You x - TryMyUI Blog Series https://www1.trymata.com/blog/category/musings/you-x-great-design/ Sun, 17 Dec 2023 20:44:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.2 https://trymata.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/cropped-Trymata-blog-logo-1000x1000-px-32x32.png You x - TryMyUI Blog Series https://www1.trymata.com/blog/category/musings/you-x-great-design/ 32 32 226506926 You X Fantasy: Dungeons & Dragons for persona development https://trymata.com/blog/2021/12/06/dungeons-and-dragons-for-persona-development/ https://trymata.com/blog/2021/12/06/dungeons-and-dragons-for-persona-development/#comments Tue, 07 Dec 2021 04:48:49 +0000 https://www.trymyui.com/blog/?p=17422 Dungeons and Dragons is a pen and paper roleplaying game that has been around for over 40 years. In this blog, we will discuss how it can be used as an excellent persona development resource alongside other methods, such as interviews and surveys.

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]]> https://trymata.com/blog/2021/12/06/dungeons-and-dragons-for-persona-development/feed/ 2 17422 You X Horror volume II: The Thing and assimilation in UX https://trymata.com/blog/2020/10/27/you-x-horror-the-thing-and-ux/ https://trymata.com/blog/2020/10/27/you-x-horror-the-thing-and-ux/#respond Tue, 27 Oct 2020 06:06:14 +0000 https://www.trymyui.com/blog/?p=15723 In this 2020 Halloween special, we look to John Carpenter's 1982 cosmic body horror masterpiece "the Thing" to inspire some great UX design! Trust no one but the users!

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]]> https://trymata.com/blog/2020/10/27/you-x-horror-the-thing-and-ux/feed/ 0 15723 You X Art volume II: Forever and ever endeavoring with Sally Mann https://trymata.com/blog/2020/06/26/you-x-art-sally-mann/ https://trymata.com/blog/2020/06/26/you-x-art-sally-mann/#respond Fri, 26 Jun 2020 23:14:02 +0000 https://www.trymyui.com/blog/?p=15398 With a wink and a smile, photographers and UX designers alike will strive for perfection in their craft. In this You X installment, get inspired by American photographer Sally Mann.

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]]> https://trymata.com/blog/2020/06/26/you-x-art-sally-mann/feed/ 0 15398 You X History: Oda Nobunaga and the disruptive startup you need to know https://trymata.com/blog/2019/11/14/you-x-history-oda-nobunaga-and-the-disruptive-startup-you-need-to-know/ https://trymata.com/blog/2019/11/14/you-x-history-oda-nobunaga-and-the-disruptive-startup-you-need-to-know/#respond Thu, 14 Nov 2019 15:00:06 +0000 https://www.trymyui.com/blog/?p=11179 Startups are essentially synonymous with "disruption," a term plastered on every unoriginal idea that comes out of silicon valley. Why not give Japanese history a shot at inspiring contemporary startup disruption culture?

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]]> https://trymata.com/blog/2019/11/14/you-x-history-oda-nobunaga-and-the-disruptive-startup-you-need-to-know/feed/ 0 11179 You X Horror: Designing the death drive with Junji Ito https://trymata.com/blog/2019/10/17/you-x-horror-designing-the-death-drive-with-junji-ito-ux-design-inspiration/ https://trymata.com/blog/2019/10/17/you-x-horror-designing-the-death-drive-with-junji-ito-ux-design-inspiration/#respond Thu, 17 Oct 2019 15:05:00 +0000 https://www.trymyui.com/blog/?p=8594 What if I told you about someone who is designing their user experience to actively prey on the worst compulsions of their users, leaving them terrified or disturbed, all while receiving universal praise and success for this masterful manipulation?

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]]> https://trymata.com/blog/2019/10/17/you-x-horror-designing-the-death-drive-with-junji-ito-ux-design-inspiration/feed/ 0 8594 You X Art: Diego Velázquez watches you watching him paint https://trymata.com/blog/2019/08/19/you-x-art-velazquez-great-ux/ https://trymata.com/blog/2019/08/19/you-x-art-velazquez-great-ux/#respond Mon, 19 Aug 2019 14:00:14 +0000 https://www.trymyui.com/blog/?p=7901 There are about as many ways to look at paintings as there are paintings to look at. But how often does a painting look back? Beyond the eyes of a portrait, have you ever felt like a painting was strangely aware of your presence?

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