09: That $445.50 UX error

Have you ever find yourself saying "Why is this person so weird?", or "Gosh this product is dumb". This 2 chapters help us to peel the layers and explain in a structured manner. And in turn, teach us how to engineer a socially smart product!

🗓️ Final chapters 7-9 discussion will release on  3 Apr 2024

📣 Also, look forward to our exclusive interview with Carla Diana, the author herself! 

Timestamp:

(00:00) Welcome!

(02:29) Ch5: Interactions

(06:50) Interactions in UX

(07:35) Sensing & inferring = interaction

(10:40) Sensors & actuators making interactions possible

(11:36) psst~ A mini announcement ;)

(12:35) How products sense, hear & see us

(21:19) Ch6: How robots are contextually aware

(24:34) Robots in SG restaurants

(26:20) When, where, for whom is key to context

(34:28) Enactment & storyboarding to gain context

Feel free reach us @KiasuDesignLife over at Instagram, where we hold post-release discussions with our supportive listeners ♥️ or email us at kiasudesignlife@gmail.com.

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Behind Kiasu Design Life:

Adilah - Website | LinkedIn

Hsuan - Website | LinkedIn

A design recruiter has joined the chat! Join us with Sangeetha as she shared insights of design job market, hiring and staying competitive in Singapore.

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Our guest: Sangeetha Selvaraja

• Reach out to her on LinkedIn
• Dynamics of Singapore's Product Design Job Market

Thank you Alistair and Brief for sponsoring the space! ♥️

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Timestamp:

(00:00) Intro

(09:02) Sangeetha's day as a recruiter

(14:50) Stereotypes of a recruiter

(17:41) Design job market in SG

(26:29) How recruiters classify designers

(30:24) Career paths for UX in SG

(36:40) Hiring process for UX in SG

(42:20) How effective is the current process?

(47:32) Salary & hiring

(51:16) Red/green flags for candidates & interviewers

(54:29) Recruitment for large & small companies

(56:34) View on pregnant candidates

(58:08) How career history affects hiring

(01:01:41) Staying competitive as designers and AI

(01:04:19) Sangeetha's 3 takeaways

Feel free reach us @KiasuDesignLife over at Instagram, where we hold post-release discussions with our supportive listeners ♥️ or email us at kiasudesignlife@gmail.com.

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Behind Kiasu Design Life:

Adilah - Website | LinkedIn

Hsuan - Website | LinkedIn

We're covering how products have "Presence" and "Expression". We had such fun recording this episode as we draw examples from our daily lives to illustrate the design concepts.

📚 My Robot Gets Me:

• Official Website
• Get it for free from NLB (Physical/ audiobook/ eBook)

🗓️ Chapters 5-6 discussion will release on  11 Mar 2024!

Timestamp:

(00:00) Welcome & name reveal!

(02:24) Ch3: Product presence & embodiment

(05:49) Product semantics

(12:17) Product's social roles

(15:11) Ch4: Product expression

(18:37) Lighting as expression

(20:24) Moving on to movement (keke)

(23:18) Sound as expression

(29:48) Ch3-4 thoughts

Feel free reach us @KiasuDesignLife over at Instagram, where we hold post-release discussions with our supportive listeners ♥️ or email us at kiasudesignlife@gmail.com.

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Behind Kiasu Design Life:

Adilah - Website | LinkedIn

Hsuan - Website | LinkedIn

Riding on (🤓) the SimplyGo drama, we put on our commuter & designer hat and review the SimplyGo app!

Is this the standard of our local apps? 🫠🫠🫠

Timestamp:

(00:00) Hello!

(01:29) SimplyGo drama recap

(05:01) Our take on this topic

(10:42) SimplyGo's main workflows

(16:02) Sign up & onboarding review

(23:47) Dashboard review

(27:37) Adding card review

(30:40) Travel txn review (Hsuan's pissed)

(35:32) Top-up review (pun galore!)

(36:45) Our conclusion

Feel free reach us @KiasuDesignLife over at Instagram, where we hold post-release discussions with our supportive listeners ♥️ or email us at kiasudesignlife@gmail.com.

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Behind Kiasu Design Life:

Adilah - Website | LinkedIn

Hsuan - Website | LinkedIn

In this light-hearted episode, we're discussing chapters 1 & 2 of My Robot Gets Me! 

We introduced 'social interactions', how that relates to product design, and how automatic doors gotta do with all these?! We also got a lil nerdy about 'affordances' & 'interactions' with the help of a framework 🤓

📚 My Robot Gets Me:

• Official Website
• Get it for free from NLB (Physical/ audiobook/ eBook)

🗓️ Chapters 3-4 discussion will release on  21 Feb 2024!

Timestamp:

(00:00) Welcome!

(01:52) Ch1: Social interactions w/ products

(05:25) Good and bad social exp.

(11:53) Social design framework

(13:14) Ch2: Affordances & Interactions

(15:06) Intuitive & intimacy

(18:01) Social affordances

(21:13) Interactants

(23:19) Our thoughts

Feel free reach us @KiasuDesignLife over at Instagram, where we hold post-release discussions with our supportive listeners ♥️ or email us at kiasudesignlife@gmail.com.

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Behind Kiasu Design Life:

Adilah - Website | LinkedIn

Hsuan - Website | LinkedIn

This is a follow-up to our previous episode "22: Going through a layoff". We've already shared a personal story of how one of us got laid off, but today we're covering what you can do knowing you're leaving a company, some lessons learnt after a layoff andddd, how to layoff-proof yourself!

MUSIC
Survivor - Destiny's Child

Timestamp:

(00:00) Hello!

(00:40) Your reactions from ep.22

(03:04) 4 reasons behind a layoff

(07:07) What to do if you are leaving

(15:27) Lessons from a layoff

(31:13) How to lay-off proof yourself

Feel free reach us @KiasuDesignLife over at Instagram, where we hold post-release discussions with our supportive listeners ♥️ or email us at kiasudesignlife@gmail.com.

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Behind Kiasu Design Life:

Adilah - Website | LinkedIn

Hsuan - Website | LinkedIn

Help us decide our club name by polling in Spotify and Instagram!

Our first book: My Robot Gets Me - Carla Diana

• Official Website
• Check availability in NLB (Physical book/ audiobook/ eBook)

🗓️ Chapters 1-2 discussion will release on 1 Feb 2024!

Timestamp:

(00:00) New concept reveal!

(01:03) Current club name 

(02:25) How it works

(05:47) How this will benefit you

(06:39) Our first book!

(10:48) Wrapping up

Feel free reach us @KiasuDesignLife over at Instagram, where we hold post-release discussions with our supportive listeners ♥️ or email us at kiasudesignlife@gmail.com.

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Behind Kiasu Design Life:

Adilah - Website | LinkedIn

Hsuan - Website | LinkedIn

Happy 2024! We did it, we've tide through another year! Let's give a gentle pat on our backs.

Since it's the new year, we decided to share a personal story about ____'s layoff experience (guess who). Yes we're putting the AI in "laid off" 🥁

Disclaimer: This episode is by no means disparaging or harming the reputation of any companies.

Timestamp:

(00:00) Hello!

(03:26) Who got laid off?

(06:32) Our motivation behind this episode

(08:32) How the layoff happened

(22:27) Feelings towards the layoff

(38:12) Truth behind a layoff

(43:01) Getting laid off in Singapore

Feel free reach us @KiasuDesignLife over at Instagram, where we hold post-release discussions with our supportive listeners ♥️ or email us at kiasudesignlife@gmail.com.

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Behind Kiasu Design Life:

Adilah - Website | LinkedIn

Hsuan - Website | LinkedIn

"It's not about what you know, but also who you know." LinkedIn is the perfect place to make connections, exchange ideas and even fish for career opportunities! Today, we're recommending some inspiring people who actively share golden nuggets of wisdom on LinkedIn.

Who we mentioned:

• Design X Business
  • Ruby Pryor
  • John Cutler 
    • "Hire more designers, ok?"
• Life as a designer
  • Ben George
  • Sigit A.
• Product design skills
  • Dan Winer
  • Tommy Geoco
  • Jeff White
• Self improvement
  • Shiao-Yin Kuik

Feel free reach us @KiasuDesignLife over at Instagram, where we hold post-release discussions with our supportive listeners ♥️ or email us at kiasudesignlife@gmail.com.

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Behind Kiasu Design Life:

Adilah - Website | LinkedIn

Hsuan - Website | LinkedIn

Scams. Scams everywhere. -insert buzz lightyear meme-

Do you feel like there are a lot more stories of scams nowadays? We do! Hence, we dived into the world of scams in light of the rising media coverage. Listen on to discover the uncanny similarities between the works of scammers and designers as we tried to dissect the customer journey of a scam.

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Behind the voices:

Adilah - Website | LinkedIn

Hsuan - Website | LinkedIn

Feel free reach us @KiasuDesignLife over at Instagram, where we hold post-release discussions with our supportive listeners ♥️ or email us at kiasudesignlife@gmail.com.

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Behind Kiasu Design Life:

Adilah - Website | LinkedIn

Hsuan - Website | LinkedIn