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*"Hey Connections: Breaking Dark Patterns, One Hackathon at a Time!✨🎉"* Here's a LinkedIn caption you can use: "Thrilled to have participated in the **Dark Pattern Buster Hackathon 2023** with an amazing team of four! 🌟 We tackled challenges in UX design and ethical tech, focusing on eliminating deceptive patterns to create better, user-friendly experiences. It was an incredible learning journey filled with collaboration, innovation, and problem-solving. Grateful for this opportunity and excited to apply these insights in future projects! 💡✨ #Hackathon #DarkPatterns #Teamwork #TechForGood #UXDesign #Innovation"

I wonder, what is the purpose of a #designathon. Is it to demonstrate, 1. the ability to design under pressure, deadline, or 2. the ability to innovate or 3. to emulate the cool factor of hackathon - if they (programmers) can do it, why can't we? or 4. to showcase to the management, we are on top of things. IMHO without involving real users, or keeping the users at the center of your design process, design is superfluous and self serving. #Brainstorming,#Ideating, #Prototyping - all depend on the first and the last leg of the #DesignThinking journey - building #Empathy and #Testing and iterating which I am unsure, how one would manage to build in the timeframe of a designathon. Instead of designathon's one could do design collaboration projects, maybe community based, follow the UCD process, perhaps spending 3-4 hours per week, even if it takes 6 months to complete, but which works on a real problem, with real users, and helps resolve the problem or adds value to the real user.

How "Future Thinking" is Shaping the Way We Work I recently attended the Northern User Experience Conference in Sheffield, thanks to a recommendation from a colleague, and it was an enriching experience. It’s exciting to see conferences expanding beyond London, making events like these more accessible across the UK. #NUX regularly organizes events in cities like Manchester, Leeds, Newcastle, Liverpool, and Sheffield, providing a platform for professionals to connect and learn. A big thank you to the NUX team for organizing such an insightful event! One of the most valuable takeaways for me was diving into the concept of "Future Thinking." This approach emphasizes looking beyond today and preparing for long-term possibilities. It can drive decision-making, innovation, and anticipation of future challenges and opportunities. Key points I learned include: 📌 Better Decision-Making: Using foresight to make decisions that consider long-term impacts. 📌 Driving Innovation: Applying future-oriented thinking to spark creative solutions and new ideas. 📌 Anticipating Future Challenges: Identifying trends and signals to prepare for what’s coming next. A special thank you to Lauren Fridlington and BJSS * Sparck for providing us with such valuable insights during the event! Looking forward to more NUX events in the future! #NUXConference #FutureThinking #UX #Sheffield #BJSS #SPARCK

🚫 If you are looking for a 'capstone' project, please don't waste your time! 🕒 Wasting your time maybe is not a correct word - I am saying this as a person who provided many capstone projects to finish boot camp or sharpen my design skills - however, I can say they are all time-wasting for me. If you want to sharpen your problem-solving skill and design skills, you should try to join hackathons. 🔍 You will see many problems and solutions in the area which you chose. 📝 You can get feedback. 🎤 You will learn how to present your design idea. The hackathon has multiple problem areas and a great jury team below 👇. I am happy to see Irem Ozekes whom I have followed her great posts for a while as a jury. #uxdesign #productdesign #design #gamedesign #productowner #problemsolving #hackathons

🚀 Ready to level up your Prototype esign skills? Join the Prototype Challenge by UX Thrive and push your creativity to the next level like Cheta! 🌟 🔔 Day 3 of the challenge! The more challenges you conquer, the higher you rise, with levels like Participant, Superstar, and even Legendary! 💡 Want to be part of this awesome journey? Sign up now at www.uxthrive.org and start refining your skills today! 💻 #UIDesign #UXThrive #Prototype #challenge #Creativity #UIUX #LevelUp

The 21-day challenge has officially come to an end, and it’s been an incredible journey! Over the past three weeks, I’ve gained so much—both personally and professionally. From connecting with the UX community to tackling exciting design projects and sharing insights, this experience has reminded me of the power of consistency and collaboration. Some key takeaways: 📍Engaging with the community opens doors to growth and meaningful conversations. 📍Every project taught me valuable lessons, from handling design challenges to refining solutions. 📍Showing up daily is more than just discipline—it’s a way to inspire others and grow together. Looking forward, my focus is on sharpening my skills, collaborating on impactful projects, and continuing to learn from this amazing community. What about you? What have you taken away from this challenge, and what’s next on your horizon? Let’s keep the conversation going! #MentorshipWithGoodness #UXJourney #FutureGoals #GrowthMindset

𝗦𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗽𝗽: 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 The user can now hover over a four-day visibility window to see the visibility times. Subtle improvements in UX 1. 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 2. 𝗨𝗜 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀: Less is better but feedback is a must. Space exploration one post at a time 🚀 #SatelliteTracking #WebAppDevelopment #ReactJS #SpaceTech

Short class: UX Research Fundamentals Hi 👋 ! I am Zenicko. I will share my learning experience with MySkill, which was held on August 5, 2024.This short class was very useful and improved skills, knowledge, and insights. The presentation of the material is clear, easy to understand, and well structured. A big thank you to MySkill for organizing this short class. I gained a lot of knowledge in this class with professional mentors. #LearnatMySkill #MySkill

💭I've been pondering: What steps can I take to enhance my design thinking skills? Joined UX kickoff workshop by GrowthSchool I'm thrilled to have gleaned some valuable insights today from my mentor Anudeep Ayyagari (UX Anudeep) 🔍Today's GrowthSchool session was enlightening, focusing on refining problem-solving approaches, steering clear of common pitfalls, and sidestepping the mental hurdles often encountered by novice designers when tackling challenges. Excited for more enlightening sessions ahead!✨ Keep evolving, Keep expanding..!🚀❤️ #designstrategy #growthschool #designinsights

This is such important work from Quant UX Con! Ben Cortese and Allison Pierce, PhD demonstrate how the "quant" method of MaxDiff can produce better, more reliable, and more useful results when it is conducted, not alongside but rather INSIDE "qual" research. Some of us have done this for a long time but only with intuition. It is wonderful to see such careful attention and scientific inquiry! #maxdiff #conjoint #quantuxcon2024 #uxresearch