The UX Level-Up

Imogen Levy is head of digital at Moorfields Eye Hospital. She is an active mentor in the OOUX Forum, and an emerging leader in the OOUX movement. She’s using OOUX to shepherd Moorfields through a true digital transformation. In this episode of the podcast, Sophia and Imogen discuss how PDFs are bad for accessibility, why OOUX is not waterfall design, and exactly how many times you have to repeat yourself for your message to sink in.  LINKS: Connect with Imogen on LinkedIn: Imogen Levy Keep up with her on Twitter: @teppie Get on the waitlist for Cohort 5 of the OOUX Certification: https://www.objectorientedux.com/certification See the comparison between the Self-Paced Masterclass and the OOUX Certification: https://www.objectorientedux.com/training

Jorge is an independent information architecture consultant who helps companies gain clarity, confidence, and traction. He is the author of “Living in Information," and a coauthor on the fourth iteration of the Polar Bear book. Jorge's podcast, “The Informed Life,” explores how people organize information to get things done. In this episode of the podcast, Sophia and Jorge discuss why the tension between top-down and bottom-up is the greatest challenge to designers, how to recognize signs that you’re working on a “greedy” product, and why social media is like a meeting that lasts forever. Enjoy! LINKS: Follow Jorge on Twitter: @jarango Keep up with Jorge on his website: https://jarango.com/ The Informed Life podcast episode with Sophia: https://theinformed.life/2021/06/06/episode-63-sophia-prater/ Download new CDL sketch sheets with List Page update! https://drive.google.com/open?id=1DV8LKjWd25ARkWN2c137_iBrKB5lCnZC&authuser=sophia%40rewiredux.com&usp=drive_fs

Michael Metts and Andy Welfe are the authors of "Writing is Designing," a must-read book on content strategy and UX writing that fits right in with the principles of OOUX. In this episode of the podcast, Sophia, Michael, and Andy discuss why team clarity brings user clarity, how new UX writers should go about developing a company voice, and why communicating trade-offs is a killer skill. Enjoy! LINKS: Register for Design at Scale and use code: PRATER-DAS2021: https://rosenfeldmedia.com/design-at-scale-2021/register/  Follow Michael on Twitter: @mjmetts Follow Andy on Twitter: @awelfle Buy "Writing is Designing," sign up for their newsletter, or attend their upcoming workshops: https://www.writingisdesigning.com/ 

This episode of the podcast is a replay of episode 19 of the UX Hustle Podcast. We are revisiting this episode because Ahren and Bob will be the featured speakers at the June OOUX Happy Hour Meetup where they will connect the dots between Ontologies, knowledge graphs, and Object-Oriented UX. You'll find the link for the meetup below! Now onto the podcast... In this episode of the podcast, Sophia, Ahren, and Bob discuss how taxonomies differ from folksonomies, how folksonomies differ from ontologies, and how common vocabularies keep design projects on track. Ahren Lehnert is a knowledge management professional who has worked across many industries including  marketing, health care, Federal and State government agencies, commercial and e-commerce, geospatial, oil and gas, telecom, and financial services. Bob Kasenchak has worked in business development, product development, and as a taxonomist since 2012. They are both senior taxonomists at Synaptica, an enterprise taxonomy and ontology management software company. LINKS: Updated CTA matrix with better “where column” A new junction object explainer Register for OOUX Happy Hour with Ahren and Bob! Follow Ahren on Twitter: @ahrenlehnert Follow Bob on Twitter: @taxobob Keep up with Synaptica on their website: Synaptica Follow Synaptica on Twitter: Synaptica

Jeremy Kieth is the cofounder of Clearleft, a design agency specializing in building resilient, future-proof, backwards compatible, and just super elegant web experiences. He is also the author of "Resilient Web Design," which he has made available for free to all of us through Creative Commons licensing, as well as many other books on super-geeky topics like DOM Scripting, Ajax, and HTML5. In this episode of the podcast, Sophia and Jeremy discuss how responsive design made the truth about the Internet apparent, why the invisible is hard to prioritize, and what a bad design system means for our end users. Enjoy! LINKS: Follow Jeremy on Twitter: @adactio Listen to "Resilient Web Design" via Google Podcasts Listen to The Clearleft Podcast on Google Podcasts Book your tickets to UX Fest (June 1-3, 2021)

Sarah Barrett is Principal Information Architecture Manager and Rachel Price is Senior Information Architect at Microsoft. Together they have used OOUX to untangle, among others, the insane complexity of Microsoft's technical library, Microsoft Docs, as well as Microsoft Learn, which provides interactive learning paths and certifications for beginners and pros alike. In this episode of the podcast, Sophia, Sarah, and Rachel discuss how to think like a library scientist, how being conventional can be a virtue, and why accessibility is good for everyone, not just the differently-abled. Enjoy! LINKS: Connect with Sarah on Twitter: @Documentalope Keep up with Sarah on her website: sarahrbarrett.com Connect with Rachel on Twitter: @r_audrey Read Sarah's article about getting to structured content at Microsoft: How We Did It: Getting To Structured Content  Check out more from both of them on their Medium Publication: Known Item Senior Information Architect position at Microsoft: Senior Information Architect 

Ren Pope is the Senior Staff Data Modeler and Ontologist at a little company called Etsy. Ren's background is in technical writing, data analysis, and knowledge management. In this episode of the podcast, Sophia and Ren discuss how to build a taxonomy around cosplay, how information architecture is more like information archaeology, and why it's important to understand the context of meta metadata.  LINKS: Connect with Ren on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rlpope3/ Try CMap: https://cmap.ihmc.us/ Ontology Dojo Presentation: https://bit.ly/ontology_dojo2 Meta Information Architecture:  https://bit.ly/metaia

Andrew Hinton is the Senior Manager of Design Strategy and Research at Honeywell. He is a seasoned public speaker who has graced the stage at the IA Conference, UX Lisbon, UX Week, and the IA Summit. He is also the author of the must-read information architecture book, "Understanding Context." In this episode of the podcast, Sophia and Andrew discuss the meaning of embodied cognition, the pitfalls of being a physical creature in a digital environment, and why sometimes, creating inconsistency can help you be consistent.  LINKS: Follow Andrew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/inkblurt Keep up with Andrew on his website: https://andrewhinton.com/ Buy yourself a copy of "Understanding Context": https://amzn.to/3sAZ3k1

Cornel Hillmann is a CG Artist, XR Designer, and Entrepreneur. He is the owner and creative director at STUDIO.CGARTIST.COM and Emerging Entertainment and has worked with brands including Panasonic, Jaguar, the Singapore International Film Festival, and other big names. Hillmann is a leader in XR (Extended Reality) design and he wrote the handbook on getting started in designing for the Unreal VR game engine, "Unreal for Mobile and Standalone VR: Create Professional VR Apps Without Coding." His upcoming book, "UX for XR: User Experience Design and Strategies for Immersive Technologies" is about how existing UX concepts will steer the transition of current digital environments into the new frontier of XR. In this episode, Sophia and Cornel discuss how Timothy Leary steered Cornel into virtual reality design, what UX designers can learn from XR, and whether or not reality is a hologram.  LINKS: Follow Cornel on Twitter - https://twitter.com/CornelHillmann Connect with Cornel on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/cornelhillmann/ Keep up with Cornel on his website - https://www.studio.cgartist.com/ Preorder "UX for XR: User Experience Design and Strategies for Immersive Technology" - https://www.amazon.com/UX-Experience-Strategies-Immersive-Technologies/dp/1484270193/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=cornel+hillmann&qid=1615512136&sr=8-1

This is our last episode of 2020! We are revisiting the December 2019 episode with Ben Callahan. Ben is a design system expert and the founder and president of Sparkbox. At Sparkbox, Ben has created an amazing workplace that facilitates learning, exploring, asking questions, and pet projects. We talk about how that awesomeness came to be and what’s working well today. (Team leaders, please take notes.)  We also talk about taking time to tinker and figure yourself out—while the world seems to change right underneath your feet. Of course, we get into design systems, too.  We nerd out on documentation and discuss how being on the “design system team” can be a great part of company hazing >cough, cough<  onboarding. If you are revved up to apply for Sparkbox’s apprentice program, here’s your link: https://apprentices.seesparkbox.com/ Connect with Ben on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bencallahan Connect with Ben on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bencallahan/