by Chris Gray | May 12, 2015 | Melbourne, Usability, Usability Testing, User experience, UX, UX Research
Throw back Tuesday, a post we previously published but worth the read again, enjoy. I caught up with a former client recently and got onto the topic of independence in usability testing a design. He was lamenting the fact that there are very few companies who focus on...
by Chris Gray | Apr 13, 2015 | UX
Web analytics data is acknowledged as a core competency for managing websites but I’m amazed at how infrequently I see it being used by UX practitioners. It amazes me because I think it is one of the most valuable information sources available. I’m going...
by Chris Gray | Jan 23, 2015 | UX
I’m not usually one for making New Year resolutions, no overt declarations made at midnight anyway. But as I think about it more and more, I probably do make resolutions, all be it small little goals and plans to make this year a success. So here is a goal that’s been...
by Chris Gray | Dec 23, 2014 | UX
Christmas is seen by many as a time to think about others and for giving; a time for a generosity of spirit. Hopefully it is a time of year that brings out the best in people. This may take the form of contributing to community, be it a cake stall, a fundraising...
by Chris Gray | Dec 8, 2014 | Melbourne, news, UX, UX design, UX Research
In the run up to Christmas the teams at UX Mastery and Thirst Studios run a UX article each day in their UXmas advent calendar for UX folk. UXmas has had a number of great articles from people such as Jeff Sauro, Jared Spool and Indi Young. This year we contributed an...
by Chris Gray | Nov 24, 2014 | Surveys, UX Research
Last year I wrote an article on using surveys in user experience (UX) for the excellent UX Mastery. They have now turn it into a brilliant sketch video. You can find it HERE.
by Chris Gray | Nov 12, 2014 | news
To celebrate our first successful year in business, we have pulled together this poster of what we have been up to (Nice work Tim!). It has been an excellent year, working with lots of wonderful people on a broad array of projects and business problems. A big thanks...
by Chris Gray | Oct 31, 2014 | UX Research
A body of knowledge is crucial. Over the last few years I have observed that one of the biggest challenges facing UX teams and organisations more broadly is the ability to track and maintain information collected about customers, and specifically from a UX Research...
by Chris Gray | Jul 23, 2014 | Usability
Usability test facilitation is a core UX skill and here is a blog post I published last year on the previous incarnation of my blog. Last week I had the pleasure of running some training and mentoring for facilitating usability tests. I have been able to gain a lot of...
by Chris Gray | Jul 15, 2014 | Presentations
On Monday night I had the pleasure of presenting at the July Melbourne Geek night. It is a great event put on by the team at Thirst Studios which covers a bunch of tech topics. This month featured 3 presentations on UX. There was a great presentation by Matt Magain of...
