Big Productivity Gains in Office Use of AI
Microsoft Copilot increases the productivity of office tasks by around 40%, with even higher gains seen for search tasks.
Dark Design Patterns Catalog
India outlawed 12 common dark design patterns. These sneaky practices are unethical applications of established UX knowledge to harm users.
UX Roundup: Live Tomorrow | Irrelevant User Research | Good Taste or Numbers | UX Business Impact
Wasting user research on low-value questions | Frame UX work for higher business impact | AI impact on the design profession: good taste
Being Taken Seriously as a Young UX Professional
A blend of heuristic evaluation and usability testing builds credibility. Young UXers should avoid being the sole UX talent in a startup.
Usability Labs: Cool or Old School?
Richly illustrated historical overview of the transformation of usability labs from dedicated spaces to Zoom calls.
UX Roundup: OpenAI Debacle | Productive AI in UX | Better Headlines | Faster Horses | Solo UXer
Summary: Implications of the near-disaster at OpenAI | Improving productivity of UX work by using AI | Writing good headlines for UX...
Photos Improve Website Usability and Credibility
Strong photography conveys information with authenticity, fostering trust in the content provided on a website.
UX Roundup: Free UX Books | DoD Does Well | Design for Anthropomorphism | Overall Evaluation
11 books about UX for free download | US Department of Defense AI deployment plan | Design UX for the fact that users anthropomorphize AI