Developing Your UX Career in the Midst of a Recession
It’s hard to point to a time in modern history as tumultuous as the present. The human toll from COVID-19 is real and deep. So are the economic effects that have rippled through every industry. As a result, many UX professionals are being laid off— a situation that would be hard to foresee only a few months ago. Rob Gifford, Managing Director of Experience Design at Mad*Pow shares his perspectives on how career setbacks can also be a rich source of personal insights that help us recalibrate towards a more fulfilling trajectory.
Developing Your UX Career in the Midst of a Recession
It’s hard to point to a time in modern history as tumultuous as the present. The human toll from COVID-19 is real and deep. So are the economic effects that have rippled through every industry. As a result, many UX professionals are being laid off— a situation that would be hard to foresee only a few months ago. Rob Gifford, Managing Director of Experience Design at Mad*Pow shares his perspectives on how career setbacks can also be a rich source of personal insights that help us recalibrate towards a more fulfilling trajectory.
A UX Guide to CSCW Software: Updating Our Toolkits
In the last month, the entire world has moved online. Many UX-related issues have been encountered as we’ve made this shift. This online trend will continue well after COVID-19 isolation ends and raises the questions of how will we, as UX practitioners, make these software experiences better? Why are there so many issues with collaboration software online? Likely because the product teams who built them tried to apply the methods we’d use for single-user systems to groupware.
A UX Guide to CSCW Software: Updating Our Toolkits
In the last month, the entire world has moved online. Many UX-related issues have been encountered as we’ve made this shift. This online trend will continue well after COVID-19 isolation ends and raises the questions of how will we, as UX practitioners, make these software experiences better? Why are there so many issues with collaboration software online? Likely because the product teams who built them tried to apply the methods we’d use for single-user systems to groupware.