Design Critique: Products for People

Design Critique: Products for People

100 episodes

Our show encourages usable designs for a better customer experience in products and services. Each episode is different, with the only constant being our demand that UX design make our lives better and provide long term value. If you care about design's impact on our modern quality of life, give us a listen. You will hear: * Critiques of products & services we've used thoroughly, * Interviews with people whose work or books we admire, and * Discussions of design methods we use in our own user experience research and design careers.

Podcasts

DC168 Interview: Viktor Rydal on the Nomono Sound Capsule

Published: Nov. 11, 2023, 3:09 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 12 seconds

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DC167 Interview: Dushyant Kanungo on Enterprise UX

Published: July 2, 2023, 6:41 p.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 51 seconds

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DC166 Interview: Publisher Barry McBride on Content Strategy at The Orange and Brown Report

Published: May 21, 2023, 10:45 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 29 minutes 16 seconds

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DC165 Interview: Matt Ranta on Improving UX for E-Commerce

Published: April 17, 2023, 9:26 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 46 seconds

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DC164 Critique: 2023 Subaru BRZ

Published: March 30, 2023, 10:24 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 21 minutes 17 seconds

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DC163 Interview: John Leavitt On Industrial Design

Published: March 2, 2023, 2:16 a.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 9 seconds

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DC162 Critique: 2022 Kia Niro EV

Published: Jan. 28, 2023, 12:59 a.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 37 seconds

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DC161 Critique: Private Selection Frozen Pizza

Published: Jan. 1, 2023, 3:57 a.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 30 seconds

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DC160 Critique: PineTab tablet

Published: Nov. 9, 2022, 8:21 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 43 seconds

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DC159 Interview: John Loss on his book Not Always Homeless

Published: July 28, 2022, 2:33 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 3 seconds

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DC158 Critique: Electric Kettle UX

Published: June 1, 2022, 2:22 p.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 57 seconds

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DC157 Critique: 401K Website Usability Failure

Published: May 1, 2022, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 12 seconds

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DC156 Critique: 2016 Scion FR-S

Published: March 18, 2022, 6:08 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 40 minutes 33 seconds

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DC155 Interview: Public Space Design with Sour Studio's Pinar Guvenc

Published: Jan. 17, 2022, 2:30 p.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 49 seconds

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DC154 Critique: Samsung and Sony DAPs

Published: Dec. 31, 2021, 2:33 a.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 57 seconds

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DC153 Interview: Gordon Olson on Green Water Heater Design

Published: Oct. 16, 2021, 12:53 p.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 23 seconds

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DC152 Interview: Medical Packaging Design with Dr. Laura Bix

Published: Aug. 20, 2021, 1:49 a.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 48 seconds

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DC151 Interview: Memoir Design with David Loehr and Greg Swenson

Published: July 25, 2021, 9:24 p.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 50 seconds

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DC150 Critique: BinaxNow COVID Self Test

Published: July 3, 2021, 10:16 p.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 7 seconds

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DC149 Critique: Garmin Dash Cameras

Published: May 8, 2021, 1:05 a.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 36 seconds

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DC148 Interview: Charlotte Purvis on The Customer Communication Formula

Published: Feb. 28, 2021, 4 p.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 3 seconds

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DC147 Purism Librem 5 Smartphone Hardware Impressions

Published: Jan. 2, 2021, 12:45 p.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 3 seconds

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DC146 Susan Weinschenk on 100 Things Every Designer Needs To Know About People

Published: Nov. 12, 2020, 3:09 a.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 39 seconds

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DC145 15th Anniversary Episode with Two Special Guests

Published: Oct. 7, 2020, 3:39 a.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 40 seconds

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DC144 Sunday Times Website Dark Pattern

Published: Aug. 8, 2020, 10:31 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 21 seconds

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DC143 Interview: Kelly Goto on Universal Design and More

Published: June 10, 2020, 2:13 a.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 3 seconds

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DC142 Critique: Bose QuietComfort 25 Acoustic Noise Cancelling Headphones

Published: May 1, 2020, 1:57 a.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 50 seconds

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DC141 Interview: Ladder Fire Truck Design with Chief Dan Phillips

Published: Feb. 23, 2020, 4:28 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 33 seconds

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DC140 Critique: Tesla Model 3

Published: Dec. 20, 2019, 5:24 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 16 minutes 24 seconds

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DC139 WordCast: Paul Fitts, his Law, and his List

Published: Nov. 24, 2019, 7:26 p.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 17 seconds

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DC138 Conversation: The Buzzwordification of UX #2

Published: Sept. 13, 2019, 2:37 a.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 30 seconds

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DC137 Critique: The Brilliant Mundane of the E-SDS KVM Switch

Published: Aug. 9, 2019, 1:54 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 22 seconds

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DC136 Interview: Paul Axente on UX in Romania and Everywhere

Published: June 30, 2019, 2:05 a.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 41 seconds

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DC135 Profession Labels for "Designers of Stuff" with Dave MR

Published: May 13, 2019, 12:19 a.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 34 seconds

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DC134 The Buzzwordification of UX (1 of ?)

Published: March 14, 2019, 2:04 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 2 seconds

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DC133 Wordcast: Minimum Viable Product with Syed Ibrahim

Published: Feb. 24, 2019, 3:24 a.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 45 seconds

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DC132 Critique: Fiskars StaySharp Max reel mower

Published: Dec. 16, 2018, 3:22 a.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 47 seconds

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DC131 Interview: Fire Engine Design with Chief Dan Phillips

Published: Oct. 28, 2018, 1:24 p.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 20 seconds

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DC130 Interview: Giles Colborne, Author of Simple and Usable 2nd Edition

Published: Aug. 20, 2018, 1:37 a.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 51 seconds

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DC129 Critique: Milwaukee Vertical Toolbox

Published: June 10, 2018, 7:08 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 38 seconds

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DC128 Interview: Gene Duarte, Industrial Designer at Mychanic

Published: April 25, 2018, 2:20 a.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 54 seconds

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Update: Molly Fuller Design's Indiegogo Campaign

Published: April 11, 2018, 1:37 a.m.
Duration: 4 minutes 12 seconds

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DC127 Interview: Molly Fuller on Medical Fashion Design

Published: March 21, 2018, 1:34 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 27 seconds

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DC126 Critique: Toro and Craftsman Snowblowers

Published: Feb. 28, 2018, 2:26 a.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 1 second

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DC125 Critique: Reizen Jumbo Talking Calculator

Published: Dec. 31, 2017, 1:43 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 15 seconds

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DC124 Critique: Ford FiestaST

Published: Nov. 21, 2017, 3:19 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 50 minutes 31 seconds

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DC123 Critique: Motorola MotoG4 Android Phone

Published: Aug. 22, 2017, 2:58 a.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 44 seconds

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DC122 Critique: Garmin BaseCamp, Plus Email from Listener Costan

Published: June 30, 2017, 2:12 a.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 57 seconds

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DC121 Critique: Garmin Nuvi 2598LMTHD, Plus Email from Listener Katie

Published: March 2, 2017, 1:32 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 35 seconds

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DC120: 2003 Subaru WRX Longitudinal Review

Published: Dec. 31, 2016, 10:55 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 16 minutes 36 seconds

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DC119: Apple iOS10 Upgrade UI Trickery

Published: Nov. 16, 2016, 4:25 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 15 seconds

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DC118 Critique: Kobo eReaders

Published: July 30, 2016, 1:24 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 33 minutes 42 seconds

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Mailbag: Listener Email from Brian Shunamon

Published: June 23, 2016, 2:22 a.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 11 seconds

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DC117 Critique: Never10 and GWX Control Panel Defend Against Windows 10 Upgrade Trickery

Published: May 26, 2016, 4:18 a.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 2 seconds

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DC116 Critique: Apple TV Gen 2, 3 and 4

Published: April 30, 2016, 2:33 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 29 minutes 45 seconds

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DC115 Critique: Windows 10 Upgrade UX Nightmare

Published: Feb. 24, 2016, 5:44 a.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 36 seconds

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DC114 Critique: When People Are the UI in Service Designs

Published: Dec. 23, 2015, 3:57 p.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 14 seconds

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DC113 Interview: Wayne Neale on Customer Experience, Design Thinking, and Service Design

Published: Oct. 14, 2015, 12:53 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 18 minutes 27 seconds

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DC112 Critique: The UX of Android Lollipop

Published: Sept. 7, 2015, 1:55 p.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 4 seconds

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10th Anniverary Episode with Tom Brinck on Starbucks customer experience

Published: July 9, 2015, 3:51 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 18 minutes 46 seconds

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DC110 Editorial: When the UX of Less is More

Published: June 13, 2015, 6:33 p.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 34 seconds

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IUE2015 Is In June, and Listener Email

Published: May 18, 2015, 12:40 a.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 42 seconds

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DC109 Interview/Critique: The Beluga Razor and Website with Inventor Zac Wertz

Published: March 22, 2015, 2:17 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 22 minutes 32 seconds

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DC108 Interview: Using List Building to Start Your UX Freelancing Career with Jonathan Tilley

Published: Feb. 17, 2015, 2:34 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 38 seconds

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DC107 Interview: HFES 2014 Conference Report

Published: Jan. 19, 2015, 3:47 a.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 13 seconds

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DC106 Critique: Magellan RoadMate 2230T-LM

Published: Sept. 1, 2014, midnight
Duration: 44 minutes 37 seconds

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DC105 Critique: Nokia Lumia 520 and 521 Windows Phone 8

Published: May 29, 2014, 2 a.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 18 seconds

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DC104 Human Factors Research Summary with Melissa Smith

Published: Feb. 11, 2014, 1:44 a.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 7 seconds

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DC103 WordCast: Verbal Protocols (Thinking Aloud)

Published: Nov. 29, 2013, 1:36 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 42 seconds

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DC102: Android Phones Longitudinal Reviews of LG Motion and Google Nexus 4

Published: Oct. 30, 2013, 1:06 a.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 30 seconds

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DC101 WordCast: User Experience 101

Published: Sept. 1, 2013, 12:29 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 57 seconds

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DC100: 8th Anniversary Show with Tom Brinck!

Published: June 30, 2013, midnight
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 40 seconds

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DC99 Editorial: In Praise of Bricks & Mortar Stores

Published: May 12, 2013, 6:54 p.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 4 seconds

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DC98: Garmin Nuvi 50 GPS Longitudinal Review

Published: March 31, 2013, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 51 seconds

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DC97: Bad UI Labels Part 1: The Chaos Button

Published: Feb. 24, 2013, 6:27 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 26 seconds

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DC96: Site Maps As Design Tools

Published: Jan. 27, 2013, 4:58 p.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 30 seconds

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DC95 Nokia Customer Service

Published: Dec. 21, 2012, 8:14 p.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 35 seconds

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DC94 T-Mobile Customer Service Nightmare

Published: Nov. 21, 2012, 3:56 a.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 48 seconds

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DC93: Nokia Lumia 710 Longitudinal Review

Published: Nov. 5, 2012, 3:19 p.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 7 seconds

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DC92 Wordcast: Haptics

Published: Oct. 21, 2012, 7:07 p.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 11 seconds

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DC91 Interview: Peter Morville Live at IUE 2012

Published: Sept. 13, 2012, 1:24 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 9 seconds

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DC90 Longitudinal Review: Windows Phone 7.5

Published: Sept. 1, 2012, 3:30 a.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 2 seconds

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DC89 Mailbag Episode 3

Published: July 12, 2012, 12:21 a.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 29 seconds

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Listener Feedback with Lynn Leitte re: Low Contrast Hurts Usability MAY2012

Published: May 29, 2012, 10:12 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 3 seconds

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DC88 Interview: Guidelines To Ensure Voting Intent with Dana Chisnell

Published: April 3, 2012, 3:15 a.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 46 seconds

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DC87 Longitudinal Review: GoldStar Microwave Oven Model MA65111W

Published: March 31, 2012, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 25 seconds

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Listener Feedback with Costan Boiangiu, FEB2012

Published: Feb. 24, 2012, 4:18 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 11 seconds

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DC86 Longitudinal Review: TomTom XL335TM Portable GPS

Published: Jan. 31, 2012, 2:54 a.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 3 seconds

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Listener Feedback with Eric Gauvin, DEC2011

Published: Dec. 14, 2011, 3:15 a.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 46 seconds

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DC85 Critique: Sustainable Shaving Tools

Published: Nov. 24, 2011, 2:48 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 19 minutes 17 seconds

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DC84 Panel: The State of the Internet User Experience, 2011

Published: Oct. 31, 2011, 3:19 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 9 seconds

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DC82b Critique: Logitech Customer Service

Published: Oct. 23, 2011, 9:25 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 48 seconds

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DC83 Longitudinal Review: 2009 MINI Cooper

Published: Sept. 13, 2011, 1:38 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 34 minutes 30 seconds

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DC82 Longitudinal Review: Logitech Pure-Fi Anywhere 2

Published: Aug. 31, 2011, 1:30 a.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 7 seconds

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DC81: 6th Anniversary Episode with Dr. Susan Weinschenk on 100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People

Published: July 29, 2011, 1:31 a.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 8 seconds

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DC80: Calculating ROI for Usability at Ford Motor Company with Chad Esselink

Published: July 1, 2011, 12:28 a.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 59 seconds

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DC79 Interview: Author Giles Colborne on Simple and Usable: Web, Mobile, and Interaction Design

Published: April 29, 2011, 3:49 a.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 3 seconds

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DC78 Interview: UPA Body of Knowledge Project with Carol Smith

Published: April 1, 2011, 2:18 a.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 56 seconds

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DC77 Wordcast: Structured Design Review

Published: Feb. 26, 2011, 7:11 p.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 24 seconds

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DC76 Interview: Author Nelson Soken on Innovation and UX

Published: Jan. 20, 2011, 4:39 a.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 13 seconds

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DC75 Longitudinal Review: Sennheiser Ruins The PX-100 Headphones

Published: Dec. 24, 2010, 3:30 a.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 47 seconds

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DC74 Interview: Peter Morville on Search Patterns from IUE2010

Published: Nov. 10, 2010, 2:43 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 4 seconds

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DC73 Interview: Mark Phillips on Project Management at IUE2010

Published: Oct. 11, 2010, 1:08 a.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 59 seconds

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DC72 Interview: TechSmith on Designing Snagit for Macintosh

Published: Aug. 28, 2010, 3:50 a.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 52 seconds

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DC71 Five Year Anniversary Episode with Jared Spool of UIE

Published: Aug. 7, 2010, 10:28 p.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 55 seconds

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Promo for Internet User Experience 2010

Published: June 24, 2010, 2:28 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 16 seconds

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DC69 Critique: Microsoft Zune players, Zune 4.0 software, and ZunePass

Published: April 30, 2010, 3:47 a.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 5 seconds

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DC68 Interview: Anne Gentle on the Social Web for Documentation

Published: April 15, 2010, 2:07 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 22 seconds

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DC67 Interview: Silverback Utesting App and UX London 2010

Published: Feb. 19, 2010, 3:57 a.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 34 seconds

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DC66 Critique: Waffle Iron

Published: Jan. 27, 2010, 4:56 a.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 48 seconds

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DC65b Three Iterations of Blog Redesign Discussed

Published: Dec. 20, 2009, 4:09 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 1 second

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DC65a Redesign Iterations for Episode 65b

Published: Dec. 20, 2009, 3:37 a.m.
Duration: N/A

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Michael Graves Wine Glasses Completed and On eBay

Published: Dec. 1, 2009, 3:40 a.m.
Duration: 1 minute 49 seconds

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DC64: Audio Adventure Design of The Scarifyers

Published: Nov. 1, 2009, 1:10 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes

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DC63 Interview: Jeremy Keith at UI13 on Ajax Design Considerations

Published: Sept. 29, 2009, 4:29 a.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 51 seconds

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DC62 Critique: EFI-X V1 Hackintosh Boot Processing Unit-The Good, Bad, and Ugly

Published: Sept. 3, 2009, 3:58 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 56 seconds

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DC61 4th Anniversary Episode: Talking Design with Michael Graves and Tony Hron

Published: Aug. 6, 2009, 3 a.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 26 seconds

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DC60 Redesigning the Blog Page Part 2

Published: July 20, 2009, 1:50 a.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 25 seconds

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