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The power of storytelling in UX design

By Kelly Pedro Dec 1, 2020

“All people’s brains are wired around stories. We’re narrative creatures,” said Scott Berkun, author of How Design Makes the World.

Topics: ProductTank Storytelling UXWaterloo

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Want to build trust? Follow these 3 Vs

By Kelly Pedro Aug 4, 2020

How can UX designers build trust? Empower audiences to make confident decisions, content strategist Margot Bloomstein said during uxWaterloo’s meetup.

Topics: Our Craft Positioning Storytelling UXWaterloo

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Why did Zeitspace hire a journalist?

By Kelly Pedro Oct 3, 2019

Kelly Pedro discusses why Zeitspace hired a journalist to tell the stories of our work as well as the causes we care about.

Topics: Community Company Culture Fluxible Arts and Culture Active Transport Diversity Storytelling

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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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We built an app with Svelte. Here’s what we learned.

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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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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