Santa Barbara User Experience Group

03/30/2018

We had a great turnout at our SBUX monthly happy hour last night at Milk and Honey! What a great group, full of great conversation. Thanks to everyone for making it out!

11/29/2017

We are very excited to announce that our next UX in the 805 Speaker Series will be held at Sonos featuring the Sonos UX research team! RSVP here!

12/6, 6:00 PM: SBUX is proud to announce its 2017 monthly speaker series – UX in the 805 with Sonos!Come and hear the team discuss about the role of User Research within the broader Design Team at Son

10/09/2017

Come learn about what hiring managers look for in a UX candidate! Get feedback on your portfolio, resume, and/or interview responses! Tuesday 10/10 at 6pm @ Workzones

Ever wonder what your portfolio should look like? Why you're not getting calls back from your target companies, hiring managers or recruiters? Never heard back from the company/hiring manager after

09/27/2017

We had a great time at our UX Book Club Meetup. Had some interesting conversations around UX strategy, user research, validation, value proposition and much more! We are reading UX Strategy by Jaime Levy all of this month and the next! Come join the conversation!

09/05/2017

“Design makes ideas tangible so that they can be understood and evaluated before committing them to reality.”

If you like this article, you probably want to sign up to be notified when my new book on Visual Thinking is out (in less than a month, I…

08/29/2017

Come join us for a talk on "A Different Mobile First Strategy." Tuesday 9/5 at 6pm at AppFolio. RSVP here:

The best mobile strategy has always been mobile first. But what happens when it’s too late, and you can’t go mobile first? One small agile team developed a strategy to rebuild a very large and heavily

08/21/2017

Hello all!

As you know we're refreshing our format for the UX Book Club Meetup and we would love to hear your thoughts.

Please fill out the survey to help us understand how we can make the Book Club more accessible to all. It also consists of a poll to vote for the book that you'd like to discuss next month! The survey is open till Thursday, 8/24! Chime in!
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSclYkv1-5V5ECoZOiPCb7-oLlayAbK6PwadNmBH_Ek3dYuLAw/viewform?usp=sf_link

We're redesigning our Book Club format and would love to hear your opinion on how to make our club better. In addition, we want to know what you would like to read coming September!

08/18/2017

Join us at the Invoca pub and learn about UX @ Invoca! Tuesday 8/22 at 6pm. RSVP here:

SBUX is proud to announce this month's speaker series, UX in the 805, will be hosted by Invoca! Each month, we highlight an organization in our community creating user-centered services, products, or

08/07/2017

New to design and looking for feedback on your portfolio? Check out this article, written by our very own Anuja Upadhye!

If you’re reading this article, I’m sure you are someone who works in the realm of design. You know the importance of a design portfolio…

08/04/2017

"Balance how much you adhere to standards with how much you push for innovation."

The truth is that mastering the user experience of any product is impossible.

07/14/2017

Avoid building the next Clippy and create a better user experience with anticipatory design.

Web magazine about user experience matters, providing insights and inspiration for the user experience community

06/08/2017

https://www.productplan.com/non-designers-guide-hiring-ux/

To hire a UX designer successfully, it’s critical to focus on the outcome and not just the role. It's helpful to understand twhat makes for “good design”.