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#239

Howdy folks

My name is Piper. I’m in Austin, TX.

I’m here because I’m curious about UX stuff. I’ve been poking around in the threads and I was wondering if anyone has any favorites that they think would be useful for a newbie.

My biggest challenge is working with anything besides Snagit. I’m taking a graphics design class in college and everyone else can understand Photoshop, Gimp, and the like. That’s not a UX issue, but it’s mine. :wink:

About the only question of @Hawk’s that I can really answer is about cats and dogs.

I love them both and I’ve had both but, at the moment I’m pet-less.

@hedviganosalova - Nice to meet you. Confidence isn’t my strong point either, but we’ll get there. We new folks have got to stick together. :slight_smile:

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#240

I think a lot of people struggle with this. I certainly did. It’s only been by really hard work that I’ve managed to really excel at communication to the point where my managers now list it as a strength rather than a weakness. Maybe that’s what my next blog article will be about.

Thanks for the idea, and welcome to the club!

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#241

Thank you very much @Piper_Wilson. That so good to see I am not in this alone :slight_smile:)

@dougcollins You are welcome and looking forward to your blog post! :slight_smile:

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#242

Hey, Piper…
I was definitely nervous about my lack of graphic design background when I got into UX design… but not all UX designer are graphic designers. In fact, as the role of a UX designer expands, so do the different titles that go along with it. There’s UX researcher, UX writer, UX interaction designer, and on and on. It’s a good idea to have some visual design classes, but for making wireframes, I use Sketch. I think you can download a trial for free to check it out. and there are loads of videos on line showing how to use it. Good luck and welcome!
chris

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#243

Sydney, Australia
3-4 Years Mid-Level
Good UX - people tend to want to skip the process and get the coloring pens out.
Innovation - how technology is changing the process.
Dogs

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#244

Hi there,

Thanks so much for the welcome and the advice. I’ll go check out Sketch and see if I can make heads or tails of it.

Peace

#245

Hi there from the other side of the world! :slight_smile:

#246

Where in the world are you?
India

What stage of your career are you at?
Learning Stage … Keep learning with the engage of work .

What are you current challenges?
Bringing Visualization in to actual

What aspect/s of UX are passionate about?
Understanding others perspective (being on others shoes)

Cats or dogs?
i find cat is cute

#247

Don’t we all?

Welcome to the community!

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#248

Welcome! This is a good place to learn.

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#249

Hi Eulier,

Great answers, welcome to the forum.

Paddy

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#250

Non-sequitur: How I love Bellingham, lived there during high school. Sehome, Chuckanut drive, Mt. Baker…the pacific NW is magical.

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#251

I went to elementary school in Ferndale & Bellingham. One of my favorite memories is of Mt Baker shining pink in the sunset. It looked like the snow had been painted.

#252

I’ve only visited a few times, but this is the most apt description of the PNW that I’ve ever seen.

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#253

My husband was at a team building type event the other day and he was telling me about a lady who did a talk about how she copes being an introvert when she works in a team with lots of extroverts. She said that she was honest with them at the start and she explained to the team that during meetings she will be quiet, and listen, and make notes. Go away and think about the problem and then get back to them via email later in the day. She found that this worked really well and the team are very accomodating with it.

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#254

I need to remember to give this disclaimer the next time 'round.

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#255

It really does work. Being an introvert isn’t a bad thing at all. It’s just the way we are.

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#256

UK. Space.

UX is a passion but not my profession. Neither am I career-minded.

The passion earnt me places within a series of confidential projects for an multinational technology company that is famed for products that intend to offer excellent user experiences.

Cultural differences.

Some anonymity may be appropriate.

My real name is not Klaatu. He and I do share some characteristics, one of which is gender; another is the wish for the world to make itself a better place.

To those of you who discern an inconsistency between my current name and the current avatar: this is intended. If ever I post a link that relates to my current identity: please do not treat it as a challenge. The link will be for the purpose of humour – which, I understand, is enjoyed by almost all members of the human race, despite its cultural differences.

At this time:

  • desktop environments (I take what may be described as a holistic approach)
  • the future of Mozilla Firefox (I feed back on two Test Pilot experiments)

– and much more.

Dogs (two in all). Cats (six in all, two at the moment). Human beings.

It should be possible for me to share something more life-changing after I reach the (Discourse) trust level that is required for wiki edition of the UX Mastery Membership Registry. Mutual trust may be followed, in good time, by:

  • revelation of a linking error within a most important area of the UX Mastery domain
  • unmasking of the true identity of the person here known as Klaatu.

The true person has a sense of humour that
Klaatu has not

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#257

Hi everyone!

I’m excited to join this community.

Where in the world are you?

Apex, North Carolina

What stage of your career are you at?

I’ve been doing UX/UI for a long time now. For the last year and a half I’ve lead a team of 7 designers at Help Scout. Before that, I lead a team of 34 designers at WordPress.com. I’m not excellent at any one thing, but I am well rounded in lot’s of areas. Basically, I’m a unicorn designer, and have zero shame in that fact. :stuck_out_tongue: It has served me well throughout my career.

What are your current challenges?

I’m an introvert. I work remotely in an office in my backyard.

Over the years, I’ve learned a lot. I’ve been very blessed to work with some extremely smart people. I now have a strong desire to give back to this community, but it requires that I get out of my insulated introvert comfort zone.

I’m excited to contribute where I can.

What aspect/s of UX are you passionate about?

I love clean, usable, bloat-less interfaces. I’m a huge fan of iterative design, polishing everything until it’s perfect, and measuring changes to gauge what sort of impact they’ve made.

Cats or dogs?

Kids. :slight_smile: We have 3 kids. An 8 year old girl. A 4 year old boy, and a 2 year old girl.

While they frequently act like animals, sadly (and much to my 8 year old daughters disappointment) we are not pet people… Maybe some day though!

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#258

Hi there, welcome. Lots of experience, I may be tapping into that one day. Paddy

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