Articles

Evan Sunwall

Evan Sunwall is the Director of Self-Paced Training  with Nielsen Norman Group. A former software developer, he enjoys helping users accomplish complex tasks, tackling the challenges of enterprise-level application design, and exploring effective management practices for design teams. 

Articles and Videos

  • Templates and Tools for UX Job Seekers

    Leverage your human mind — not a machine — in your UX job search with these simple communication templates and tools.

  • Promptframes: Using AI-Content to Inspire Feedback

    Promptframes combine traditional wireframes with AI prompts to create content-rich prototypes. Ditch confusing placeholders using AI to quickly inspire feedback from your collaborators and users.

  • Preparation Tactics for a Tough UX Job Market

    In times when UX jobs are not plentiful, use these tactics to prepare yourself to navigate a difficult job market.

  • Check Error-Message Quality with a Scoring Rubric

    Use a scoring rubric to objectively assess error message quality based on their visibility, communication, and efficiency. Involve your colleagues and reduce skepticism of your analysis.

  • Create Efficient Error Messages

    You need efficient error messages to keep users engaged in their workflow. Follow these four efficiency guidelines to design error messages that respect users' effort and offer time-saving guidance.

  • UX Resumes: 10 Tips for Seasoned Professionals

    You have a lot of UX experience, but how best to communicate it to a hiring manager on your resume? Use these 10 tips to make your hard-won achievements persuasive, even at a glance.

  • Leverage AI for Mock Tables and Charts When Testing Prototypes

    Creating realistic data for prototypes is a chore. Use these prompting tactics with generative AI to enhance content fidelity in usability testing.

  • Tabs, Used Right

    Tabs are everywhere, but do you use them properly? Distinguish between types of tabs, design them for visual clarity, and structure their content for usability.

  • A Lesson on Top Tasks from Hurricane Beryl

    Companies that do not support their users’ top tasks in a crisis fail their users and their reason for existence.

  • 10 Steps for Better Storytelling in UX Job Interviews

    Searching for a UX job and want an edge on your competition? Stop endlessly iterating over your portfolio and start practicing storytelling to ace your UX job interviews.