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**What is Wrong with UX**

Kate and Laura drink and fight about what is wrong with user experience design.

Latest Episodes:

Should Designers Learn to Code? May 13, 2015

Show notes

Kate has Strong Opinions about exactly how technical other designers should be. Laura mostly just humors her.

Intro Music: The Future Soon by Jonathan Coulton

Drink Pairing: Manhattan

The Five Things UX Designers Must Never Say May 01, 2015

Show notes

In this week's episode, Kate and Laura bitch about the stupid things people say during the design and research process and the terrible questions people ask their customers. No UXers were harmed in the making of this episode, probably because Kate was just drunk enough to not have to be restrained.

Intro Music: The Future Soon by Jonathan Coulton, who is awesome

Drink Pairing: Woodford Reserve Bourbon

What the Hell is a Product Designer, Anyway? Apr 18, 2015

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In this episode of What Is Wrong with UX, Kate and Laura argue about what the term Product Designer means and whether it's just a new word for the same job we've been doing for years.

Intro music: The Future Soon by Jonathan Coulton.

Drink Pairing: Single Malt Scotch

C-FWOTs Mar 23, 2015

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Kate and Laura talk about C-FWOTs or Colossal Fucking Wastes of Time. What makes a design project a C-FWOT, and how can we avoid them?

Intro music: The Future Soon by Jonathan Coulton

Drink Pairing: Absinthe

Is There Such a Thing As a Junior Designer? Mar 23, 2015

Show notes

Kate and Laura fight about what makes a designer "senior" other than just years on the job and what that means for hiring people to your design organization.

Intro music: The Future Soon, by Jonathan Coulton

Drink Pairing: Sauvignon Blanc