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Hi, I’m Hannah and welcome to my UX Design reflective journal. I hope you enjoy my musings on the journey that follows. Oh, and don’t mind the Portfolio Pals, they promised to be helpful.

Week 7: Usability Testing

Week 7: Usability Testing

Turning our sights to usability testing and hotspot prototypes this week was an exciting development in the weekly content. I started off by identifying three goals for usability testing that would be represented by three prototypes. Create a verified account Find...

Week 6 – sikfan glaschu

Week 6 – sikfan glaschu

A brief review of sikfan glaschu, the book that started my project. Ok, I just finished reading this delight of a poetry collection. The poems are simultaneously full of longing but completely irreverent. For me they really represent the difficulties of finding...

WEEK 5: IA – The Reflecting

WEEK 5: IA – The Reflecting

The time has come to study Information Architecture (IA)! As this is a weighty topic, I will split this blog post into the Doing and the Reflecting. Please continue reading for the ‘Reflecting’ post. Onboarding Flow Before starting our onboarding flow, we took a...

WEEK 5: IA – The Doing

WEEK 5: IA – The Doing

The time has come to study Information Architecture (IA)! As this is a weighty topic, I will split this blog post into the Doing and the Reflecting. Please continue reading for the ‘Doing’ post. Onboarding Goal of UX prototype: To facilitate IRL friendships amongst...

Week 4: Wireframe feedback

Week 4: Wireframe feedback

Peer feedback is directly related to improved performance and user research should ideally be conducted at every stage (Gielen et al. 2010; Pernice 2022). Following the advice of my betters, I developed a few sketches and sent them out to fellow students with some...

Week 4: Sketching

Week 4: Sketching

The most important aspects of my product are the verified accounts to improve user safety when meeting strangers. Accountability is also essential, and my product will aim to help users maintain connections (or let them down gently) to reduce ghosting. Gamification We...

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ABOUT ME

So this is me, a self-proclaimed nerd and bookworm who spends my free time lost in the worlds of sci-fi and fantasy novels. When not reading, you can find me gaming on tabletops and consoles alike and drooling over design aesthetics. I’m always on the lookout for the next great space-opera and love to discuss all things nerdy with like-minded individuals. Ask me what I’m reading right now!