3- Joel Califa @GitHub: Business, yes. But users first.
Joel Califa is a senior product designer at GitHub. He recently wrote a very interesting and popular blog post Subverted Design, which describes what happens if designers forget that their first responsibility is still the user. You can read the full arti
An episode of the d.MBA podcast, hosted by Alen Faljic, titled "3- Joel Califa @GitHub: Business, yes. But users first." was published on February 20, 2018 and runs 55 minutes.
February 20, 2018 ·55m · d.MBA
Summary
Joel Califa is a senior product designer at GitHub. He recently wrote a very interesting and popular blog post Subverted Design, which describes what happens if designers forget that their first responsibility is still the user. You can read the full article on Joel's blog. In this episode we spoke about: examples of subverted design and how you can fight against it why putting users first is designers role even if other departments want us to become business-focused, and why you should still learn about business. More info on www.beyondusers.com
Episode Description
Joel Califa is a senior product designer at GitHub. He recently wrote a very interesting and popular blog post Subverted Design, which describes what happens if designers forget that their first responsibility is still the user. You can read the full article on Joel's blog.
In this episode we spoke about:
- examples of subverted design and how you can fight against it
- why putting users first is designers role even if other departments want us to become business-focused,
- and why you should still learn about business.
More info on www.beyondusers.com
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