Faster Horses | A podcast about UI design, user experience, UX design, product and technology – Details, episodes & analysis

Have you ever wondered how product managers turn chaos into a symphony? Our latest episode, featuring the perspicacious Simon Berry who shines a light on the crucial role these maestros play in harmonizing user needs with project realities. From the stormy beginnings of a product's life to its standing ovation in the market, we chat about everything that makes or breaks its success. We promise you'll come away with a renewed appreciation for the delicate balance of art and science in product management.

Dive into the heart of the tech world with us as we unravel the subtle yet impactful differences between product management and project management. Hear firsthand accounts of the tightrope walk balancing business pressures and customer ecstasy. Then, eavesdrop on the secret language of UX professionals and developers as we share strategies for better collaboration that could spell the difference between a digital masterpiece and a one-hit-wonder. Simon’s extensive experience in the startup and FMCG landscapes brings a richness of insights that you simply can't miss.

To cap things off, we get real about the agile development process, sprint estimations, and our collective drive to 'fail fast' and learn faster. We also detour through the world of personal finance apps, contrasting their quirky features and understanding what makes users tick—or kick. And for a little extra spice, we share our gripes with apps like Spotify when they hit a sour note. It's an episode that fuses tech talk with real-world wisdom, all underscored by the hum of user experience. Join us for a session that's as informative as engaging—with a side of laughter.

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All this and more are answered in this episode of Faster Horses, a podcast about UX, UXR, UI design, products and technology (sometimes!)

🐎 80% comedy, 20% UX, 0% filler

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The show is hosted by:
Paul Wilshaw
https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulwilshaw/
and
Mark Sutcliffe
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sutcliffemark/

If you want to suggest an idea, or join us on the show, send us a message 👆.

In this episode of "Faster Horses," the hosts, Paul and Mark, delve into the world of AI and UX. They discuss how AI has become increasingly prevalent in various industries and platforms, with a particular focus on social media. Paul shares their experience in creating their own AI tool, GhostPosts.ai, with the aims to assist users in generating better social media posts and written content.

The hosts emphasise the importance of making AI accessible and ethical, with the goal of enhancing the quality of content on platforms like social media. They envision 
AI as a tool that can replace mundane or  bland content with more valuable content. The hosts also discuss concerns about the potential homogenisation of online content due to AI, as well as the fear that AI might replace jobs.

In summary, the episode explores the impact of AI on user experience, highlighting the role of AI in content creation and the need for ethical and accessible AI tools. It also touches on the potential challenges and benefits associated with the widespread adoption of AI in various industries.

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All this and more are answered in this episode of Faster Horses, a podcast about UX, UXR, UI design, products and technology (sometimes!)

🐎 80% comedy, 20% UX, 0% filler

👕 Get stickers and tees at https://www.paulwilshaw.com/shop/

The show is hosted by:
Paul Wilshaw
https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulwilshaw/
and
Mark Sutcliffe
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sutcliffemark/

If you want to suggest an idea, or join us on the show, send us a message 👆.

In this episode, we look at the UX of video games.

We all know the most important part of a video game is the gameplay. But what about the UX? In this podcast, we talk about video game user experience better by improving your UI and UX design.

The frustrations of pressing that button, that accidentally drops all of your inventory.

We talk about Elden Ring and why players and reviewers are praising the game, despite its difficulty.

What about the all-important menu experiences, accessibility and how to re-engage users when they take a break from your game.

All this, plus UX Tombola – what will it be – how will Mark Steeler sell this one?

All these questions, and even ones you didn't want to know, ANSWERED!

Plus the off-topic tangents you love.💎 Sign up for exclusive content: https://jubb.ly/ba4a52

🎥 Watch: https://youtu.be/GYjaKrOt1VE

#Podcast #Design #Code

PEACE!

Produced by:
Paul Wilshaw
Nick Tomlinson
Mark Sutcliffe
James Medd
Anthony Jones
Chris Sutcliffe

Title music: James MeddSound effects from https://www.zapsplat.com

Support the show

All this and more are answered in this episode of Faster Horses, a podcast about UX, UXR, UI design, products and technology (sometimes!)

🐎 80% comedy, 20% UX, 0% filler

👕 Get stickers and tees at https://www.paulwilshaw.com/shop/

The show is hosted by:
Paul Wilshaw
https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulwilshaw/
and
Mark Sutcliffe
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sutcliffemark/

If you want to suggest an idea, or join us on the show, send us a message 👆.

In this episode, we debate whether designers should code. We find out that there are many different opinions about this topic – what should you be doing?

In the past few years, has coding become an essential skill in design? But with so many new technologies popping up every day, is it really necessary?

We also tackle the tricky UX Tombola machine to discuss the UX of a random object, place or service. What will it be – how will Mark Steeler sell this one?

All these questions, and even ones you didn't want to know, ANSWERED!

Plus the off-topic tangents you love.

🎥 Watch: https://youtu.be/GYjaKrOt1VE

#Podcast #Design #Code


Produced by:
Paul Wilshaw
Nick Tomlinson
Mark Sutcliffe
James Medd
Anthony Jones
Chris Sutcliffe

Title music: James Medd
Sound effects: https://www.zapsplat.com

Support the show

All this and more are answered in this episode of Faster Horses, a podcast about UX, UXR, UI design, products and technology (sometimes!)

🐎 80% comedy, 20% UX, 0% filler

👕 Get stickers and tees at https://www.paulwilshaw.com/shop/

The show is hosted by:
Paul Wilshaw
https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulwilshaw/
and
Mark Sutcliffe
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sutcliffemark/

If you want to suggest an idea, or join us on the show, send us a message 👆.

Learn from the people who've been there and are currently doing it, what to look for, how to recruit and what you need to know.

How to Scale a Design Team From a One-Man Show to a Well-Functioning Design Team.

What is the Problem with Scaling a Design Team? and Why You Should Treat Your Hiring Process Like an Investment for Long-Term Sustainability.

We ask these questions while keeping you entertained with humorous chat, off-topic tangents and lots and lots of important information to keep you and your teams mentally healthy.

We also tackle the tricky UX Tombola machine to discuss the UX of a random object, place or service. What will it be – how will Mark Steeler sell this one?

All these questions, and even ones you didn't want to know, ANSWERED!

💎 Sign up for exclusive content: https://jubb.ly/ba4a52

🎥 Watch: https://youtu.be/GYjaKrOt1VE

#Podcast #Design

PEACE!

Sound effects from https://www.zapsplat.com

Title music: James Medd
Produced by:
Paul Wilshaw
Nick Tomlinson
Mark Sutcliffe
James Medd
Anthony Jones
Chris Sutcliffe

Support the show

All this and more are answered in this episode of Faster Horses, a podcast about UX, UXR, UI design, products and technology (sometimes!)

🐎 80% comedy, 20% UX, 0% filler

👕 Get stickers and tees at https://www.paulwilshaw.com/shop/

The show is hosted by:
Paul Wilshaw
https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulwilshaw/
and
Mark Sutcliffe
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sutcliffemark/

If you want to suggest an idea, or join us on the show, send us a message 👆.

3 brand new UX tombolas, unwrapped.

Mark, Nick and Paul delve into the UX of Christmas traditions, can we fix the UX of stocking, Christmas dinner and wrapping paper.

We also play a game of guess the object. What is it, what’s it for?

Join us for a little UX insight and musing in this special.

🐎 80% comedy, 20% UX, 0% filler

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🎙 Spotify: https://jubb.ly/3d0d0a 
🎙 Apple: https://jubb.ly/c75cca

🎥 Watch: https://youtu.be/GYjaKrOt1VE

#Podcast #Design #Live #Christmas

PEACE!

Sound effects from https://www.zapsplat.com

Title music: James Medd
Produced by:
Paul Wilshaw
Nick Tomlinson
Mark Sutcliffe
James Medd
Anthony Jones
Chris Sutcliffe

Support the show

All this and more are answered in this episode of Faster Horses, a podcast about UX, UXR, UI design, products and technology (sometimes!)

🐎 80% comedy, 20% UX, 0% filler

👕 Get stickers and tees at https://www.paulwilshaw.com/shop/

The show is hosted by:
Paul Wilshaw
https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulwilshaw/
and
Mark Sutcliffe
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sutcliffemark/

If you want to suggest an idea, or join us on the show, send us a message 👆.

🔥 Logs on your fire - Join us for a retrospective of design and UX in 2021 and what are the current trends to look out for in 2022? Faster Horses Christmas Special 🎄 out now.

We got together, braved Omnicron and huddled around a virtual fire and shared one mic – find out what we think of design and user experience in 2021 and some of our insights and musings about life in product design.

🐎 80% comedy 20% UX 0% filler

💎 Sign up for exclusive content: https://jubb.ly/ba4a52

🎙 Spotify: https://jubb.ly/3d0d0a 
🎙 Apple: https://jubb.ly/c75cca

🎥 Watch: https://youtu.be/SPeebSh2kSw

#Podcast #Design #Live #Christmas

PEACE!

Sound effects from https://www.zapsplat.com

Title music: James Medd
Produced by:
Paul Wilshaw
Nick Tomlinson
Mark Sutcliffe
James Medd
Anthony Jones
Chris Sutcliffe

Support the show

All this and more are answered in this episode of Faster Horses, a podcast about UX, UXR, UI design, products and technology (sometimes!)

🐎 80% comedy, 20% UX, 0% filler

👕 Get stickers and tees at https://www.paulwilshaw.com/shop/

The show is hosted by:
Paul Wilshaw
https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulwilshaw/
and
Mark Sutcliffe
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sutcliffemark/

If you want to suggest an idea, or join us on the show, send us a message 👆.

In this episode, we look at packaging design and how different needs and requirements can change the way you design. We also discuss how consideration for disabilities, care for our environment, and other factors can influence your decisions as a designer. Brackish Mung or Is it time to rethink packaging design?

Some packaging is overly bloated and psychologically affects our purchase decisions, we look at some of the dark UX around packaging and how clear consistent labels, braille and colour accessibility should be used by default, rather than those bags of crisps with 90% air!

Want to know more, with all this – and the cure for Firespray, enjoy!

Support us, with a cup of Brackish Mung, at https://www.patreon.com/FasterHorses

Sound effects from https://www.zapsplat.com

Title music: James Medd
Produced by:
Paul Wilshaw
Nick Tomlinson
Mark Sutcliffe
James Medd
Anthony Jones
Chris Sutcliffe

Support the show

All this and more are answered in this episode of Faster Horses, a podcast about UX, UXR, UI design, products and technology (sometimes!)

🐎 80% comedy, 20% UX, 0% filler

👕 Get stickers and tees at https://www.paulwilshaw.com/shop/

The show is hosted by:
Paul Wilshaw
https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulwilshaw/
and
Mark Sutcliffe
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sutcliffemark/

If you want to suggest an idea, or join us on the show, send us a message 👆.

Who's shouting the loudest and whose voice carries the most weight?

Make it pop, add some design magic, can we do something cool – heard these phrases when you've done a design? We're here to help.

In this episode, we talk about our experiences with design by committee. What is it, how do you quell those loud opinionated voices?

It's difficult, right?

We're joined by special guest @jamesmedd to help us make sense of it all.

We'll help you to navigate the potential pitfalls of design by committee and what you can do to avoid it in the first place.

Also, in UX Tombola, we're discussing the user experience of analog clocks.

Watch this episode here: https://youtu.be/NT3SwikUPaY

Every minute is a quote, here's the clock @jamesmedd is referencing, https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1195310640/author-clock-a-novel-way-to-tell-time?ref=android_project_share

Sound effects from https://www.zapsplat.com

Title music: James Medd
Produced by:
Paul Wilshaw
Nick Tomlinson
Mark Sutcliffe
James Medd
Anthony Jones
Chris Sutcliffe

Support the show

All this and more are answered in this episode of Faster Horses, a podcast about UX, UXR, UI design, products and technology (sometimes!)

🐎 80% comedy, 20% UX, 0% filler

👕 Get stickers and tees at https://www.paulwilshaw.com/shop/

The show is hosted by:
Paul Wilshaw
https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulwilshaw/
and
Mark Sutcliffe
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sutcliffemark/

If you want to suggest an idea, or join us on the show, send us a message 👆.

Like every good superhero, they have an origin story. Faster Horses Podcast is no different, in this special episode we talk about the name of our podcast and that famous quote (somewhat dubiously) attributed to Henry Ford: “If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.”

What does this mean for user experience? We talk about the meaning behind the quote and why talking to your customers really matters.

Also, find out if Patrick Stewart is really a shit and what's in Mark Wheeler's suitcase this week.

Support the show

All this and more are answered in this episode of Faster Horses, a podcast about UX, UXR, UI design, products and technology (sometimes!)

🐎 80% comedy, 20% UX, 0% filler

👕 Get stickers and tees at https://www.paulwilshaw.com/shop/

The show is hosted by:
Paul Wilshaw
https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulwilshaw/
and
Mark Sutcliffe
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sutcliffemark/

If you want to suggest an idea, or join us on the show, send us a message 👆.