Something I've been considerering for a number of years: how can I help spreat the tools of ux design far and wide. Human centered design + understanding systems and situations where the things we make connect with the audiences we serve are useful mechanisms for so many. Here I talk about how I started with "UX for all" then "Practicing UX" and am thinking how "UX Mindset" may be even more approachable as a way to choose to involve people and see situations differently to be able to make better...
Nov 03, 2020
Since I'm taking part in a creative challenge called Art Soundoff ( http://artsoundoff.com) , I decided to use the workbook from my Customizing Your Next Creative Challenge workshop. Customizing Your Next Creative Challenge is available on Gumroad and Skillshare . Related Links and Resources Polytechnicast - Creative Challenge Worksheet - YouTube Video Download your own PDF of the workbook to explore and plan your next creative challenge The workbook I filled out Get Guitar Fretter, an action pu...
Nov 02, 2020
Guitar Fretter is 10 years old and I still have more ideas to add and refine. Some of those ideas I'm putting into a new game, some I'm putting into the classic version of Guitar Fretter. Recently I thought I'd make a quick art update and I expected to be ready to publish in about 4 days. Did things get out of hand where it took 4 weeks instead? Analyzing the list of what to improve and testing along the way, it felt it best to make more improvements. This episode of the Polytechnicast journals ...
Aug 18, 2020
In this Polytechnicast I consider how I've found MVP useful. Also how MVP and any highly celebrated business and design concept will go through a cycle where the name for the concept draws more and more negative takes. And I share the news that I'm launching a Patreon of news and special episodes of the Polytechnicast and more ! Related Links and Resources Support and follow Rob on Patreon for more news and special episodes of the Polytechnicast and more Get workshops ebooks for ux design, creat...
Jun 20, 2020
I wrote this article called Being There When a Team is Starting Their First Design Journey , my first Medium article. So many organizations in the recent 10+ years have asked: what if we explore if we should build something for our audience instead of just can we build something. They may not have intended to ask that question at the start, but they're asking this when they invite human centered design. Like I shared in the article "Even though UX design is becoming more common, the tools and sk...
Feb 16, 2020
Today I annotated 11 double sided physical pages of goals and what happened next is I left them at a bagel place. Related Links and Resources Online store for Rob Stenzinger: workshops ebooks for ux design, creative coding, creative challenges, goals, and storytelling For Skillshare subscribers or those new to Skillshare who'd like to sign up for 2 free months + get the Drawing User Journey Maps class Rob Stenzinger - Maker, teacher, and coach for user experience design, games, and collaboration...
Jan 23, 2020
As a guest instructor I recently taught a class about making use of visual storytelling to serve the product design process in a variety of ways - especially through sketching the stories and visuals as quick doodles. Related Links and Resources Guitar Fretter - a game that makes an arcade memory match out of memorizing the notes on a fret board is on SALE for a limited time on all platforms it's on This Panda Needs You - a relaxing block stacking pattern matching game is on SALE for a limited t...
Nov 29, 2019
As part of the Art Soundoff creative challenge, I explore this journal prompt "Outlets". I consider how guitar, drawing, and playing games appeal to me in some contexts as a way to wind down or decompress. Related Links and Resources Guitar Fretter - a game that makes an arcade memory match out of memorizing the notes on a fret board is on SALE for a limited time on all platforms it's on This Panda Needs You - a relaxing block stacking pattern matching game is on SALE for a limited time on all p...
Nov 28, 2019
As part of the Art Soundoff creative challenge, I explore this journal prompt "3 things about your art". Fantasy art, comics storytelling is something I found later than sooner, and sketching are all building blocks for my work. Related Links and Resources [Guitar Fretter - a game that makes an arcade memory match out of memorizing the notes on a fret board is on SALE for a limited time on all platforms it's on: http://guitarfretter.com [This Panda Needs You - a relaxing block stacking pattern m...
Nov 27, 2019
Sharing your time to listen, learn, and help connect others to the community you've been part of is a worthwhile endeavor. In this episode of the Polytechnicast I reflect on some recent volunteering I'm doing to support those studying systemic minded human centered design. Related Links and Resources Guitar Fretter - a game that makes an arcade memory match out of memorizing the notes on a fret board is on SALE for a limited time on all platforms it's on This Panda Needs You - a relaxing block s...
Nov 26, 2019
Considering how I related to perfectionism in my creative projects making video games about 15 years ago. This influenced things I explored in UX design and in making comics and carry with me to this day. Related Links and Resources Guitar Fretter - a game that makes an arcade memory match out of memorizing the notes on a fret board is on SALE for a limited time on all platforms it's on This Panda Needs You - a relaxing block stacking pattern matching game is on SALE for a limited time on all pl...
Nov 26, 2019
What's sharable, useable, and useful to put in your portfolio? Your UX portfolio is an interesting challenge. Doing the work that leads to a credible conceptual foundation for a product or service doesn't always come with sharable artifacts to curate as a gallery in a portfolio. In any case, finding the story, the goals of your audience, and your goals is a place to consider your portfolio as a design problem. Related Links and Resources Drawing User Journey Maps to Design User Experiences, Gath...
Nov 25, 2019
Thinking about some things I've found helpful for building a useful shared understanding through conversations with your audience, your organization, and your team. Related Links and Resources Mental Models - Rosenfeld Media Drawing User Journey Maps to Design User Experiences, Gather Ideas, and Collaborate - on SALE through November 2019 For Skillshare subscribers or those new to Skillshare who'd like to sign up for 2 free months + get the Drawing User Journey Maps class Rob Stenzinger - Maker,...
Nov 25, 2019
Thinking about creativity, the label of being a creative, and the relationship between service and expression as a designer. Related Links and Resources LIA Cast 294 - UX, Obviously — Lean Into Art Drawing User Journey Maps to Design User Experiences, Gather Ideas, and Collaborate - on SALE through November 2019 For Skillshare subscribers or those new to Skillshare who'd like to sign up for 2 free months + get the Drawing User Journey Maps class Rob Stenzinger - Maker, teacher, and coach for exp...
Nov 24, 2019
Even though there's a few more days to go in this year's Art Soundoff creative challenge, I'm looking at my experience of this year's challenge asking what went well and what could be better. Related Links and Resources Drawing User Journey Maps to Design User Experiences, Gather Ideas, and Collaborate - on SALE through November 2019 For Skillshare subscribers or those new to Skillshare who'd like to sign up for 2 free months + get the Drawing User Journey Maps class Rob Stenzinger - Maker, teac...
Nov 24, 2019
This summer indie creator and publisher Jaques Nyemb shared and 8-episode fascinating thoughtful and fun micropodcast series called Slow Dooown. Each episode Jaques asks a question of the audience and in this episode of the Polytechnicast I share some replies and thoughts about collaborating, social presence, and being sustainably creative. Related Links and Resources Slow Dooown - art podcast by Jaques Nyemb JΛCQUΞS IN A BOX (@jnyemb) / Twitter Drawing User Journey Maps to Design User Experienc...
Nov 22, 2019
While exploring the Art Soundoff journal prompt "what are you drawing?" I describe some of the drawings I'm working on now and how they are based on holiday gifts I created last year. Related Links and Resources Drawing User Journey Maps to Design User Experiences, Gather Ideas, and Collaborate - on SALE through November 2019 For Skillshare subscribers or those new to Skillshare who'd like to sign up for 2 free months + get the Drawing User Journey Maps class Rob Stenzinger - Maker, teacher, and...
Nov 20, 2019
While exploring the Art Soundoff journal prompt "what are you learning?" I share a few things I'm learning in both a business context and casual play context. Related Links and Resources Drawing User Journey Maps to Design User Experiences, Gather Ideas, and Collaborate - on SALE through November 2019 For Skillshare subscribers or those new to Skillshare who'd like to sign up for 2 free months + get the Drawing User Journey Maps class Rob Stenzinger - Maker, teacher, and coach for experience des...
Nov 19, 2019
In a recent conversation I shared with someone that I can identify with being introverted though in recent years consider myself an ambivert. As I've noticed in previous conversations, the term ambivert is not as well known. Related Links and Resources Drawing User Journey Maps to Design User Experiences, Gather Ideas, and Collaborate - on SALE through November 2019 For Skillshare subscribers or those new to Skillshare who'd like to sign up for 2 free months + get the Drawing User Journey Maps c...
Nov 19, 2019
At the start of a project I've already gathered things that help me commit. Related Links and Resources Drawing User Journey Maps to Design User Experiences, Gather Ideas, and Collaborate - on SALE through November 2019 For Skillshare subscribers or those new to Skillshare who'd like to sign up for 2 free months + get the Drawing User Journey Maps class Rob Stenzinger - Maker, teacher, and coach for experience design, games, and collaboration Blog of an Interactive Storyteller Art Soundoff Lean ...
Nov 17, 2019
I share a few options for my favorite tool and consider how I probably have a bunch of favorite things that help me with understanding, considering, and solving problems. Related Links and Resources Drawing User Journey Maps to Design User Experiences, Gather Ideas, and Collaborate - on SALE through November 2019 For Skillshare subscribers or those new to Skillshare who'd like to sign up for 2 free months + get the Drawing User Journey Maps class Rob Stenzinger - Maker, teacher, and coach for ex...
Nov 17, 2019
I share an idea about making a game of exploring options and scenarios for combining different parts of a business to solve problems for the audience. Related Links and Resources Drawing User Journey Maps to Design User Experiences, Gather Ideas, and Collaborate - on SALE through November 2019 For Skillshare subscribers or those new to Skillshare who'd like to sign up for 2 free months + get the Drawing User Journey Maps class Rob Stenzinger - Maker, teacher, and coach for experience design, gam...
Nov 17, 2019
Thinking about how I get moving again on creative projects feels related to how I got stuck in the first place. Related Links and Resources Drawing User Journey Maps to Design User Experiences, Gather Ideas, and Collaborate - on SALE through November 2019 For Skillshare subscribers or those new to Skillshare who'd like to sign up for 2 free months + get the Drawing User Journey Maps class Rob Stenzinger - Maker, teacher, and coach for experience design, games, and collaboration Blog of an Intera...
Nov 15, 2019
Continuing the UX for All series I talk about how the series is evolving beyond offering a starting point for UX tools. I describe four groups who each have goals that affect your UX design work: your audience, your organization, your team, and you. Then I describe some of the worthwhile conflict you can uncover through including all four and what might happen if you choose to avoid it. Related Links and Resources Drawing User Journey Maps to Design User Experiences, Gather Ideas, and Collaborat...
Nov 15, 2019
Two mini-worksheets I made recently in collaboration with Kate Shields Stenzinger help simplify describing the goals and projects you're working on. We call them the Intentional Planner Tools. The Goals and Actions planner is about reflection to help plan what's next combined with asking what you're big goals are for the next 5 years. Then the project concept and project status mini-worksheets help you collect those things you're building and sharing with the world and make it easy to describe w...
Nov 14, 2019
My approach and steps I take for making very yummy baked tofu you can add to so many kinds of dishes or eat as-is. Related Links and Resources Drawing User Journey Maps to Design User Experiences, Gather Ideas, and Collaborate - on SALE through November 2019 For Skillshare subscribers or those new to Skillshare who'd like to sign up for 2 free months + get the Drawing User Journey Maps class Rob Stenzinger - Maker, teacher, and coach for experience design, games, and collaboration Blog of an Int...
Nov 12, 2019
Video games have been and continue to be an influential life long interest for me. In this Polytechnicast I talk about what I'm playing lately which includes some really old games. Related Links and Resources Bomberman '93 (TurboGrafx-16) Playthrough - NintendoComplete - YouTube Devil's Crush (TurboGrafx-16) Playthrough - NintendoComplete - YouTube Heroes - Overwatch Drawing User Journey Maps to Design User Experiences, Gather Ideas, and Collaborate - on SALE through November 2019 For Skillshare...
Nov 11, 2019
A few weeks back I noticed how I've developed a habit of moving past completing tasks big or small without celebrating and since then I've been talking with others about how they celebrate finishing things and doing some reflection on it all. In this Polytechnicast I share where I'm at so far with working on celebrating more. Related Links and Resources Tweet thread: How do you celebrate your accomplishments? Jerzy and Rob team up with the hosts of the Tell the Damn Story podcast, Alex Simmons a...
Nov 09, 2019
Continuing the UX for All series, I describe attibutes to build into a team so it serves the needs of who's funding it, the audience it's helping, and the people who comprise it. Related Links and Resources Drawing User Journey Maps to Design User Experiences, Gather Ideas, and Collaborate - on SALE through November 2019 For Skillshare subscribers or those new to Skillshare who'd like to sign up for 2 free months + get the Drawing User Journey Maps class Rob Stenzinger - Maker, teacher, and coac...
Nov 07, 2019
I finished a few spare time projects for Halloween this year: 8 props for me an my family's costumes. One project that caught my imagination and but didn't finish: my Halloween Tree. Related Links and Resources Halloween Projects Photo Gallery: Splatoon Inklings + Interactive Tree — Interactive Storyteller Drawing User Journey Maps to Design User Experiences, Gather Ideas, and Collaborate - on SALE through November 2019 For Skillshare subscribers or those new to Skillshare who'd like to sign up ...
Nov 06, 2019
