​Psychology of User Experience

This UX Design portfolio includes assignments completed for Psych of UX 517 and endeavors accomplished outside of class. I have three years of User Design experience and offer digital content strategy consulting services for small businesses.
Instructor David C. Evans Ph.D.
The purpose of this class is to provide strategic, ethical content and design to optimize the digital user experience. 

Topics & Terms:
Cambrian explosion, psychological bottleneck, foveal aquity, task positive & task negative, Gestalt principles, accessibility, working memory, decay, competition with second screen, Maslow's needs, escalating commitment.
  • The best UX is frictionless and forgettable.
  • Defining brand moments should be delightfully indelible.​​

Assignments

Content Strategy

I write content strategy plans to help for and non-profit businesses identify and qualitatively analyze their website and social media. 
I am taking new projects from January 2020 through October 2020. Please contact me to get started.

UX Challenge

I am currently participating in UX challenges with the goal of completing 30 UX design, or writing challenges within the next two months. I will post projects worth sharing.
https://dailyuxwriting.com/ 
https://www.dailyui.co/ 

UX Library

  • Bottlenecks: Aligning UX Design with User Psychology. Evans, D.C. (2017). New York: Apress/Springer. 
  • Designing Bots: Creating Conversational Experiences. Shevat, A. (2017). Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly.
  • Memes in digital culture. Shifman, L. (2014). MIT press.
  • The power of moments: Why certain experiences have extraordinary impact. Heath, C., & Heath, D. (2017). Simon & Schuster.
  • Nudge: Improving decisions about health, wealth, and happiness. Thaler, R. H., & Sunstein, C. R. (2009). Penguin.
  • Walking the Talk: Building a Culture for Success by, Taylor, Carolyn (2005)