Dan Brown — UX Design Consultant
Podcast |
Non Breaking Space Show
Publisher |
Goodstuff.network
Media Type |
audio
Podknife tags |
Careers, 
Interview, 
Technology
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Arts, 
Tech News, 
Technology
Publication Date |
May 31, 2017
Episode Duration |
Unknown
Dan Brown is co-founder of EightShapes, a UX design discovery shop that serves clients in healthcare, education, not-for-profit and high-tech. He’s recently written a book called, Practical Design Discovery, published by A Book Apart.
Dan Brown is co-founder of EightShapes, a UX design discovery shop that serves clients in healthcare, education, not-for-profit and high-tech. He’s recently written a book called, Practical Design Discovery, published by A Book Apart.

Dan Brown is co-founder of EightShapes, a UX design discovery shop that serves clients in healthcare, education, not-for-profit and high-tech. He’s recently written a book called, Practical Design Discovery, published by A Book Apart.

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Jump to a conversation on…

  • 4:20 How long have you been working in the web industry?
  • 7:45 What does it mean to give everyone a voice?
  • 9:40 I want to have the hard conversations but you have to be willing to listen and be vulnerable.
  • 11:10 Talking about the game Dan Brown has made.
  • 13:10 Some of the techniques I’ve used to move situations forward are…
  • 18:25 How did you get started with Eight Shapes?
  • 20:40 Having a kid made the risk worth it.
  • 21:20 Nathan’s doing great work on design systems.
  • 23:20 Where do you see the future of design going?
  • 28:25 In what ways did A Book Apart take care of you in writing a book?
  • 30:40 The cover is a bit of a dad joke.
  • 33:30 Do you still get a lot of blowback from clients these days?
  • 35:50 What we need help with is we’ve got a big problem we don’t understand.
  • 39:00 Frankensteining a project and amplifying feedback.
  • 45:30 You still need data to back up your design decisions.
  • 46:40 How can people get in touch with Dan Brown?

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