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About 8 weeks ago I left my comfortable, full-time Visual Design role to attend Fresh Tilled Soil’s 15 week Apprenticeship in User Experience (AUX) program. Although I had been studying UX in my free time for the past two years, I felt…

When our team talks to clients who are interested in bringing us in to help solve their UX challenges, the beginning feels a lot like dating. We’re putting our best foot forward because it’s a new relationship and sometimes we might get…

For the last year or so I’ve been transitioning my role within the company and the industry, from a product designer and front-end developer to a UX strategist. This move has not come without some growing pains. It’s accompanied a shift in…

Experience mapping is one of the most effective ways to highlight user insights and improvement opportunities within any type of project. Here at Fresh Tilled Soil, experience maps are a crucial part of the strategy and design process. It’s a foolproof way to…

A few years ago we posted the reading list for AUX, our UX apprenticeship program. A lot has changed since then, and with our latest update to the curriculum it seemed like a good opportunity to talk about the reading list again.…

A Re-run! On The Dirt today, please welcome Jenn Schiffer of Bocoup. We talk about the details of contributing to and maintaining open source projects, including: setting maintenance expectations; guidelines for being a good contributor; and how to ignite Jenn’s ire by…