The three ITs of UX growth

This post is #5 in a series of posts about my UX research about UX Maturity. For all other posts, see my UX Strategy page. My journey I used to be a developer. I read as much as I could about UX, then really tried to put those readings to use. There were a lot…

Reflection- How to give great tech talks- talent.io

Last night, I gave my "talk on talks" for the second time. You can view the recording on periscope below. https://twitter.com/talent_io_uk/status/880119265113788416 Recording Periscope was really cool- I'd never used it before- but the recording quality wasn't great. It seemed to skip around a few times. In the future I'll probably just set up my iPhone…

How to give great tech talks

Update: I also gave an updated version of this talk at a talent.io event on 28-06-2017. Yesterday, I took the next big step in my public speaking career by doing a full half-hour talk at a meetup put on by London Software Craftsmanship Community (LSCC). I'd done a Lightning Talk on Usability Testing at this…

The UX of a great presentation

The other night I stayed up until 1am creating a presentation for work. The next day, I practiced through my lunch hour, then delivered the presentation in the afternoon, then in the evening after a full day of programming, I wrote a draft for this article. Sounds miserable, right? It really wasn't. Despite having only…

The secret to recruiting top tech talent

Here's how to find developers in their natural habitat and how to reach out to them so that they actually respond.

My name is Shane and I’m a usabilityholic

I gave a talk about usability testing at work then again to a software meetup group. I chose a cheeky theme to keep everyone awake!