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Author: Sophia V. Prater

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Join Sophia V. Prater on a dive into the weeds on UX systems, information architecture, human psychology, and simplifying the complex. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ooux/support
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Kristin Ouellette Muskat is a Certified OOUX Strategist who is the Principal User Experience Designer at Coforma, and has worked in the government space for years. In this episode of podcast, Sophia and Kristin discuss why it's important to work at a sustainable pace, yak shaving in government work, how working in government differs from private companies, plus OOUXing the law. LINKS: The OOUX Happy Hour: OOUX in Government - A Panel Discussion Cast your vote: What (live) online training should Sophia provide to you next? (This poll is only open to OOUX Masterclass and Certification students) Enroll in The Self-Paced OOUX Masterclass and use the discount code OOUXPOD2024 to receive a $100 discount until February 9, 2024. Read about Sophia's Mini-Sabbatical: creating an anti-plan for Whimsy January on The OOUX Forum Listen to Ezra Klein's podcast interview with Jennifer Pahlka: The Book I Wish Every Policy Maker Would Read Continue the discussion on The OOUX Forum! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ooux/support
Greetings OOUXers! In this New Years episode of the podcast, we welcome Content Designer, Information Architect, and Certified OOUX Consultant, Karen Hewell. Sophia and Karen discuss the power of naming your feelings and thoughts, the difference between feelings and thoughts, mapping your polarizing traits can make you more confident, & how to get started OOUXing your life. This is a fantastic discussion. We hope you enjoy. LINKS: New year, new you. Level up your career with The Self-Paced OOUX Masterclass. OOUX Happy Hour: Extending the Nested Object Matrix YouTube Video: NOMing My Joys Read the article that started it all: OOUX: A Foundation for Interaction Design Continue the conversation over on The OOUX Forum! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ooux/support
In this seventh installment of the ORCA Series, Sophia brings some holiday cheer while covering CTA Requirements. Revisiting the Santa Delivery App from ORCA Series #6, Relationship Requirements, she explores the four ways you can upgrade your basic user stories, plus how to use AI to help you fill in the gaps you might have missed. LINKS: Listen to the rest of the ORCA Series episodes. Give yourself the gift of OOUX with the Self-Paced OOUX Masterclass. Continue the conversation on The OOUX Forum! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ooux/support
In this fifth installment of the ORCA Series, Sophia discusses Object Requirements, how to skip ORCA steps & loop back to them as needed, as well as ways to customize the ORCA sprint, plus the potential use of artificial intelligence in generating object guides. LINKS: The ORCA Series Collection on OOUX.com. The ORCA Sprints Collection on OOUX.com. Prioritizing Prioritization for Product Designers article. Take The Self-Paced OOUX Masterclass and supercharge your UX Design (or Development) career! Discuss this episode on The OOUX Forum! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ooux/support
In this fourth installment of the ORCA Series, Sophia discusses the 15 attributes that you'll want to consider for every single object in your system. Think about this like a gut check or a question guide for each object. Plus, a totally free PDF guide version of this podcast outlining these 15 attributes LINKS: Get the Attribute Discovery Guide Purchase the Mini Workshop: Fixing Four UX Mistakes with OOUX for only $7.00. Take The Self-Paced OOUX Masterclass Continue the conversation on The OOUX Forum! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ooux/support
We UXers need to fill in the skills in the messy middle of the double diamond design process — synthesis, system design, and information architecture. The ability to solve problems here is what makes a high-value UX designer…a UX designer that gets the job, keeps the job, and gets promoted. So what makes that UXer high-value? In this solo episode of the podcast, Sophia outlines the nine traits that a "high-value" UX Designer should have. LINKS: Take The Self-Paced OOUX Masterclass Discuss this podcast on The OOUX Forum! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ooux/support
In this third installment of the ORCA Series, Sophia discusses why objects aren’t more important than all the other parts of a system but are essential to understanding the system, plus she gives 8 tips for CTA discovery! LINKS: Learn more about The OOUX Masterclass Certification Discuss the episode on The OOUX Forum! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ooux/support
Richard Gower is Vice President (Computing, Data Science & Technology) at DeLoach Engineering Science, PLLC & was the first member of Cohort 8 of The Object-Oriented UX Masterclass Certification to become a Certified OOUX Strategist. In this episode of the podcast, Sophia & Richard discuss what it was like when object-oriented programming was invented, why "legacy" has one meaning in life & another in software, & why we've kind of been using the word "inheritance" wrong this whole time. LINKS: Connect with Richard on LinkedIn Take The Self-Paced OOUX Masterclass Continue this conversation over on The OOUX Forum --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ooux/support
Kamil Van Buuren is a Digital Experience Design Team Leader at IKEA, With a focus on IKEA's co-worker & employee experiences. In this episode of the podcast, Sophia & Kamil discuss when to give your team a heavy versus a light dose of OOUX, using OOUX to quickly gain domain knowledge at a new job, plus how to more efficiently divide & conquer on a complicated project. LINKS: Connect with Kamil on LinkedIn. Take The Self-Paced OOUX Masterclass. Continue the conversation over on The OOUX Forum! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ooux/support
Allie Ofisher is a UX Consultant & Certified OOUX Strategist who focuses on information architecture, user research, & of course, Object-Oriented UX. In this episode of the podcast, Sophia & Allie discuss running an ORCA Sprint for the Church of Latter Day Saints, how best to teach the process to stakeholders who might not have a design background, as well as future plans for implementing future ORCA Sprints. LINKS: Connect with Allie on LinkedIn. Join the conversation on The OOUX Forum. Contact Sophia about running an ORCA Sprint for your company. Take The Self-Paced OOUX Masterclass. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ooux/support
Caitlin Steele is the Experience Design Manager at Jira & Liam Greig is Head of Design at Confluence, both previously were at Trello. In this episode of the podcast, Sophia, Liam, & Caitlin discuss the aftermath of an OOUX Design Sprint at Trello, how maybe OOUX isn't for everyone, & strategies for bringing OOUX to a big organization. LINKS: Sign up for The Self-Paced OOUX Masterclass Discuss this episode on The OOUX Forum! Connect with Liam on LinkedIn. Connect with Caitlin on LinkedIn. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ooux/support
Ewelina Nowakowska is a Certified OOUX Strategist and is the Director of UI/UX Design & Development at American Reading Company. In this episode of the podcast, Sophia & Ewelina discuss the ways in which OOUX is like mental yoga practice, how ORCA helps teams work faster, plus some exciting innovations that may be on the horizon from OOUX headquarters. LINKS: Sign up for ⁠⁠The Self-Paced OOUX Masterclass⁠⁠. Connect with Ewelina on LinkedIn! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ooux/support
In this episode of the podcast, Sophia explains eight ways to level up your system modeling skills, plus diagramming The Church of Latter Day Saints! Please let Sophia know on Twitter (@sophiavux) what you think. What was your favorite tip? What do you think you will start using? Next time on The OOUX Podcast, we will do my top tips on the CTA matrix. Until then, happy OOUXing! LINKS: Take The Fundamentals of Object-Oriented UX: OOUX.com/training Leveraging the Power of Junction Objects Article. Junction object Video showing the System Model and Object Map hybrid. Check out episode 029 of The OOUX Podcast with Scott Kubie. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ooux/support
Chase Roberts is the Senior Content designer at Chewy.com and has worked as a senior content designer in the fintech world with Global 500 banks, like Capital One and BBVA, as well as at startups like Wealthfront and Relief App. In this episode of the podcast Sophia and Chase discuss using Object-Oriented UX to onboard at Chewy.com, creating new objects at Wealthfront, how OOUX fits in with other design methodologies, plus how you can get started with OOUX in your organization. We nerded out in this one. Enjoy! LINKS: Sign up for The Self-Paced OOUX Masterclass Learn more about Content Strategy and OOUX Connect with Chase on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/chasejosephroberts/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ooux/support
In this episode of the podcast, Sophia talks to the VP of Design and Research at HelloFresh — Jake Zukowski. They discuss how a designer on his team started sneaking OOUX through the backdoor into their design meetings, they debate about the difference between a Product Manager and a UX Designer, and they talk about how PMs can bring OOUX to their teams. It's a great conversation and we hope you enjoy! Go to ⁠www.ooux.com/teamcohorts⁠ to get pricing on multiple seats in The Self-Paced OOUX Masterclass for your team. If you are a Product Manager/Product Owner, use the coupon code OOUXPM10 to get 10% off the total price of a Team Cohort of The Self-Paced OOUX Masterclass. Keep up with Jake on Twitter: @jakez Follow Jake on Instagram: jake.zukowski Connect with Jake on LinkedIn: Jake Zukowski --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ooux/support
This is a story about finding a path from struggle to satisfaction and from frustration to way more fun. In yet another solo episode (we promise we’ve got some interviews coming up!), Sophia goes way back to her childhood, high school, college days, and early UX career to make sense of the current state of OOUX and ORCA. Sophia gets into the frustrations of designing in the dark, shares a few juicy life lessons, and reveals the early principles that make up the foundation of her career — and the movement she’s built.  Download the OOUX Launch Guide: OOUX.com/resources/launchguide Get on the waitlist for Cohort 8: OOUX.com/certification Better yet, enroll in the Self-Paced OOUX Masterclass: OOUX.com/masterclass --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ooux/support
In this episode of the podcast, Sophia kicks off the first in a 15-part series on her ORCA (Objects, Relationships, CTAs, and Attributes) process. This first installment will cover the process of Noun Foraging. Learn Sophia's 10 hot tips for getting started with noun foraging. Plus, how artificial intelligence can help you do the work, and how noun foraging might not be just for nouns. Enjoy! LINKS: OOUX Happy Hour: Noun Foraging with Rik Williams, Sophia Prater, and Robots Take The Self-Paced OOUX Masterclass! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ooux/support
In this first episode of 2023, Sophia lays out her findings after successfully rolling out the ORCA Sprint envisioned in episode 033 from last season. She talks about manifesting the ORCA Sprint from concept to deliverable, what worked and what didn't work (and what can probably be skipped) while running the first ORCA Sprint, and why ending Day 2 of the ORCA Sprint with a nav flow is guaranteed to blow people's minds.  LINKS: For background on this episode, check out episode 033 - The ORCA Sprint with Sophia V. Prater, as well as The OOUX Happy Hour with Certified OOUX Strategist, Allie Ofisher - OOUX Happy Hour: Running ORCA Sprints with Allie Ofisher, as well as The ORCA Sprint Outline in Notion - www.ooux.com/hi/orca-sprints. Download The OOUX Launch Guide! Contact Sophia with your thoughts on the ORCA Sprint on Twitter @sophiavux Email Sophia at sophia@rewiredux.com to get more information on ORCA Sprints --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ooux/support
Keith Rich and Anthony Gallo join us from Think Company, a bespoke UX and software firm out of Philadelphia. Anthony, the "engineer" of Think Company, began his career in system administration. He took learning how things work "under the hood" to a new level when he later became a self-taught developer. Keith, the "midfielder" at Think Company, comes from Pharma advertising and is passionate about prototyping new ideas and bridging the gaps between design and development. In this episode of the podcast, Sophia chats with Keith and Anthony about how they discovered OOUX, how they use it at Think Company, and what it means to "dev-ign." LINKS: Don't miss hearing more from Keith and Anthony at the upcoming Object-Oriented UX Happy Hour on May 5, 2022 @ 6pm EST. Follow Keith on Twitter: @keith_rich Follow Anthony on Twitter: @_ant_g Read the series on OOUX by Keren Toledano on the Think Company blog: Part 1 and Part 2 And Think Company’s article “What the Heck is a ‘Full Stack’ Developer, Anyhow?” --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ooux/support
Samuel Hulick runs UserOnboard where he researches, writes about, and implements successful user onboarding for companies around the world. In this episode, Sophia and Samuel chat about Value Paths and how they hone in on the deeper value of our products. Listen as they lay this lens over a medical prescription app design challenge, the Headspace onboarding experience, and even OOUX.com's offerings. LINKS: OOUX Fundamentals workshop recording — mentioned in the intro! OOUX Podcast Episode 024, Value Paths and OOUX — Samuel Hulick’s first time on the podcast Useronboard.com — Samuel’s website The Elements of User Onboarding — Samuel’s book Value Paths — Samuel’s new onboarding approach Follow Samuel on Twitter Follow UserOnboard on Twitter --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ooux/support
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