Velian Pandeliev

UX professional currently teaching UXD at @UofT's Faculty of Information. He/him. Technology-enhanced active learning, games user research, inclusive design.

[Nicole Sultanum @nicole_sultanum]

So, so well deserved!!!! Congratulations Chevalier (Knight) @fanny_uoft on this spectacular achievement!!!! Rack up those titles!!🎖️🎖️🎖️

https://t.co/mqzGjVSdC9

[🏳️‍🌈Douglas🏳️‍🌈 @D_M_Gregory]

Check out this glow up! 🤩

(Much love to the #UbiTO & ex-Ubi @StarlinkGame team — still feels unbelievable that we took a prototype kludged from LEGO all the way through greenlight, manufacturing, multi-platform release, and even got to include the Star Fox team & Arwing! 💕)

[@eliothiggins.bsky.social @EliotHiggins]

The account that posted Elon Musk getting booed at Dave Chapelle's show was just deleted, for some reason. Here's the video in question
https://t.co/EpblEHFCbE

[Chris Stokel-Walker @stokel]

The original account that posted it has disappeared (either because the fanboys have been sicced on it or something more nefarious, not sure which), so here's Elon Musk being booed at a Dave Chapelle gig last night

[Christopher Nguyen @uxchrisnguyen]

I’ve rejected 100+ UX designers for this ONE mistake

They didn't ask anything when the interview ended

Here 5 questions UX designers MUST ASK

to land a job and better understand your future company

👇👇👇

[Chu Li @Chimichurrichu]

Grateful for this opportunity and my fantabulous team! 🥳 Special shout out to my advisor @jonfroehlich! 👏🏻

[Prof Lennart Nacke, PhD @acagamic]

Biggest pain point for new UX designers:

Convince stakeholders of the value of UX.

3 ways to fix it:

1. One bad experience will make 61% customers leave. UX is retention.
2. Eliminating customer friction improves sales conversion.
3. Real-time UX data de-risks development.

[Prof Lennart Nacke, PhD @acagamic]

How to write a game UX report:

1. Standardize format

2. Systemize your issue and severity labelling

3. Consistent language

4. Humble phrasing of design suggestions

5. Always blame design, not user

6. Summarize issues for player experience

7. Use icons to make it scannable

[Nicole Sultanum @nicole_sultanum]

A bit overdue but... I successfully defended! Thank you supervisors @fanny_uoft and @mikebrudno for a tremendous journey; committee member @danielwigdor and examiners Ross Maciejewski and Anna Goldenberg for the great discussions; and @HaissiCui for chairing the session! <3

[Velian Pandeliev @firthisaword]

@itsginnydi When I get a whiff of people being awful to you despite the quality and reasoning of your advice, how valuable I find your perspective, and the effort you put into making your videos fun and engaging, I up my Patreon pledge or order more merch. Stay the course, and thank you!

[Velian Pandeliev @firthisaword]

@itsginnydi Haven't played one myself but Dimension 20's Fantasy High was an inspiring example of the D&D / modern high school genre crossover

[Prof Lennart Nacke, PhD @acagamic]

The six dominant dimensions of video game playing are Arousal, Challenge, Competition, Diversion, Fantasy, and Social Interaction, according to a 2006 research article.

Challenge is the strongest motive for playing video games.

Read about them below. 🧵👇
#gamedesign #gamedev

[Prof Lennart Nacke, PhD @acagamic]

Exactly this. #ux

[Chris Albon @chrisalbon]

Someone at Pixar deleted all of Toy Story 2 and the backup hadn't worked for a month, and the only reason we saw that movie was b/c someone on maternity leave had a copy of it on her home computer.

Her name is Galyn Susman and she is now the producer for the new Lightyear movie!

[Jehad Affoneh @jaffoneh]

Not every conversation with a customer or a user is user research.

Asking users what they want or what problems to solve vs. having skills to understand that is different.

Here are a few phrases & situations that might seem like doing user research but they’re likely not 🧵

[Laura Yarrow @laura_yarrow]

Over the years the most common designer complaint has always been "No one listens" and "UX isn't a priority/understood", so I want to throw something controversial out there:

Some of this is our doing.

A quick(ish) thread on why and how to fix it 🧵
#uxdesign #design #ux