User Experience Designer. Fascinated by the intersection of psychology, behaviour & design. Opinions my own.
Joined August 2016
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Ash Rendell PhD retweeted
6 Feb 2023
Design isn't self-expression and it's not about what makes you feel good.
It's about being obsessively curious about the people you're serving and doing the hard work to make things better for them.
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Ash Rendell PhD retweeted
My hot take is that most of us have not adequately processed the trauma of the pandemic. And our sprawling, unprocessed trauma chews away at our brains in myriad ways that make us anxious about why we can’t seem to live our lives as instinctively or as joyously as we did in 2019.
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11 Nov 2022
Oh how I wish more people understood this: stories don’t equal waterfall requirements 👏🏻 👏🏻
I see no point in tracking the work. That implies that you have an up-front tactical plan and need to observe how that plan is progressing. Agile doesn't work that way. You definitely need /real/ stories (that describe your user's problems). Stories aren't waterfall requirements.
26 Oct 2022
And culture change is a long and windy road in my experience…
7 Jul 2022
😂 whoops 😅
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Ash Rendell PhD retweeted
29 Jan 2022
Over the years the most common designer complaint has always been "No one listens" and "UX isn't a priority/understood", so I want to throw something controversial out there:
Some of this is our doing.
A quick(ish) thread on why and how to fix it 🧵
#uxdesign #design #ux
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7 Aug 2021
Since we’re now in lockdown too, I have time to reflect: at the start of June I submitted my PhD thesis, and the start of July I started a new job after 6.5yrs with my former employer. Adjusting to being a full-time working mum has been hard, but I’m so proud.
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5 Jul 2021
RT @nickf: Good design is the inclusion of business thinking. Great design craft isn’t just the execution, but the understanding. The under…
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3 Jul 2021
It’s like @andybudd has been inside my head. @cstonestreet thoughts?
I believe there is a fundamental disconnect between the way designers and business people think. A disconnect that causes a huge amount of personal dissatisfaction. Let me try and explain...
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22 Jan 2020
Any of my design friends have a solution for responsive tables for emails, when the table has >2/3 columns & long headers? #UXdesign
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14 Jan 2020
We’re studying the role of nature imagery in user interface design. Looking for nature and design experts and home users who have shopped online in the last 12mths for interviews. #uxdesign #ecommerce #nature tinyurl.com/rmousrg
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20 Nov 2019
Very proud to have worked for this team for the last couple of years. Keep up the important work, and congratulations!
20 Nov 2019
We've been nominated for a University of Newcastle Excellence Award in the Equity, Diversity and Inclusion category!🥳Congratulations to all the finalists - so many inspiring and brilliant people up for recognition. 👏👏👏
#womeninSTEM #UoNExcellenceAwards
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2 Nov 2019
I recently got to chat with Robyn Williams for the ABC Science Show Podcast @RadioNational, and I’m excited to share it’s now live! Take a listen & let me know your thoughts: abc.net.au/radionational/pro…
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31 Oct 2019
I work in an awesome place 😎
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11 Oct 2019
One of my colleagues had just had his research on avatar design published, and I highly recommend checking it out to any of my design friends. Congratulations Hussain!
8 Oct 2019
My first journal paper is up @UON_FEBE @mtpadam ...
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Ash Rendell PhD retweeted
9 Sep 2019
Congratulations to Zach!
9 Sep 2019
A big week to the Newcastle Cognition Lab and Zach Howard: Zach submitted his PhD thesis and ... (well, guess from the photo)
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5 Sep 2019
More great research from the people I’m learning from 👏🏻
4 Sep 2019
Kids learn valuable life skills through rough-and-tumble play with their dads theconversation.com/kids-lea… via @ConversationEDU #newarticle @UON_research @uni_newcastle
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2 Sep 2019
The moment you get an email reply, and your name is not only spelt incorrect, it’s a completely different name 🤷♀️ #whysohard
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30 Aug 2019
I spent 14hrs today spring cleaning data scripts and files - had to settle for my computer because I can’t do it to my house 🧽 🧹 🧼 #renovations #phdlife
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27 Aug 2019
I was lucky enough to attend the #CHDsummerschool last year, and can’t recommend it highly enough! For anyone involved in quantitative #research, make sure you attend 👌🏻
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