Human Tech
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A podcast at the intersection of humans, brain science, and technology. Your hosts Guthrie and Dr. Susan Weinschenk explore how behavioral and brain science affects our technologies and how technologies affect our brains.
Episodes
- Episode #175: Dean Barker Visits The Show
Dean Barker visited the Human Tech show to discuss his book, "Advance: How To Move Your Business Forward With Design Strategy," focusing on design strategy for business advancement.
- Episode #174: Taking AI Seriously Part 5
This episode, Part 5 of a series on AI, aims for a realistic discussion about AI's relationship with UX. It addresses industry-level replacement AI and its specific impact on the UX field.
- Episode #173: Taking AI Seriously Part 4
This episode, part 4 of a series, focuses on a realistic discussion of AI's relation to UX. It covers Step 3 AI, concerning tasks previously done by experts who remain involved, and explores implications for trust and the workplace.
- Episode #172: Taking AI Seriously Part 3
This episode, the third in a series, discusses artificial intelligence in relation to UX. It focuses on 'step 3 AI,' where tasks previously performed by human experts now involve their continued participation. The conversation also touches…
- Episode #171: Taking AI Seriously Part 2
This episode, "Taking AI Seriously Part 2," continues a series with a realistic discussion on artificial intelligence and its connection to user experience (UX). The conversation explores the next phase of AI, specifically super high-level…
- Episode #170: Taking AI Seriously Part 1
We are here to take AI Seriously this time, but for real. This is Part 1 of a multi-part series. We want to have a realistic talk about AI and how it relates to UX while avoiding some pitfalls. We start with a simple discussion of frivolou…
- Episode #169: Embodied Cognition
We discuss embodied cognition, a large part of the human experience that often goes under-talked about in UX circles.
- Episode #168: Screen Monkey
We discuss a common issue UXers are facing, too often they spend all their time in the tool designing screens, and no time doing UX work.
- Episode #167: Errors
How should UXers deal with designing around errors? Why is it so hard to have designs with good error flows?
- Episode #166: Voting UX
With the US Election season coming to a close we try to talk about some of the potential pitfalls of the UX of voting, and how the mental models are quite weird. We don't get through it all.
- Episode #165: We're Back 2024
After a baby and work hiatus we are back! We catch up with UXPA 2024, the state of the UX job market, and other random tidbits.
- Episode #164: State of UX Ohio
Keith Instone and Adam Deardurff join the show to talk about their work doing research for the State of UX in Ohio. We talk about common issues facing many UX communities, but now armed with research.
- Episode #163: Research Plans and Protocols
We talk about the difference between creating research plans vs. research protocols. It's a niche topic that we think you'll enjoy.
- Episode #162: Design Systems
We take a brief detour to talk about running Chatbots locally on Guthrie's Mac, and then talk about some issues that design systems have been facing, and why most organizations have trouble with design systems.
- Episode #161: Are Screens Good?
Tech is always looking for the next big thing to replace our old way of doing things. Screens have been around for decades, but are they actually the best? Do we need to move beyond screens? Are screens good?
- Episode #160: A 2024 Prospective, Big Topics For The Upcoming Year
We make some predictions about what some of the big UX trends of 2024 will be. Happy New Year!
- Episode #159: Todd Cherches Visits The Show
Todd Cherches visits the show to talk about visual leadership, management books, and frogs jumping into ponds.
- Episode #158: UX Creativity
If you are in UX how do you satisfy your creative outlet? What sorts of hobbies and work strategies exist to make you feel fulfilled?
- Episode #157: Book Publishing
We discuss our experience publishing numerous books, how the book publishing industry has changed, and what to do if you want to publish a book.
- Episode #156: Ease vs Resiliancy
We discuss the dynamic between ease and resiliancy, the easier life is, the less resiliant people, or users, might be in the future.
- Episode #155: Antitrust
We discuss the upcoming antitrust lawsuits that might be coming for the biggest of tech companies.
- Episode #154: Projects Vs. Squads
We discuss the pros/cons of UX teams working in a project or squad formation.
- Episode #153: Dean Visits The Show Episode 6: Objects and Views Part 6
We welcome Dean Barker to the show to conclude Objects and Views for Part 6, covering where do Objects and Views fit within the broader design context?
- Episode #152: Dean Visits The Show Episode 5: Objects and Views Part 5
We welcome Dean Barker to the show to talk about Objects and Views for the Part 5, covering metaphor.
- Episode #151: Dean Visits The Show Episode 4: Objects and Views Part 4
We welcome Dean Barker to the show to talk about Objects and Views for the Part 4, covering Spotify as an example and answering the question "is cheesecake cake or pie?"
- Episode #150: Dean Visits The Show Episode 3: Objects and Views Part 3
We welcome Dean Barker to the show to talk about Objects and Views for the Part 3, covering more history and background of how we got to today.
- Episode #149: Dean Visits The Show Episode 2: Objects and Views Part 2
We welcome Dean Barker to the show to talk about Objects and Views for the Part 2, covering the history and background of how Objects and Views sprung up.
- Episode #148: Dean Visits The Show Episode 1: Objects and Views
We welcome Dean Barker to the show to talk about Objects and Views, the first of several episodes with Dean.
- Episode #147: End of The Social Web Era
Have we turned a corner on the era of the social web? Have we moved into a different phase of the internet?
- Episode #146: Designing For Centralization vs. Decentralization
We talk about the differences in philosophy between designing for centralization or decentralization.
- Episode #145: 2023 Lecture Series Episode 8
This episode is our last for this lecture series. We talk about design systems and dive deeper into the intersection between UX and service/marketing design and design systems.
- Episode #144: 2023 Lecture Series Episode 7
This episode is an introduction to behavioral design, and the intersection of service design/marketing and UX.
- Episode #143: 2023 Lecture Series Episode 6
This episode is about mental and conceptual models Part 2. Very abstract but very important, but now we are digging deeper.
- Episode #142: 2023 Lecture Series Episode 5
This episode is about mental and conceptual models. Very abstract but very important.
- Episode #141: 2023 Lecture Series Episode 4
This episode is about UX and Design Research, talking more deeply about the topic with examples.
- Episode #140: 2023 Lecture Series Episode 3
This episode is about UX and Design Research, history and background.
- Episode #139: 2023 Lecture Series Episode 2
We continue our Lecture Series about collaboration. We focus on applying the research to some specific collaboration techniques.
- Episode #138: 2023 Lecture Series Episode 1
We continue our Lecture Series about the topic of collaboration. We talk about some of the psychology research about how we solve problems, communicate, be creative, and listen.
- Episode #137: Burnout
We talk about burnout, how to identify it, how it affects people, what's normal, and what the future of UX burnout is.
- Episode #136: Guthrie Solo 1
Susan is out sick, so Guthrie has a short podcast talking about some internal goingsons and a new AI letter.
- Episode #135: Microsoft
We talk about three big current events involving Microsoft, new AI hardware, Copilot, and Microsoft Loop.
- Episode #134: Loss of Physical Design
We talk about the loss and taking for granted of physical design skills. Is there a generation of UXers and designers who can't design for the real world?
- Episode #133: ChatGPT Part 2, The Death of UX and Other Disruptions
Part 2. We look at AI and UX and how it might be disruptive as a microcosm for potential future changes.
- Episode #132: The Case For Making ChatGPT Illegal Part 1
We make a simple case for regulating advanced AI past a certain point. Part 1.
- Episode #131: Catching Up
We catch up and talk about some of the big topics that happened in 2022 while we were on break. What a big year!
- Episode #130: Metrics
We talk about how hard it is to design good metrics because it touches so many tricky areas of the industry.
- Episode #129: Tech Jumps and UI
We talk about the upcoming tech jump over the next few years, and what that might mean for user interfaces, and UI design. Are there any lessons from the past?
- Episode #128: Hypothesis Testing in UX
We talk about hypothesis testing in UX. It's fun! You should try it.
- Episode #127: Video Conferencing
We talk about ways to improve video conferencing, and what is holding it back. We take a diversion about the history of Teams and Skype. Sorry for our network troubles.
- Episode #126: Margot Bloomstein Visits The Show
We talk to Margot Bloomstein about how companies can foster trust and content across their different branches, and how to develop that important consistency of communication.