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Search Interaction Optimization: A Human-Centered Design Approach

Search Interaction Optimization: A Human-Centered Design Approach

What if we could simply predict usability automatically from user interactions? By example of search engines, this book explains how it's possible.

2016

Maximilian Speicher

Maximilian Speicher

Stories

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Election Forecasts, Schmelection Forecasts

What if pollsters are just too afraid of Trump this time around?

Nov 3

Front of a polling place, with a “polling station” sign hanging on the door.

Nov 3

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Selected Articles & Essays

Roughly Categorized, Ordered Chronologically

Aug 11, 2022

Selected Articles & Essays

Aug 11, 2022

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Poetry

Poems Published in Literary Magazines & Journals

Nov 10, 2022

Poetry

Nov 10, 2022

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UX Collective

Design team strategy: the complete guide

In the world of digital product design, having a clear, comprehensive strategy is crucial for any design team aiming to make an impact.

Aug 16

A low-poly, origami-style chessboard with geometric chess pieces, set against a gradient background from deep blue to teal. Some chess pieces seem to be glowing, representing key strategic elements. In the background: constellations and arrows.

Aug 16

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Crafting a vision that inspires

A team vision is the North Star that guides a design team’s collective efforts towards a shared purpose and ultimate goal.

Aug 10

A starry night sky with one especially bright star, like the North Star, above a landscape with trees and occasional houses.

Aug 10

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INUIT: an actionable usability questionnaire with only 7 items

How we developed and studied a new questionnaire to make sure it reliably measures usability

Nov 26, 2023

A young woman of color who is styled like a punk fills in a paper questionnaire.

Nov 26, 2023

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A note on “One formula to rule them all: the ROI of a Design System”

Where do the “120” and “240” come from?

Nov 6, 2023

cost = max((240/X), 6) * X% + min(60-(240/X),54) * Y% | gain = max((120/X), 3) * (Z%/2) + min(60-(240/X), 54) * Z% | ROI = ((gain-cost)/cost) * 100

Nov 6, 2023

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UX Collective

Seven heuristics for identifying proper UX instruments and metrics

There are plenty of instruments out there that supposedly measure UX, but not really. So, how can we identify the good ones?

Sep 29, 2023

A researcher in a thinking pose, surrounded by a range of devices, diagrams, and charts.

Sep 29, 2023

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Designing together: the importance of shared principles for design teams

Design principles operationalize a team’s values into concrete guidelines that inform the design process.

Aug 9, 2023

Designing together: the importance of shared principles for design teams

Aug 9, 2023

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UX Collective

A very short history of product management

…and its evolving relationship with product design.

Jul 15

A female product manager and female product designer working together. One is holding what seems to be a pen. Both are smiling. An AI-generated image in vaporware style.

Jul 15

Maximilian Speicher

Maximilian Speicher

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A designer who writes about leadership, strategy, & anything UX • Doctor of Computer Science • formerly University of Michigan • maxspeicher.com/newsletter

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