The sixth episode of the Empathy Explorers Podcast This episode is all about remote work, productivity and mentoring. Shpetim Ujkani reached out to have a chat and here we are. Shpetim is a product designer who works remotely for Givery, a Japanese Company. He has been working remotely from Kosovo for almost 10 years now. In our conversation he shares how he connected with companies all over the world, and how he’s able to get a job full time at those companies. Full time remote work is not easy, there are cultural differences. Creating a system for yourself to stay productive while working remote is key. Shpetim shares what system he uses to get his work done. All in all a packed episode with hopefully some valuable information. Enjoy! The question of this episode is: What kind of work would you do if it was in a totally different industry? Let us know! Shpetim Ujkani can be found here: Twitter: https://twitter.com/ShpetimUjkani  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shpetim.ujk... Dribbble: https://dribbble.com/ShpetimUjkani Website: https://www.shpetim.design/ Please let us know what you thought about the episode, it would mean a lot to us! You can also use #empathyexplorers to find al the valuable information in one spot and start a discussion there.  -- The Empathy Explorers Podcast is available on all podcast platforms.  -- If you like to talk to me, you can find me here: Instagram: @ruud.exploor Twitter: @ruud_exploor Youtube: ruud.exploor All social links can also be found here: https://linktr.ee/ruud.exploor

What are tips for people starting out in UX Design? How can you speed up your design process? What F1 race would you watch live? -- A  lot of different questions. This episode is full of it. Last few weeks  you were able to send in questions for me to answer. There was a lot of  variety in the types of questions, but I was able to segment them in a  few different categories. I also do some recommendations during the  episode and those are all listed in the description, in case you're  interested. -- The giveaway is at the end. Thank you if you follow  along and was kind enough to write down a question. It's much  appreciated! The winner also got a DM to receive his prize. -- 🎧 Episode 5 is live. Listen to the Empathy Explorers Podcast on your favorite podcast platform. Show notes: Joe Natoli Courses: https://www.skillshare.com/user/joenatoli NNGroup: https://www.nngroup.com/ Jacob Cass: https://justcreative.com/ -- #empathyexplorers #empathyexplorerspodcast #podcast

In episode 004 Doug Collins joins the show. Doug is an UX Designer, worked at multiple companies across different roles, and once saw the importance of User Experience Design and completely dove into that. Doug shares how he got to that point. He had to learn a lot from the failures that crossed his path but found a way to keep going. Doug now has a big design community on Twitter (25.000 followers by the time of writing). We discuss what works for him on the platform, how he keeps his followers engaged in the conversation and how he grew such a following. He calls it relatively easy to do, so keep listening if you want to grow a twitter following for yourself! Enjoy the episode! The question of this episode from our guest is: What do you do for your own mental health and self care? Please let us know what you thought about the episode, it would mean a lot to us! You can also use #empathyexplorers to find al the valuable information in one spot and start a discussion there. You can find Doug Collins on Twitter (and other social platforms) @DougCollinsUX where he shares everything about UX Design, Job hunting, Research, Dark Patterns and dinner images. The Empathy Explorers Podcast is available on all podcast platforms.

Welcome back! It's been a while but I'm happy to resume the Empathy Explorers podcast with a new episode. Helena Bukovac joins the conversation as we discuss topics that involve coaching and mentoring, business conferences, the importance of a passion project and much more. Helena lives in Croatia and is a teacher at Algebra University, coaches students on Springboard and Design Lab, while also working at an agency (Emondo). How she is able to manage all that, is one of the first questions that popped up. I share a stigma I have around business conferences and I hope Helena is able to counter that. She also shares her knowledge on 'learning and adapting' and gives an insight in why she started her Instagram as Buttondujour. Enjoy the episode! The question of this episode from our guest is: What is your passion project and why aren't you doing it? Please let us know what you thought about the episode, it would mean a lot to us! You can also use #empathyexplorers to find al the valuable information in one spot and start a discussion there. You can find Helena on Instagram @buttondujour where she shares valuable insights and the design systems she mentions. If you like to talk to me, you can find me here: Instagram: @ruud.exploor Twitter: @ruud_exploor Youtube: ruud.exploor All social links can also be found here: https://linktr.ee/ruud.exploor

In this episode I talk to a fellow designer and she is from Croatia. Helena Zrinski started her Instagram in October of last year and has seen quite a lot of growth in engagement. We cover the content she makes, what drives her to do Instagram posts and the Design Systems she reviews. Helena shares the books that gave her the best UX insights (psssh: She also has a couple of post about those books on here Instagram). An episode with some tips to start off your Instagram journey. Enjoy the episode! The question of this episode from our guest is: Do you really follow your passion? And how are you living your life that way? Please let us know what you thought about the episode, it would mean a lot to us! You can alsu use #empathyexplorers to find al the valuable information in one spot and start a discussion there. You can find Helena on Instagram @ux.effects where she shares valuable insights and the design systems she mentions. If you like to talk to me, you can find me here: Instagram: @ruud.exploor Twitter: @ruud_exploor Youtube: ruud.exploor All social links can also be found here: https://linktr.ee/ruud.exploor

In this episode I have a pleasant conversation with a fellow UX Designer. His name is Anzor Abazov and he is from Russia. We cover a lot of different topics in this episode. Anzor had a post that went viral and I really want to dive deeper in what his thoughts were at that time and how to follow up on a viral post. We look at the differences between Russia and the Netherlands for the creative space and talk about his time management regarding freelance work, agency work and his last year in university. The question of this episode from our guest is: Who inspires you? Please let us know what you thought about the episode, it would mean a lot to us! You can alsu use #empathyexplorers to find al the valuable information in one spot and start a discussion there. You can find Anzor on instagram @sevenxdesign where he shares valuable insights for the UX workfield and portfolio work that he created. If you like to talk to me, you can find me here: Instagram: @ruud.exploor Twitter: @ruud_exploor Youtube: ruud.exploor All social links can also be found here: https://linktr.ee/ruud.exploor