The UX Level-Up

Caroline Sober-James is the Director of UX at Acumium, where she and her team have successfully instituted OOUX to great success. In this episode of the podcast, Sophia and Caroline discuss why designers should cultivate empathy toward developers, how to be "a designer devs swoon over," and how quickly Caroline's conversations with developers turn into "OOUX lovefests." LINKS: Follow Caroline on Twitter: @wildwend Connect with Caroline on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolinesober/ Tune-In to Caroline's talk, When OOUX meets API design: Love at first "site" at THAT Conference, July 27: https://that.us/activities/As01VUh3JNJGcHFrXhyW Listen to Caroline's previous appearance on the UX Hustle Podcast (Replayed on the OOUX Podcast) Buy the Self-Paced OOUX Masterclass!

Scott Kubie is "a designer who writes." He's the author of "Writing for Designers," a must-read for anyone who writes, and the brain behind "Content Ecosystem Mapping," a visual way to represent your content reality—what you have and where it is. In this episode of the podcast, Sophia and Scott discuss is-ness versus ought-ness, the rhetorical nature of creating a content ecosystem, plus how exactly one goes about making a content ecosystem map.  LINKS:  Follow Scott on Twitter: @scottkubie Buy Scott's book: Writing for Designers Keep up with Scott through his linktree: scottkubie Check out the first draft Rewired Content Ecosystem Sophia and Scott talked about in the episode. Also don't miss Scott Kubie's talk at The OOUX Happy Hour, March 3, 2022 12-1PM EST

Lou Rosenfeld needs no introduction. If you are listening to this podcast, you have most likely read or are aware of the Polar Bear book he co-wrote, or one of the many other design books published by his company, Rosenfeld Media, or have attended one of his many excellent IA conferences. In this episode of the podcast, Sophia and Lou discuss why portals should be banned, what precisely is the definition of "moment prison," and why we shouldn't get emotional about our professional metaphors.  LINKS: Polar Bear Book: https://amzn.to/3o0f9mT Get tickets for the Advancing Research 2022 conference: https://rosenfeldmedia.com/advancing-research-2022/register/ Next OOUX Happy Hour, with Marsha Haverty: https://www.meetup.com/objectorientedux/events/283051710/ Email us about creating an internal OOUX Masterclass Cohort at your organization: hello@rewiredux.com Get one of the last spots in Cohort 6 of the OOUX Certification Program: OOUX.com/certification Sign up for the OOUX newsletter: OOUX.com/newsletter

Steve Smith is a software engineer, a UXer, and a serial entrepreneur. His early company, Ordered List, was acquired by GitHub and after a long stint as a product designer at GitHub, we met when we were both consulting to NineLabs. He is the founder and lead designer at Box Out Designs, which is basically Canva for the sports industry. In this episode of the podcast, Sophia and Steve discuss what designers and developers have in common with potters and woodworkers, which programming language is best for OOUXers who want to learn some code, and the ins and outs of OOUXing a whisky. Enjoy! LINKS: Follow Steve on Twitter: @orderedlist Check out Box Out Sports Take your career to the next level! Cohort 6 of the Object-Oriented UX Masterclass Certification is open for enrollment. Cohort 6 kicks off February 21, 2022! Email us at hello@rewiredux.com if you have any questions!

As you probably know, Brad Frost is the author of "Atomic Design," the creator of pattern lab, and a design systems advocate and educator. He writes front end code, writes about writing code, and consults to companies looking to create successful, effective design systems. In this episode of the podcast, Sophia and Brad discuss how technology is like a river, why it's important for everyone on a project to have a shared language, and how design systems are like furniture parts.  If you like this conversation, make sure to scroll back and listen to the first three episodes of the podcast. I’ve got some introduction episodes as well as a conversation with Dan Mall, which as you might expect, compliments this episode nicely. As a huge fan of the atomic design philosophy and brad frost himself, I am super excited to share this conversation with you! LINKS: Follow Brad on Twitter: @brad_frost Keep up with Brad on his site: bradfrost.com If you haven't read "Atomic Design" yet, what are you doing? Buy it here: Atomic Design Cohort 6 of the OOUX Certification Program is being pushed to February. If you want to be a part of that cohort I STRONGLY encourage you to get on the waitlist by going to OOUX.com/waitlist. We will only email you when enrollment opens. Promise to respect your inbox. If you don’t want to wait until Feb, you can get started now by enrolling in the Self-Paced Masterclass which is the exact same content, just without the bells and whistles of the certification. And if you decide you want to upgrade to the certification when enrollment opens, you just pay the difference. See a side by side comparison and Ooux.com/training Not convinced? Check out Ooux.com/testimonals to see what certified strategists say about OOUX and the course.

Sondra Eby Eisenstat is a Certified OOUX Strategist and UX Designer at web development agency Oddbird. Miriam Suzanne is a self-described software engineer and artist. She is co-founder at Oddbird, as well as an Invited Expert with the W3C (The World Wide Web Consortium) CSS Working Group where she works with other experts in the field to develop open standards that ensure the long-term growth of the Web. In this episode of the podcast, Sophia, Sondra, and Miriam discuss the adaptability of the ORCA process for teams, the coming innovations of container queries in CSS, and how OOUX facilitates a fruitful, continuous conversation between designers and developers.  LINKS: Follow Miriam on Twitter: @TerribleMia Check out Miriam on Github: mirisuzanne And on Stack Overflow: Miriam Suzanne Also check out her Codepen Showcase: MiriamSuzanne Follow Sondra on Twitter: @sondraeby Also follow Sondra on Dribbble: Sondraeby If you haven't already, join the waitlist for Cohort 6 of the Certified OOUX Strategist Program, kicking off January 2022!

Samuel Hulick runs User Onboard, where he researches, writes about, and implements successful user onboarding for companies around the world. In this episode of the podcast, Sophia and Samuel discuss how OOUX helped with a crisis of faith, how there's more than one way to learn to ride a bike, and why the right objects at the right time are the answer to good UX.  LINKS: 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 User Onboard on Twitter

Cassie Eddy is a UX Designer and Researcher at Health Catalyst in Boston. She is also a Certified OOUX Strategist and active mentor in the OOUX Certification Program. In this episode of the podcast, Sophia and Cassie discuss learning to code, the information architecture of Crossfit, and how OOUX can help with combining passions in career and life.  LINKS: Join the waitlist for "Fundamentals of Object-Oriented UX - A collaboration between Joe Natoli and Sophia Prater" Connect with Cassie on LinkedIn Follow Cassie on Twitter: @CassieEddy2

Harrison Wheeler is a Senior Design Manager at Linkedin and is the host of his own user experience design podcast: Technically Speaking. In this episode of the podcast, Sophia and Harrison discuss how OOUX provides a chance to take a principled approach to design, why social media websites are like old enterprise software, and how inheritance can be used to build user trust. The script got thrown out the window on this one. Enjoy! LINKS: Get 20% off the UX Hustle Summit: https://hopin.com/events/ux-hustle-summit-2021?code=Sw0wStYrK2pSUfRy3HwF2VlvI Interested in creating your own cohort with the Self-Paced OOUX Masterclass? Let’s talk bulk-pricing! Book a call with me: https://calendly.com/sophiavux/opportunity Harrison Wheeler on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hmwheeler/ Harrisons Object-Oriented Design Article: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6833086562109140992/ Harrison’s podcast Technically Speaking: https://www.gettechnical.io/ Harrison’s website: https://www.harrisonwheeler.com/

In this episode of the podcast, Sophia goes solo once again to address a question someone in the OOUX Self-Paced Masterclass Program brought to her from a senior UXer who just didn't see the value of OOUX when information architecture already exists. It's one she's heard more than once from those familiar with IA. Is OOUX just a rebrand of IA that no one asked for and no one needs?  LINKS: Learn more about the 4 unintuitive objects: ooux.com/4mistakes Get your ticket for the UX Hustle Summit: uxhustle.org Talk to me about Information Architecture and OOUX on twitter: @sophiavux