This was a really fun week of class! Our teacher Joe Dollar-Smirnov took us to Red Badger HQ, where he is head of UX.

Red Badger

Red Badger

We talked through some career tips and then had a tour around the offices. It was super interesting to learn the history of the agency, and also get a peek at their Kanban board.

Kanban Board

Kanban Board

Ideas!

Ideas!

In the second half of class we had a presentation about user interview skills, from Stephanie Troeth from MailChimp. We had looked at user research early on in the course, but it was really great to go over it again, with some stories and experience from the front line.

Stephanie Troeth

Stephanie Troeth

As a practical exercise, we interviewed each other about our travel habits…

Interviews

Interviews

And then we affinity mapped the results…

Affinity Maps

Affinity Maps

Class is almost over now, and next week we give our final presentations!!