UX-lloween: user experience design & research nightmares

Seven articles by seven authors on Medium that detail some well-known UX design and user research nightmares and horror stories.

The nightmare of planning co-design sessions

By Jonas Rauff Mortensen

Planning co-design sessions was a nightmare… until we built this template

Slaying remote collaboration monsters with the power of design

By Laurie Grant

How to Slay Remote Collaboration Nightmares With Design

Designing surveys is not always easy

By UX Alpaca

The horror of designing surveys

When user recruitment becomes part of the problem

By Steve Portigal

Details Disconnect

The scary effects of online advertising on the user’s experience

By Marty Seinamets (via UX Collective Editor)

Online advertising: the horror of UX

Three horror tales from the world of user experience

By Miriam Roth

UX Horror Stories to Tell in the Dark

The imposter syndrome nightmare

By muditha batagoda (via uxplanet.org)

UX designers nightmare — the curse of knowledge and Imposter syndrome

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