Kathryn Grayson Nanz
Kathryn Grayson Nanz is a Senior Developer Advocate at Progress with a passion for React, UI/UX Design, and sharing with the community. She started her career as a graphic designer and was told by her Creative Director to never let anyone find out she could code because she’d be stuck doing it forever – she ignored his warning and has never been happier. You can find her writing, blogging, and speaking about human-centered software development.
Montreal 2027 sessions
How to Ruin a UI: Surprisingly Easy Ways to Screw Over Users
English session - Beginner
When your boss signed the expense form for this conference, they thought you’d bring back BETTER ways to do stuff – but isn’t that boring? What if instead, we learned how to make things WORSE? From dark patterns to bad designs, there are so many ways to make your software difficult or painful to use. In this session, we’ll talk through some of the most common, so that you can avoid them in the future…or intentionally include them, if you're evil.
Usability Testing Without a UX Specialist
English session - Beginner
User research, user testing, user feedback: users are at the heart of everything we build. However, for many companies, making conversations with users happen is a real challenge – especially without a UX specialist! If this all sounds familiar, I have a recommendation: take it into your own hands. We'll talk through setting up a basic program and growing it, so you – the developer – feel empowered to start usability testing for your own product!
