Excel to Interface: A Strategic Approach to Transitioning Users from Excel to Custom Applications
When starting out in product design, no one ever tells you how much time you will spend looking at Excel spreadsheets and translating them into interfaces. That doesn’t even begin to cover getting your users onto their new application after spending their careers learning the intricacies of the database. Transitioning users from Excel to custom applications can be a complex process that requires careful planning and consideration. As a UX designer with a core base of Excel power users (who are more than hesitant to be separated from their spreadsheets), here are some important things to consider before you move your users from Excel to interface.
Why Performing Artists Make Amazing UX Designers
User Experience Design has had a rush of newcomers in recent years, particularly because the field is so friendly to career pivoters. For one group of common career pivoters, making the leap to UX design doesn’t come with the typical transferable skills, but might be a UX team’s secret weapon. Performing artists — actors, musicians, dancers, singers — may not seem like a logical choice, but they excel in the areas that a bootcamp can’t teach. Here are seven reasons you should think about hiring a Performing Arts Major for your next UX hire.