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Designing accessible user experiences

By Kelly Pedro Apr 14, 2022

Patrick Carrington, an assistant professor at Carnegie Mellon University, shares how to design tech to support people with diverse abilities.

Topics: Inclusive Design Accessibility UXWaterloo

A person in a power wheelchair sits at a meeting table with her laptop open in front of her. She is wearing a red dress and has long dark hair.

Digital accessibility by design

By Kelly Pedro Aug 26, 2021

In a digital world making products accessible means focusing on usability first.

Topics: Inclusive Design Accessibility

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Designing a gaming platform for kids

By Kelly Pedro May 13, 2021

Carina Ngai, who leads the player experience design team at Roblox, joined the company because the opportunity came with interesting design challenges.

Topics: Our Craft Inclusive Design UXWaterloo

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By Fabio Nobre on Apr 8, 2021

Svelte, an open source Javascript framework, has both pros and cons when it comes to frontend development.

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How to share bite-sized user research highlights

By Jesse Hoek on Mar 19, 2021

Sharing short snippets soon after a user interview or testing session is powerful. Here are some useful tools to share user research highlights remotely.

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The art of the sprint demo

By Jesse Hoek on Dec 10, 2020

In the scrum framework, a sprint demo is a meeting for a product team to show the product owner and stakeholders the work they’ve completed in the sprint.

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