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050 - (ORCA Series #6) - My Cat Saving Fire Department with Holiday Vibes
050 - (ORCA Series #6) - My Cat Saving Fire Department with Holiday Vibes
Sophia V. Prater

Sophia delivers episode #6 in the ORCA Series: Relationship Requirements. Sophia expands on "My Cat Saving Fire Department," the power tool for analyzing object relationships. Using the example of Santa delivering presents, she illustrates how to apply this tool to understand relationships between objects, plus a rule of thumb for recognizing tree systems!

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049 - (ORCA Series #5) - Object Guide Strategies for Ridiculous Clarity
049 - (ORCA Series #5) - Object Guide Strategies for Ridiculous Clarity
Sophia V. Prater

In this fifth installment of the ORCA Series, Sophia discusses Object Requirements, how to skip ORCA steps & loop back to them as needed, as well as ways to customize the ORCA sprint, plus the potential use of artificial intelligence in generating object guides.

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Intuitive Web Design with OOUX
Intuitive Web Design with OOUX
Sondra Eby

Certified OOUX Strategist, Sondra Eby, is featured on Winging It, a show by Oddbird about web design, development, & problem solving. In this episode, Sondra examines three examples of unintuitive web design, and teaches how to create websites and apps that are more intuitive using Object-Oriented User Experience (OOUX) design strategies.

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How to Design More Intuitive Websites & Apps
How to Design More Intuitive Websites & Apps
Sondra Eby

Do you want to make your website or web app more intuitive for the people who visit? As a UX designer at OddBird, Sondra Eby uses OOUX strategies to identify and avoid unintuitive objects. A warning, though, before you continue: once you start seeing unintuitive objects, you won’t be able to unsee them!

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OOUX Happy Hour - OOUX in Government: A Panel Discussion
OOUX Happy Hour - OOUX in Government: A Panel Discussion
Brent Schneider, Kristin Ouellette Muskat, Barbora Halbich, Katelyn Caillouet

Join us and our panel of four esteemed UX professionals in the government space as we discuss how they are leveraging the power of OOUX to solve big, hairy challenges. Organizer Sophia Prater will be moderating the discussion.

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OOUX In Action

Real world case studies & stories using OOUX.

The ORCA Series

In this solo, 15-part OOUX Podcast series, Sophia takes you through every step in her ORCA (Objects, Relationships, CTAs, and Attributes) process.

Getting Started In OOUX

Ready to explore the world of OOUX? Understand the benefits, download a Quick Start Guide, and find out if OOUX is right for you.

Making the Case for OOUX

Not sold on OOUX? Or need help building the case for bringing OOUX to your team? We've got you covered with a ton of good reasons.

The Psychology Behind OOUX

Delve into the cognitive science and psychology that backs up the fact that humans need clear objects to communicate, think, and understand.

OOUX and Design Systems

Learn how OOUX can help you craft, organize, and manage an elegant and specific design system.

UX/Developer Collaboration

Are you a developer looking into UX, but turned off by its squishy concepts? Or a UX designer wanting to speak the technical team's language? You'll love OOUX.

Top 5 OOUX Podcast Episodes

Interviews with Brad Frost, Jeremy Keith, and Dan Mall, plus an updated look at OOUX and an audio workshop round out this collection.

Object-Oriented UX and Content

At its core, Object-Oriented UX is a content-first philosophy. The methods we use in OOUX are heavily inspired by content modeling and "inside-out" design principles.

OOUX is the Future

The experts agree: Object-Oriented UX will play a pivotal role in the future of extended reality.

Advanced Concepts

These resources are not for the faint of heart

ORCA Sprints

One-week workshop taking teams from chaos to clarity. Start with a design problem, collaboratively define objects, chart relationships, organize CTAs, add functionality, and diagram attributes in an Object Map.

OOUX in the Wild

Take a look at OOUX methodologies playing out within organizations large and small.

Resource Types

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See a list of Certified OOUX Strategists who are open to talking about full-time and freelance opportunities to help bring the complexity wrangling magic of OOUX to your organization.

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Enroll in the Self-Paced OOUX Masterclass

This rigorous course is for UX designers, developers, and digital product people who are tackling complexity, wrangling stakeholders, and trying to make systems-level change.

Subscribe to OOUX Podcast

A dive into the weeds on UX systems, information architecture, human psychology, data wrangling, structured content, UX process, and above all simplifying the complex.

Join OOUX Happy Hour Meetup

OOUX virtual meetups feature amazing guest speakers, Q&A, discussion, networking breakout sessions, and important OOUX updates. Bring your coffee, wine, or whiskey.