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Improving COVID-19 Data Visualizations
In the age of COVID-19, the lack of concise and reliable information about the virus has upended our sense of control and safety. We offer recommendations to make popular COVID-19 data visualizations more useful to the wide range of individuals looking to them for answers in the midst of pandemic chaos.
How and Why to Use a Heuristic Evaluation
Heuristic evaluation is a useful tool to ensure a design is up to industry standards, but why use it? We break down what it is, who does it, and why you should consider utilizing it for your product or website.
Remote Work: What to Stop, Start, and Continue
We gathered a shortlist of what to stop, start, and continue doing as we navigate working together during a pandemic.
Unmet User Needs Drive Innovation in Remote Learning
With the global spread of COVID-19, remote work and remote learning became the new normal. Even if students return to classrooms in the fall, opportunities for remote learning will continue to abound. eLearning companies have a timely opportunity to invest in design for the changed world.
When Design Bombs
Good experience design can prevent mistakes from happening. Even if you’re not designing for bomb threat alerts, there is value in ensuring your systems are designed with intention and with surety users can accomplish what needs to be done (without unintentionally causing pandemonium).
4 Traits of Cultures that Breed Innovation
Creating a culture that fosters innovation is something many aspire to but few reach. To help organizations take a step towards building a culture that thrives on innovation, we provide an overview of 4 traits that are essential to creating an innovative culture and ultimately, transforming your products and disrupting your market.
Data, Data Everywhere, but Not a Straw in Sight
User behavior can be tracked through analytics (quantitative data), but without contextualizing analytics alongside user research and qualitative data, robust findings will be overlooked. With Engagement Analytics by Useagility, user engagement and workflows can be understood alongside KPIs to uncover pain-points and in-turn innovative solutions.
Getting Voice-First User Interface Design Right
Designing and building voice-first user interfaces are fraught with challenges. When designing interfaces with no visible features it is easy to overlook design requirements. For companies, discovering these requirements is essential to the successful use and adoption of voice-first user interfaces. We explore what companies should consider when designing and outline best practices for VUIs.