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IxDF Leeds - October online meetup

Hosted by IxDF Leeds
Oct 7th, 2025
5:00pm - 6:00pm (UTC +00:00)
Online, https://meet.google.com/kpr-fwfp-ziv, Leeds
9 IxDF Members (and some non-members) are attending
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Hi IxDF Leeds, let’s meet online and discuss UX! In our video call, let’s get to know each other and share UX problems we’re facing and discuss how we can solve them. Save the date, grab your laptop (or phone!), and let’s see each other online.

Meetup Conversation

Anna Scandella
Hi all! Please use this conversation thread to discuss IxDF Leeds - October online meetup held on Oct 7, 2025. Feel free to ask questions about the place, date and time, agenda of the meeting, or anything else.
Anna Scandella

Good morning all! I had to change the time from 5:30PM to 5PM, let me know if that’s an issue for anyone. Also, any particular topics you’d like to bring to the meetup?

Azeem Butt

Hey Anna, thanks for arranging this, I’d like to discuss workshopping and quantitative research skills, if that’s possible?

Anna Scandella

Hey Azeem, that sounds great. We can definitely talk about that!

Also, I got a message saying that 5PM is a little early, I’ll be on at that time anyway as I was asked by a couple other people to open the doors earlier than 5:30PM, but you’re very welcome to drop in at any time is convenient for you all.

Looking forward to seeing you all later on!

Anna Scandella

Me again!

I have to jump off early, but here are a couple of the articles mentioned this evening - it would be great to get some thoughts from the people that couldn’t make it tonight, too!

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The article describes the car’s voice assistant glowing red and saying “Oh, don’t make me blush.” That’s a kind of “emotional illusion.” What role does design play in making that believable (tone, timing, visuals)?

  1. Is it misleading (or even harmful) to have machines simulate emotions? Under what conditions?

  2. Should there be transparency (e.g., disclaimers) when machines “act” emotional?

  3. Does it make sense, though, to increase adoption in these products to have them emulate emotions?

    https://uxdesign.cc/dont-make-me-blush-are-machines-truly-capable-of-emotion-ab38b3d80f73

    The other article on junior jobs:

    https://www.itsnicethat.com/features/welcome-to-the-entry-level-void-light-and-shade-digital-220925?ref=sidebar

Azeem Butt

Hiya, really sorry I couldn’t make this one, something personal came up. Hope the session was a blast, and look forward to seeing if there is another one in future.

Azeem Butt

Will look into the above links you’ve shared and get back to you :)

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