Hi! I'm Axbom; adviser, speaker and writer on good-hearted tech. Let's move slowly and brake things.

Muse-letter from @axbom

Muse-letter from @axbom

I'm finding my voice and it's an awesome feeling I’m looking at a crazy week. Flying to Lisbon in a few hours for the UXLx conference. Attending two workshops on Wednesday. Doing my own talk on the main stage on Thursday. Doing at least 7...

Why we love to hate "user testing"

Why we love to hate "user testing"

It’s become popular amongst usability professionals to exclaim “We don’t call it user testing, we’re not testing users” Although (of course!) I understand the sentiment it is often proclaimed in a fashion implying this is a truth a majority of people are not aware of. I have...

Explaining UX with a glass of lemonade

Explaining UX with a glass of lemonade

This is Amy and her brother Max. They are 8 and 12 years old. Max is a great snowboarder. And Amy, she wants to be just like him. But their parents say Amy can not get a snowboard until she is 10 years old. Amy loves making lemonade, and she...

Better products when people change within

Better products when people change within

This is the first newsletter I’ve sent out in almost two years. Bear with me, I think you may find some nuggets in this text. I’ve had this nagging feeling for a while now (to be honest: for years) about how the advice and help I provide my...

The invisible problem with fairytale experiences

The invisible problem with fairytale experiences

Based on my lightning talk at UX Open 2015 [http://2015.uxopen.se/]. Also available in Swedish [http://axbom.se/sagolik-ux]. Update: I was given the opportunity to present this talk in English at UXLx in 2016 [https://axbom.com/fairytale] (video available). Once upon a time, in the land...

Take-aways from UXLx 2015 in #sketchnotes

Take-aways from UXLx 2015 in #sketchnotes

In line with my passion for visual explaining, I doodle whilst listening to presentations which really helps me focus and remember core messages. Here are all the sketches I made at UXLx: from the two workshops I attended on Wednesday, with Abby Covert and Nicole Fenton, as well as the...

Slaying 5 UX myths for the good of mankind

Slaying 5 UX myths for the good of mankind

1. UX is about asking users what they want No. Just. No. If users were able to articulate their needs then running a business and being an entrepreneur would be a walk in the park. If there’s anything I’ve learnt in my 18 years of user-centric design work,...

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