User Experience User Group

About

Tulsa UX meets the second Tuesday each month to learn about the latest trends, hear from industry professionals in our community and discuss best practices!. We normally meet at 36°North Co-working Space but are meeting virtually until further notice.

Recent Speakers

• July 9, 2019

  Ian Russell

  Accessibility and Usability for All

  Station 8 Branding

  Ian discussed ADA compliance and the tools used to help identify inaccessible areas.

• June 11, 2019

  Karina Buvaylik

  Growing Agency UX with a Small Team

  Cosby Harrison

  She outlined the daily challenges (and solutions) that a small, growing UX team tackles.

• May 14, 2019

  Sam Carlton

  How to Build a Website That Designs Itself

  samcarlton.com

  Presented about how AI can be used to generate websites that design themselves.

• January 8, 2018

  Maxx Crawford

  History of Video Game UX

  maxxcrawford.com

  Presented how videos games – from Pong to the latest console release – handle common UX problems. No quarters necessary.

• September 11, 2018

  Ryan Hulseberg

  Enterprise UX Design

  University of Oklahoma

  We discussed how the OU design team has approached the multitude of user experience problems for students and faculty.

• August 14, 2018

  Brendan Hill

  Design Sprints 2.0

  SconeSoft

  A brief overview of design sprints and then had attendees participate in a live group demonstration of some of the DS practices.

• July 10, 2018

  Group Discussion

  User Forum

   

  We discussed the first year of Tulsa UX over cake and what changes we want to see for the next year.

• June 12, 2018

  Trevor Barrios

  Practical Ethnographic Research for Product Development

  GitWit

  We covered how to yield a mass amount of user insights quickly and affordably with field research

• May 8, 2018

  David Luna

  Product Design

  LegalShield

  He spoke about his journey into product design and gave insights on how to fight for user experience within our organizations.

• April 10, 2018

  Gary Hustwit

  Objectified

  Documentary Screening

  Objectified is a 2009 feature-length documentary about our complex relationship with manufactured objects and, by extension, the people who design them.

• Mar 13, 2018

  Josh Rich

  Lorem Ipsum Can Burn In Hell

  Brookside Studios

  How copy affects user experience and why designers shouldn’t use lorem ipsum when solving UX problems.

• Mar 13, 2018

  David Svezhintsev

  Safari Can't Do UX

  Favored Crew

  iOS Safari has some technical limitations that prevent users from creating very basic and expected UX elements.

• Feb 13, 2018

  Avery Wilson

  The Future of UI within AR/VR

  Freelance Developer

  Discussing different ways UI is being used in AR/VR technology and how to get started with new design systems.

• Oct 10, 2017

  Jake Brokaw

  A Case for Design Systems

  Formstack

  A brief overview of how the Brand Design team at Formstack created and implemented their new design system.

• Oct 10, 2017

  Hayden Marx

  Keyboard Shortcuts and Your Website

  Hayden discussed best practices for increasing accessibility and assisting power users.

• Sept 12, 2017

  David Duncan

  Designing for Data

  InterWorks, Inc.

  David presented on how best to display complex data and charts.

• Aug 8, 2017

  Francis Djabri

  Understanding Motivation

  Mozilla Foundation

  Francis gave an overview of user motivations and user research techniques.

• July 11, 2017

  Maxx Crawford

  Usability Heuristics

  Brothers & Co

  Maxx spoke about the 10 Usability Heuristics for User Interface Design from NN/g.

Mission

The Tulsa UX user group unites Tulsa’s user-experience practitioners in order to expand our skills and improve our community’s experience.

Sponsors

• 
  Techlahoma

  Meetup Sponsor

• 
  36° North Co‑working Space

  Event Space Sponsor

• 
  TEKsystems Digital

  Founding Sponsor

FAQs

• Do the events cost anything? No! They're free and open to the public.
• I don't know the first thing about user experience. Is this group for me? Absolutely. This group welcomes new comers and seasoned veterans alike.
• How often do you meet? We meet virtually on the second Tuesday of each month at at 6:30pm.
• What does "user experience" mean? "The overall experience of a person using a product such as a website or computer application, especially in terms of how easy or pleasing it is to use." – Nielson Norman Group