Author Paul Olyslager
I read a lot of UX books in the past few years, including Undercover User Experience Design by Cennydd Bowles and James Box, and it only occurred to me now that I have never written a book review about it. Since Undercover User Experience is mentioned in almost all UX Book collections, it is time… continue reading
If you are a reading buff as much as I am, you probably realized that good books don’t come cheap. Aside from that, they do tend to take a lot of space as well. That is why I have gathered some interesting free ebooks, which will perfectly fit on your tablet. Topic is Usability. Enjoy… continue reading
In 2013 I published many articles about the latest trends, opinion pieces, book reviews, free goodies and more. In this post I have gathered the 10 articles that garnered the most interest from my readers. Without any further ado, here are my 10 most popular articles of 2013: 10. A Book Review of The Design… continue reading
Empathy – the capacity to recognize emotions that are being experienced by another person – is one of the many ‘soft’ skills a great UX designer should possess. Empathising with users leads to a genuine understanding of how to solve their problem and ultimately building better products. Many great authors have written about the subject.… continue reading
As a UX Designer I like to understand why some design patterns work while others stand in the way of a great user experience or perform outright counterproductive. I found myself intrigued by the psychology of persuasion, how these techniques are used throughout the web and how it affects our decision making. One of those techniques is… continue reading