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I manage a bunch of grumpy, whining, irrational, over opinionated, bearded #UXers. These views are mine, not those of my overpaid boss.

Internet
Joined August 2012
“Don’t use models that are too good looking and look like models or actors”
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Don’t leave any empty space. They’ll put an ad in it.
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Bored of listening to people that don’t know what they’re talking about talking about iPhones.
Sat around a table making up personas :(
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That time of day when you occasionally wiggle your mouse to stop the screensaver coming on.
The annual ‘why can’t we get access to the final iOS 8 yet’ conversations.
Well that’s my innovating done for this morning. Time for lunch.
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Junior designer “what do we get after a usability test?” Senior designer “a shit PDF.”
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People that sneak actions for you into meeting minutes without telling you. There’s a place reserved in hell for those people.
User research is all fun and games till someone has to pay for it.
Someone suggested we had a meeting at 08:00 tomorrow. I’m replying no in every language I know.
Finding the #UX people is easy. Just look for the area that resembles a bomb going off in a post-it note factory.
When people responding to free text survey questions point out the spelling mistake in your question.
"JUST DO WHAT YOU WOULD NORMALLY DO, PRETEND IM NOT HERE, OK?"
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If you’re a software vendor that doesn’t support IE. You’re loosing business.
Every penny counts! - £5 minimum donation.
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Every office has that one person who sorts the card out when someone leaves. What happens when that person leaves?
Trendy design agencies. If your website doesn’t render properly on my corporate laptop running IE. You’re not getting my money.
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One of my actors is riding a horse holding a sword and an umbrella. #itshouldbefriday