Category: UX

Assorted Musings (Episode 6)

 Preston de Guise  November 24, 2024

Recent Tech Bone Conduction Headphones There’s a lot said for noise-cancelling headphones, but I have an ongoing gripe with most…

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Person with long hair with a paper bag over their head. They are holding their hands over the paper bag where their eyes would be, accentuating their refusal to see.

Obduracy vs UX

 Preston de Guise  October 6, 2024

I was recently reminded that even great UX has an implacable foe that it cannot accommodate: the obdurate user. For…

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Aphantastic UX

 Preston de Guise  August 5, 2024

The brain is a funny thing. Since we can’t see into each others brains (well, without the help of MRIs,…

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Dark Patterns and Creepy User Experiences

 Preston de Guise  April 1, 2024

In User Experience, a dark pattern refers to a UX workflow that effectively urges the user to either perform an…

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