How do you do, fellow kids? 🙃 — “Are you a Gen-Z creative genius with your finger on the pulse of pop culture?” Asks another application for a content writing job. More and more positions like this one are cropping up, asking for content writers and user experience designers to know what the kids are into these days…

The most punishing part of being unemployed isn’t the lack of steady income, it’s navigating all the job applications. — It’s not a great time to be trying to break into the field of user experience according to article after article. Nevertheless, I and many other hopefuls, have been persisting. We have polished our resumes and CVs to a high shine, tackled projects to populate our portfolio sites with promise…

Dungeons and dragons and details, details, details — Baldur’s Gate 3 is one of the most anticipated role-playing games of the decade, and a clear contender for Game of the Year. For the uninitiated (roll for initiative!), this massive but well-polished game produced by Larian Studios is essentially a complete Dungeons & Dragons campaign. …

When accessibility practices become standard, everyone benefits. — Do you watch movies with subtitles on? In a Preply survey of 1,260 Americans, 50% said that they use subtitles most of the time. This goes for more than just movies: most social media feeds that feature videos have features that allow for automated or manual subtitles. …

How even well-established, familiar user interfaces like Twitter can’t make up for lack of user trust. — Do you still trust Twitter? Do you feel like it is “the world’s most accurate, real-time information source and a global town square for communication?” …

In the case of the Netflix password crackdown, did ease of use win over user outrage? — In February, I wrote about the upset caused by Netflix’s announcement that they would be cracking down on password sharing, a practice that was previously encouraged. I thought that it was short-sighted by Netflix to presume that all users on a single account we’re part of a single, fixed location…

The latest Legend of Zelda title has both pleased and pissed off gamers when addressing certain user interface issues. — This article started as, and could easily end up, as a love letter to The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. Its legendary predecessor, Breath of the Wild, started a kind of video game renaissance in my life. …

Is endless scrolling evil? How can we balance ease-of-use with what’s best for humanity? — Scrolling without end has become standard in most social media feeds. On TikTok, there is no natural stopping point to a morning scroll other than the oft-ignored and strangely annoying “Tired Thumbs” promoted content encouraging users to take a break. But does TikTok really want you to put down your…

Inconvenience is the mother of invention. — We all know that AI is the new hotness, so it was only a matter of time before Google made strides in this new, and lucrative, space. On May 10th at Google’s annual I/O conference, Search Labs was announced. This experimental space–represented by a flask icon nestled between images and…