Speaking and writing
I speak at conferences
I give talks and workshops and speak at meetups all over the world. I speak about UX process, mobile design, perceived performance and more. I see CSS and HTML as design tools and want to fill the gap between designers and developers. You can check all my slides on My Speakerdeck.
In 2019
Workshop - UX Starter Crash Course
I facilitated a workshop for WIDE, Women in Digital Empowerment in Luxembourg. The audience was a nice mix between students and entrepreneurs with a project/ website and the goal is to help them discover how to build a product with a user centric approach. For this workshop I also created a little kit that you can print and re-use.
See the slides and UX kit of Workshop - UX Starter Crash Course
Investing in User Centric Design is a Good Business Decision
I was invited as keynote speaker to open the LOIC’s Innovation dating event dedicated to User Experience – User Interface in Luxembourg. I talked about why and how companies should start investing in user research, about different levels of UX maturity and "How to sell the benefits of a design and user driven process?"
See the keynote slides of Investing in User Centric Design is a Good Business Decision
Workshop - Cognitive biases (in French)
With Laurence Vagner at ParisWeb. For the French version of the workshop, we created a 52 UX cards deck to help people discover and understand different cognitive biases and how they influence user and designer behavior.
See the slides and UX cards of Workshop - Cognitive biases (in French)
Mind over Matter: Optimize Performance Without Code
This was the first CSSCamp Barcelona and I was invited to talk about percieved performance, UX and how to enhance the perception of speed of your interface once you already optimized every linke of code
See the slides and video of Mind over Matter: Optimize Performance Without Code
Pretty, but not Usable
At CSSDay This talk is based on my years of experience working with dev teams that used Bootstrap, Material UI, Ant, PrimeNG, iOnic, etc., to build the projects. I share my experience and process, some design/dev relations tips to help people build a user centric product while working with a UI framework.
Workshop - User Journey Map
For our June UX in Lux workshop, Laurence Vagner and I presented the User Journey Maps methods, tool to help the designers understand the journey, the thoughts, pain points and emotions of the user and identify opportunities for improvement along the way.
Super Powers of Modern Mobile Browsers
At JS Meetup Luxembourg. Using the powers of HTML5 APIs to build interesting user experiences in mobile browsers, PWAs and more.
Workshop - Cognitive Biases
In this UX in Lux workshop, we explore a list of different cognitive biases to see how they might influence user's behaviour and how some sites use them to trick users into making decisions.
In 2018
(French) Un « joli » Template ne rendra pas votre produit utilisable
At Dev Fest Nantes and BlendWebMix. Making your product look pretty will not make it usable. I present my process to build products with UI frameworks while still having a user centric approach. It is all about team collaboration and understanding your user needs.
See the talk slides & video (FR) of Un « joli » Template ne rendra pas votre produit utilisable
(French) L’UX au service de la performance de vos interfaces
For the first edition of We Love Speed. The French version of my talk on UX and Design techniques to enhance percieved performance on different projects.
See the talk slides & video (FR) of L’UX au service de la performance de vos interfaces
Secret Super powers of Mobile Browsers
For TechFest Bucharest. Unleash the power of HTML5 APIs and Progressive Web Apps (PWAS) to bring your mobile experience to the next level: geolocation, media, battery status and bluetooth access, offline support, push notifications, launch icons and more, directly in mobile browsers.
See the talk slides of Secret Super powers of Mobile Browsers
Hello my name is St�phanie
For Voxxed Days Luxembourg. From forms not accepting special characters to issues with visa, passports and problems to board a plane, the technical decisions we take have impact on end users lives. It’s about time we acknowledge that and stop letting the needs of the database dictate our interfaces.
See the talk slides & video (FR) of Hello my name is St�phanie
Cheating the UX When There Is Nothing More to Optimise
For Pixel Pioneers, Bristol. A talk on perceived performance and User Experience. I take a look at a few projects I worked on to show how to use various design and UX techniques to improve web performance also at the level of user perception.
See the talk slides of Cheating the UX When There Is Nothing More to Optimise
(French) Stratégie mobile et capacités des navigateurs modernes
For Yajug Luxembourg. A talk on different mobile strategies and when to use each: native mobile apps, responsive web design, mdot sites, progressive webapps and hybrid apps.
See the talk article (FR) of Stratégie mobile et capacités des navigateurs modernes
Workshop – Card sorting
For this first UX in Lux meetup, we focused on Information Architecture and Cards Sorting. As small groups we tested, the card sorting method to regroup data and create an information architecture of a website and group icons
In 2017
Cheating The UX When There Is Nothing More To Optimize
A conference on the perception of speed I gave for Smashing Conference, Barcelona. I share how to use different design and UX techniques to work performance also at the level of user perception.
See the talk article & video of Cheating The UX When There Is Nothing More To Optimize
(French) Atelier – Construire Une Architecture d’Information adaptée au Mobile
One hour and a half workshop for Paris Web. To help build a responsive site, I propose different exercices and methods to build a mobile optimized information architecture and set content priorities based on different screen sizes.
(French) Construire une application Ionic sans perdre la raison
A conference for Confoo, Montréal. I share some process on how we collaborated and built an ionic application with my developer, some tools and best practise for an effiscient designer / developer collaboration
Read the conference article (FR) of Construire une application Ionic sans perdre la raison
(French) Tricher grâce à l’UX quand il n’y plus de code optimisable
Another conference for Confoo, Montréal. I talk about the perception of speed, cognitive psychology and how our brain works. I explain how to visually optimize interfaces, cheat and redirect user's attention while they wait to decrease the perceived waiting time.
See the talk article (FR) of Tricher grâce à l’UX quand il n’y plus de code optimisable
In 2016
(French) Aidez-moi à remplir vos formulaires mobile !
A conference for Blend Web Mix, Lyon on mobile form user experience and HTML5 tricks to make those forms more usable.
Read the talk article & video (FR) of Aidez-moi à remplir vos formulaires mobile !
Forget about apps, could the future be in the mobile browser?
A conference for Nightly Build, Koln with a few tangible examples to see how HTML5 APIs and CSS3 will enhance user experience in mobile browsers in a really close future.
See the talk slides & video of Forget about apps, could the future be in the mobile browser?
(French) Améliorer l’expérience utilisateur grâce aux animations CSS3
Another conference for Confoo, Montréal. I talk about how we can use some CSS3 animations to enhance user experience of websites and mobile applications
Read the talk article (French) of Améliorer l’expérience utilisateur grâce aux animations CSS3
(French) Le futur du web dans le navigateur mobile ?
A talk for Confoo, Montréal on modern mobile browser capabilities and how we can user those HTML5 APIs to enhance user experience.
Read the talk article (FR) of Le futur du web dans le navigateur mobile ?
Older talks and workshops
In 2015
- (French) Stratégies d’adaptation mobile : ergonomie, UX et performance en milieu périlleux , a talk for BlendWebMix on mobile optimization and performance See the article. and the video of the talk.
- (French) Workshop - Guérilla Responsive Design – L’atelier qui vous fera aimer le mobile " an hour and a half workshop for Flupa UX-Day 2015 on finding new ways to build flexible responsive design. Slides and abstract here.
- (French) "Faites rentrer votre éléphant dans une Smart™ – Bonnes pratiques sur mobiles", for WPMX Day 2015 on mobile best practise and mobile performance tips for WordPress developers. See the slides.
- (French) Workshop - Construire et prototyper rapidement un concept d’application mobile" for Bizz and Buzz 2015 à Strasbourg. The basics to build a mobile app : defining the concept, creating personas, writing some quick requirements, building the user flow and paper prototyping it See the slides
- Delighting Users Through CSS Animation Techniques, a talk for ConveyUX, Seattle on using CSS3 animations to delight users and help them better understand the interface. Slides and demos are here and you watch the video of the talk
In 2014
- (French) Guérrilla design en milieu hostile : responsive et mobilité at DevFest à Nantes. How to build a responsive site and survive, how to communicate responsiveness in a designer/ developer team and with clients. See the slides and watch the video
In 2013
- (French) Responsive Web Design: beyond flexible grids and fluid images" for Sainté Mobile Days - Slides are available here
- "Responsive Web Design, Not as Simple as they are trying to make you think it is" for Mobix in Berlin. Slides are available here
I also teach and write articles
I teach mobile usability and Responsive Web Design at the University of Strasbourg.
I also have an online blog where I share my knowledge on UX and UI Design, User Research, Usability, mobile optimization and more. Every week I publish a curated list of useful articles, links and ressources. I also write for different other blogs and magazines like Smashing Magazine, Codrops, Noupe and more.