Paul Axente, host of meetup group UX City and producer of the new Design Conversations podcast, joins Tim Keirnan for a wide-ranging discussion about UX in Romania and other topics, including:
* UX City’s purpose and meetings
* Paul’s unique route to a UX career
* The Design Conversations podcast
* Dark patterns in online retail
* Concerns about Amazon’s long-term effects on customers and communities
* Paul’s reservations about “corporate command” in the design process
* Design ethics in our work
* Customer experience of the console and PC video game industry and the promise of independent gaming companies who design with their goal being great games  for customers instead of only making a game to earn money.
* The trap of people confusing tools with design skills. “What is the best tool for design? YOU are the best tool for design.”

Photo of Cluj-Napoca is from TransylvaniaCam.com, which apparently is no longer a functioning URL, but if you search for it there is a Facebook page of similar title that seems to work. Design Critique does not link to FaceBook content on philosophical grounds but it’s out there if you search for it. What a gorgeous city!

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