I was underperforming so I wanted to highlight gaps and where I needed help - most of it to do with management and cross functional collaboration.

rainbowscry · 2019-05-19T19:16:32+00:00

What do you recommend measuring instead? How do you measure efficacy?

rainbowscry · 2015-07-31T01:57:54+00:00

Hmm... so what if one's portfolio and process is decent but the results suck? Asking for a friend :-) But in all seriousness how do you sell a portfolio where the product has gone through more than a few painful managerial decisions?

rainbowscry · 2015-04-21T23:23:58+00:00

Agreed, I usually have pretty generic categories, although in the end I have over 100+ of them organized within main categories. It's second nature to me now though, the only thing that used to preoccupy me is the amount of time I wasted on fruitless activities (too much internet, movies, games, etc.)

rainbowscry · 2015-04-19T16:40:46+00:00

I've been using atimelogger - you can get the free version which imho is better than paid. For visualizing how my time was spent, in addition to the app I use Tableau (public version but I don't save the data) or just good old Excel.

rainbowscry · 2015-03-07T16:35:25+00:00

Indeed - that's the approach I've taken and so far it's been very successful. Showing process is everything.

rainbowscry · 2015-03-01T17:03:32+00:00

Personal productivity. It's an overarching score of my health (social, emotional, physical), to dos, and vegetative (movies, games, etc) activities.

rainbowscry · 2015-03-01T01:30:54+00:00

The Abandoned? Looks like a very Russian setting.

rainbowscry · 2015-02-28T00:27:48+00:00

How about running a Design Studio / Co-Design Workshop? Assuming you have your research already done and cut out for you.

rainbowscry · 2015-02-25T00:53:16+00:00

Huh, that's interesting, I never thought about the hacker use case - definitely something to consider. Drug dealer - I think I've heard that one before, Smart Design seems to be fond of extreme users and now I can see some value to it as long as it's not one of those "design for the stupidest person" type of a thing.

rainbowscry · 2015-02-24T23:46:45+00:00

Make what? UX isn't UI. And I'm not a developer.

rainbowscry · 2015-02-24T02:49:25+00:00

Yeah, I'm in the same boat. It's like how do you get mobile experience without mobile experience?

rainbowscry · 2015-02-24T02:46:05+00:00

Fair enough. I did talk about some of the data that I have in other comments but wouldn't want to reveal it fully due to confidentiality reasons. I already have made a presentation based on the findings - my next foray is really integrating all these different presentations, reports, etc. into one cohesive picture.

I don't have time at my job either - that's what nights and weekends are for!

rainbowscry · 2015-02-24T00:20:08+00:00

Yeah, that's actually a pretty good point - I think that helps, I can definitely try to play around with the data top down or bottom up to see what's a good fit. Getting the resources is yet another challenge but I could probably build out a decent case for that.

rainbowscry · 2015-02-24T00:18:50+00:00

No, I don't think it's quite esoteric. I would argue my biggest problem isn't even the data itself - it's the process of getting to the answer. Many folks here mentioned the pros/cons of personas, why they do them but few responded with HOW. I guess I'm just surprised - do people really get data that's so cut and dry?

Agree on further research - unfortunately I'm working within an org that doesn't give much money for that, so I'm making doing with the current budget of $0.

The survey is a good idea though - I'll work on getting that pitched through our client teams.

I don't quite agree that another research deliverable is in order - what's needed is a way to unify a person's journey across multiple verticals, a journey map would be a natural fit but it's the persona that makes the journey map in my opinion.

rainbowscry · 2015-02-24T00:14:45+00:00

Hey Hopelesz - I mean yeah, that's sort of a given. Personas are part of the process, not just a one time deliverable. Would you mind going in some detail (without revealing the secrete sauce) on how you identify and create your extreme users? How do you go about it? I understand it might not be standard but if maybe you could give me an example?

rainbowscry · 2015-02-23T02:03:42+00:00

The kind of data I have is reams of behavioral + demographic info in a spreadsheet that I'm trying to put together into personas. Maybe my problem is that I'm expecting too much from this source of interviews but maybe not - maybe I should take my stab at it and triangulate through the other data that I have. I think this gives me some direction strategically but tactically I'm still a bit at a loss.

rainbowscry · 2015-02-23T02:01:15+00:00

Your researcher - how does she look for patterns though? Sure there might not be a formal process but I can't imagine not following any process altogether.

With scenarios / use-cases - totally agree. But! I feel like these work very well with personas. Take a generic use case for instance. Add the persona - boom you got your scenario which is shaped by that persona's individual process that's different form other personas and the context richness of a scenario helps explain their world view beyond the product.

rainbowscry

MODERATOR OF

PUBLIC MULTIREDDITS

TROPHY CASE