The World of UX with Darren Hood

In another interlude, Darren spends time sharing a few more stories and observations that illustrate sinister activites, behaviors, and attitudes being normalized in UX circles today, including his revisiting and explaining the corruption associated with UX portfolio reviews. Check it out!

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As an interlude to the Sinister series, Darren shares his perspectives on the recent attacks being levied on Don Norman and Jakob Nielsen. He also shares a history of Nielsen and Norman's many contributions to the discipline, provides recommendations on how to process the accusations, and pays homage to several UX pioneers and early practitioners.

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In Part 20 of the Sinister series, Darren addresses a trend observed over the years — one that involves a regularly declining support for operations, within and outside of UX teams, what is costs us, and the importance of overturning this trend.

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In Part 19 of the Sinister series, Darren engages in a few observational and constructive rants about today's UX operation. Topics covered include but are not limited to such things as misdirection with the isms, folks who view accessibility as nothing more than a buzzword, predatory mentoring, people claiming to speak on behalf of the entire design community, and more. Tune in for the latest truth bombs.

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In the return to the Sinister series, Darren presents an "interlude," where he provides some insights derived from his personal journey in UX, coupled with a high-level view of the discipline's history. Via this look, Darren tracks and discusses the freefall of UX, when it began, and what it means for those dedicated to the proper representation of the discipline.

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In this special episode, Darren holds an extended conversation with his guest, Justin Ranton — Principal of Blkhōl Design Studio in Seattle, Washington. Justin provides insights about his transition into design freelancing, the keys to running a successful freelance business, how to find clients, and the connection between sales and UX work. Tune in for this extremely insightful session.

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As a segue from the Sinister series, Darren holds a conversation with three mid-level UX professionals — Prachi Abhyankar, Christanna Hemmingway, and Andy Shaffer. Tune in as the group spends time discussing a few hot topics associated with the discipline.

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In this episode of Sinister coverage, Darren enters the homestretch of this series. This week, he focuses on the deceitfulness of cancel culture in UX, covering several examples, topics, and the impact they're having on the discipline.

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In this episode of Sinister coverage, Darren covers items 53 through 61 from the list of traits at work in today's world of UX.
He also revisits two of the topics covered in previous episodes. Enjoy!

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In this episode of Sinister coverage, Darren focuses solely on factors associated with UX education — both formal and informal.
Tune in for the deets!

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In this return to the Sinister series, Darren resumes coverage focusing on such topics as UX contests, obscure personal UX status symbols, the 'give people a chance' mentality, overlooked realities of blocking, self-imposed pity parties, the responsibility of being an ambassador, and the ridiculous nature of viral UX social media posts. Ready for some major truth bombs? Check out this episode.

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This week, Darren talks shop with Tushar Deshmukh, the founder and CEO of UXExpert, UXUITrainingLab Pvt. Ltd., UXTalks and InnovaateU. In addition to the standard Talkin' Shop intro and the guest's background, the duo discusses hot topics in the world of UX such as the high volumes of misinformation today, confusion about UX/UI, and Tushar's UX education resources. Check out the energetic and informative discourse.

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In this episode, Darren talks shop with Steve Portigal, a noted UX consultant and the author of Interviewing Users: How to Uncover Compelling Insights and Doorbells, Danger, and Dead Batteries: User Research War Stories. 

During the session, Steve also provided a discount code for his book when purchased through Rosenfeld Media.

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In this lightning round segment of the series, Darren talks about eight different sinister traits at work in today's UX circles highlighted by the overvaluing of design systems and hidden agendas behind some design reviews.
Check out the episode for the deets.

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In this segment of the "Sinister" series, Darren focuses on traits associated with how UX work is being done today, focusing solely on:
- The mindsets and expectations of stakeholders and clients.
- The challenges we have to help manage the same.

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Darren returns to covering the "Sinister" series once again this week, focusing solely on three topics:
1) The epidemic of unqualified critics in UX circles
2) The dangers of and some traits associated with making faux connections on social media
3) Under-the-radar displacement activities of senior UXers.
Enjoy!

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Today's episode is another combo session. This time, Darren addresses some sinister elements associated with UX portfolios, but from a potpourri-oriented perspective. Ready for some truth bombs about portfolios? Tune in to hear Darren's take!

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Today's episode is a combination of the current series on the sinister activities at work in UX today and the standard potpourri segments.
In this session, Darren talk about the sinister nature of LinkedIn's Top Voices award, the power of secondary research, the backlash to his recent design thinking post, and the large volumes of people in UX circles on social media who defy and contradict social expertness. Tune in for the deets!

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Piggybacking on last week's episode, Darren takes time to provide a list of tips (to address the most common things he's seen when reviewing portfolios). Tune in to review Darren's baker's dozen and compare them to what you've deployed in your own portfolio!

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Darren returns to covering the "Sinister" series this week, focusing solely on the popular mindset that says portfolios are the greatest currency of UX professionals.
Check out this episode to get his take 😉

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