What we're thinking about, what we're up to, and what comes next

Here are some things we have learned about navigating complexity, collaborating with stakeholders, and handing design off to development teams.

Here are five things we think about, discuss, and practice when we’re working in the domain of hardware + NUI.

Today we’d like you to get to know Tim Bridgham, IT Manager and father of the cutest dog on the planet.

With 2016 coming to a close, we at Blink find ourselves wondering what 2017 holds in store. Here are six UX trends to watch as the next year unfolds.

If you think that your project will need the skills and expertise of a user experience (UX) consulting firm, you may not know where to start.

Geekwire.com interviewed Blink UX principal user researcher, Siri Mehus, and UX developer, Li Li, about their work creating a new skill for Amazon’s Alexa. Users can now download the Washington State Ferry app in the Skills store and have Alexa keep them up-to-date on ferry schedules and capacities.

The number of products with a voice component grows daily – just look at the recent announcements of Google Home, the Amazon Echo Dot, and Samsung’s acquisition of Viv. Yet it’s hard to find examples of design tools and artifacts in the voice UX space.

Principal UX Researcher, Siri Mehus, sat down with Adobe Creative Cloud to explain the benefits, challenges, and give a few tips for those of you curious about using digital diary studies to gain user feedback.

Join us at Blink UX on Thursday, October 20 in the Seattle Waterfront area for BlinkThink. There will be two interesting presentations and an artist’s reception.

6:58 AM – Ding! I looked down at my phone and saw, “Good morning, please don’t forget Littlefoot.” It was a text from Piper, a friend and colleague from Blink.

I’ve always loved listening to stories. My relatives used to worry about me staying inside talking to the old folks while the other kids were out lighting off fireworks, but that was where I wanted to be.

This year we are excited to share our three interesting and unique submissions for SXSW 2017.

The concept of augmented reality (AR) has been buzzing around for a while. However, there had yet to be a tangible, real world application of AR for the masses until recently. Enter Pokémon GO.

As you surely have heard by now, the smartphone-using world has been taken over by a certain addictive game based on a certain popular Nintendo franchise. Fellow Blinker Darshana and I are no exceptions. We chatted about our mutual love of Pokémon GO over lunch one day and discovered a very curious difference between us.

This summer, Blink UX co-founder Karen Clark Cole and some of our team at Blink UX are featured in a national advertising campaign for MetLife, entitled “Anything But Small.”

Earlier this year Blink was selected to be a featured company in the MetLife small business benefits commercial called “Anything But Small.”

It was a sleepy Friday afternoon at work and I was at my desk fighting a severe case of weekenditis when I got the e-mail notification. “You have a delivery waiting for you in the lobby.”

As a UX designer, I can’t help but evaluate the user experience of products I interact with. I recently moved into a new house and found myself in need of boosting the WiFi signal, so I purchased the highly reviewed WiFi system called eero.