Episodes

  • Murky middle with Christina Joy Whittaker

    Murky middle with Christina Joy Whittaker
    Jan 30 2025
    S03E03 (#331). Your destiny isn’t tied to a role. You were a person before your role. Leadership expert and strategist Christina Joy Whittaker talks to us about the murky middle, a phenomenon rooted in misalignment and purpose and quite distinct from imposter syndrome which is rooted in confidence.
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  • The Great Amazon Heist with Oobah Butler

    The Great Amazon Heist with Oobah Butler
    Jan 16 2025
    S03E02 (#330). Oobah Butler, journalist and filmmaker known for his prankster antics, joined us to discuss his work, including “The Great Amazon Heist” and “The Shed at Dulwich”. Oobah highlights the relative ease of manipulating algorithms, such as TripAdvisor and Amazon, to boost fake products’ rankings.
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  • Dark mode

    Dark mode
    Jan 2 2025
    S03E01 (#329). In the first episode of Season Three, James Royal-Lawson and Per Axbom discuss the concept of dark mode, its benefits, and its implications for UX design, user experience and accessibility. We delve into the European accessibility directive, and the EN 301 549 European standard which includes a section on user preferences, requiring user...
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  • A heartfelt update from James and Per ❤️

    A heartfelt update from James and Per ❤️
    Aug 8 2024
    This is an update to let you know that we are delaying the start of season 3 as Per is soon to have a heart operation. We’re aiming now to start Season 3 in the new year, once Per has recovered.
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  • Season 3 update from James and Per

    Season 3 update from James and Per
    Jun 13 2024
    This is an update to let you know that we have reached the end of Season 2, a sensible 10-month season this time rather than more than 10 years! It’s time for us to take a short break before we kick off Season 3 on August 9th.
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  • Interviewing users with Steve Portigal

    Interviewing users with Steve Portigal
    May 30 2024
    S02E18 (#328). Over ten years have passed since the first edition of Steve Portigal’s legendary book Interviewing Users was released. Together with Steve, we reflect on how user research has evolved during the past decade, and how the importance of user research in order to understand people and their needs is still crucial.
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  • The President of Iceland

    The President of Iceland
    May 16 2024
    S02E17 (#327). A linkshow. James and Per discuss two articles they’ve stumbled on. This time we feature articles about how certain features of e-commerce sites have to go, and how a design mistake impacted civic engagement in Iceland.
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  • Strategic impact with Nathan Shedroff

    Strategic impact with Nathan Shedroff
    May 2 2024
    S02E16 (#326). Nathan Shedroff, author of A Whole New Strategy, talks to us about how we as designers can have strategic impact. Through an expanded understanding of the context you are working within, and building both situational and operational awareness, we can bridge the gap between design and business.
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