Harvard i-lab | UX Design: An Introduction with Scout Stevenson

[@rebeccab1654]

I'm one of those "newbies" and found Scout's presentation very helpful. Appreciated hearing a presentation from an actual designer who knows the process and can explain it clearly.

[@MediaConceptz]

I found this very informative. There is a ton to learn here for anyone first hearing about UX design. I think he dumbed it down quite well without talking down to the audience. People say "um" and "uh" all the time, it's unreasonable to let that be a hurdle to your education. Even when this speaker appeared to be staring off into space between slides, it was an opportunity for me think about what he just said or take notes.

[@dxvidyoungin2417]

Being new into Ux....I will say i enjoyed everything about this teaching....Great job..Thank you

[@RaphaelaLaurean]

I found this extremely helpful. He was very detailed, and it helped me to understand what the actual UX process looks like in real time. Thank you for posting.

[@Shystichu]

This is the career I am planning on getting into! About to watch this, thanks for posting it!

[@robertolsen2862]

this is a great ,clear ------ education I needed to know every thing and now I have a ground work to ask the right questions for my Web site . thank you !

[@kikiproduction108]

Thanks! It really helped me to understand the basics of UX!

[@BradDiedrich]

Give the guy a break, there was obviously a pretty, well developed lady in the front row but despite this constant distraction he was pretty informative. Well done Scout.

[@melisateoh]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge and insights. Much appreciated!

[@wikibi500]

Excellent presentation.

[@JeremyRobertWalker]

Fantastic presentation. Some impatient rude commentary in the youtube comments but wisdom will be earned by the patient ...

[@iamcruelty]

Really informative and a really good watch

[@markus5859]

I heard UM more than I heard UX.

[@chrisssttina]

Thanks for sharing!

[@notallthosewhowanderarelos7638]

1:38 ... Breast practices. Teach me that! Wonderful presentation though. Great job.

[@michaelparrish777]

very informative

[@besthobbit]

Damn I forgot Amazon's whole thing was books when it started lol.

[@phpn99]

As much as self-proclaimed UX people try to formalize the process, there is no substitute to talent. You can "ideate" as much as you want, look at the end-result and in the majority of cases, it looks like a pizza with a bad case of 'all the toppings'. What proper UX should be concerned about is not "how to design" user experience, but rather what are the good questions to ask; what are the cognitive facets of user interaction that need to be understood in the context of the product at hand; the underlying information model; the main and the edge cases in workflow; error and exception management and finally the catalogue of design patterns that can be applied to maximize user efficiency in each specific task while minimizing learning path, mental and physical burden. Once the problem is properly modeled and understood, there's no substitute to the type of design optimisation that only a natural-born designer can produce.

[@mattlehnardt8035]

the, ahem, 'cognitive facets' of user interaction, 'the underlying information model', here's your model: everything has been dumbed down to a 3rd grade level, leaving 'no one behind'. sounds like he's heaping on the toppings, much the same as the Kent State online UX program that keeps contacting me. I looked at their curriculum, looks like loads of horse shit for 25K. I'll learn what I need to about it on you-freekin'-tube. I'm so tired of self-important blow-hards like Kent State's online UX program and this guy's blather, trying to make something simple seem so mysterious and esoteric. phphphphp!!!!

[@Xx0Mystic0xX]

What a load of bullshit. There is no such thing as talent. It's all hard work and practice. You're not born to be proficient in a certain field, you dedicate the time and patience to learn it and internalize it and it becomes like second nature to you. People love labeling that as talent. There is no substitute for hard work, and claiming that it is talent and extraordinary is nothing short of an ego stroke, which is all I got out of that sophisticated waffle you wrote.

[@julzarboleda5744]

this is a myth

[@Anticrystal88]

He's so nervous, he makes me nervous too.

[@stuparks]

Um, Uh, 30+ times 2:30 minutes in, hope I can make it through.

[@stuparks]

100+ Um/Aws 7 minutes in, save your time if you have OCD/can't see past this like me!

[@angelas2782]

He talks way too slow-w-w-w-w-w. Thankfully, I had the option to play at 1.5x the speed.

[@jean-michelbendaci2564]

Allston.

[@juliocesarvillarrealtrevin2941]

interesting

[@alamedvav]

Scout please, please stop saying Uummm.

[@mattlehnardt8035]

"Breast-practices" wha ahahaha hahah hahaha aha. whew! that explains his messed up hair - MOTORBOATIN!! what I got out of this is if THIS guy can do it in some fancy international corporation, I can do it 10X better sittin' on the can!

[@natnielnel]

Had to stop watching half way through because I felt like I was going to catch his cold. Talk about distracting and gross.

[@MrDubzein]

baaaaaaaad.

[@VoltLover00]

umm umm ummm ummm umm umm umm ummmmmmm

[@Venalex]

For a Harvard presentation this has an obscene number of grammatical mistakes.

[@TheFaka12]

"you know..."... everytime