The Worst Clients

The Worst Clients

In this episode, Kate and Laura talk about terrible clients (no, not by name. we're not committing career suicide just yet.) and how we can deal with them better as UX Designers. If you work with other people as a UX Designer, this one might be helpful. If you have worked directly with clients, consider this a possible trigger warning.

Music: The Future Soon by Jonathan Coulton

Drink Pairing: The strongest thing you have in the house

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Timeboxing

Timeboxing

Kate and Laura take a break from getting almost nothing done to tell you how to get more done with timeboxing. Laura, of course, doesn't use it because she prefers simply doing nothing.  Drink Pairing...

19 Touko 202018min

The Three Phases of a Career

The Three Phases of a Career

Kate and Laura really start to crack under the pressure as they offer advice about the three phases of your career: smartass, kickass, and badass. Mostly it's an excuse to say "ass" a lot. Like they n...

21 Huhti 202027min

Remote User Research

Remote User Research

Kate and Laura continue to panic this week as they talk a bit about how remote user research is different from in person (besides being, you know, not in person) and also how everything is different n...

7 Huhti 202027min

Remote Design

Remote Design

In this week's episode, Kate and Laura yell about how to pretend you're still getting work done while you're actually searching online for toilet paper during a pandemic. Also, some tips about actuall...

24 Maalis 202031min

People Doing Interesting Things

People Doing Interesting Things

In this episode, Kate and Laura talk about a few interesting people who are doing interesting things and how we can apply some of their lessons to design.  Drink Pairing: Chianti

10 Maalis 202032min

Technical Literacy

Technical Literacy

In this episode, Kate and Laura insist that, while designers don't need to know how to code, they do need to learn every single other aspect of technology. So, you know. Good luck with that. Kate actu...

25 Helmi 202030min

Story Telling for Designers

Story Telling for Designers

In this episode, Kate and Laura tell long winded stories about telling stories, bringing the drunken blathering to a whole new level. And no, it's nothing like the previous podcast Story Telling for E...

11 Helmi 202031min

The ROI of Design

The ROI of Design

In the interests of clarity, this episode should be called "The ROI of shouting about design and also contradicting each other" but that wasn't as catchy. Kate and Laura shout about whether the value ...

28 Tammi 202029min