Tag Archives: user experience

Project 2 case study: John Lewis My Home

Posted on November 1, 2015 by cakeorbed

We were required to write our Project 2 e-commerce case study on Medium.com so here is the link to view it there. Project 2 case study Feel free to leave me any thoughts/ feedback! This is the most robust piece … Continue reading →

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Study + parenthood = zzzzzzzzz

Posted on October 30, 2015 by cakeorbed

Week 3 finished with our Project 2 presentations which I was fairly pleased with although I can already see many improvements which could be made. Case study to come over the weekend and I’d love some feedback and thoughts. There’s … Continue reading →

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Project 1 case study: make.do

Posted on October 17, 2015 by cakeorbed

Brief Working in pairs, design a rough interactive paper prototype to address a common problem in your partner’s life. Sebastian’s problem (concept map and storyboard) My partner was Sebastian. We sat down and I got to know him a bit better … Continue reading →

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Day 1 @GA UXDi

Posted on October 12, 2015 by cakeorbed

The first day was pretty good! This is me, giving the first student introduction presentation. Good thing I like talking about myself! Much of the morning was taken up by the intro presentations and then general housekeeping, but in the … Continue reading →

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What I’m reading: “About Face 3” by Alan Cooper, Robert Reimann, David Cronin

Posted on October 8, 2015 by cakeorbed

As part of the pre-work for GA, we are required to read the first couple of chapters of “About Face” (version 3). I’m about a third of the way through. It’s quite a wordy tome and personally I prefer this … Continue reading →

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What I’m reading: “The User Experience Team of One” by Leah Buley

Posted on September 25, 2015 by cakeorbed

I recently picked up a copy of this book and have been dipping in and out of it for the past week. I have’t finished it yet but wanted to share my initial thoughts. The book is divided into two … Continue reading →

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From CS to UX

Posted on September 15, 2015 by cakeorbed

This is a blog about changing careers at 30…ish. For my entire adult working life I’ve worked in Client Services in various different agencies. It’s been a pretty good ride and I’ve worked with some amazing people and had some … Continue reading →

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