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Recent Resources

088 - My Big Mistake of 2025 and the Lesson Learned
088 - My Big Mistake of 2025 and the Lesson Learned
Sophia V. Prater

In this short solo episode, Sophia shares a big mistake she made in 2025 — one that directly contradicts a core OOUX principle she teaches. Using real examples from EdTech, Mighty Networks, and OOUX’s own course offerings, she breaks down the problem of overlapping objects and the three ways teams can handle them: combine, differentiate, or live with confusion.

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087 - Teaching OOUX Without Making People Feel Dumb: Elena’s No-BS OOUX Process with Elena Haskins
087 - Teaching OOUX Without Making People Feel Dumb: Elena’s No-BS OOUX Process with Elena Haskins
Sophia V. Prater, Elena Haskins

In this episode, Sophia and Elena explore how to teach OOUX without overwhelm, use sharper questions to level up UX practice, and bridge designers and developers through a practical, stripped-down ORCA workflow—centered on making people feel smarter, not confused.

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086 - ORCA Series #15: Why Your Buttons Are Broken (and How to Fix Them)
086 - ORCA Series #15: Why Your Buttons Are Broken (and How to Fix Them)
Sophia V. Prater, Allie Ofisher

In this episode of the podcast, Sophia and Allie talk about how broken CTAs sabotage UX (and trust), why screen-first design leads to bloated prototypes and stakeholder distractions, and how to align affordances across object views without creating chaos.

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085 - Teams that OOUX: Saving Time while Tackling Wildly Complex Product Design with Kayla Ferris and Ryan Young
085 - Teams that OOUX: Saving Time while Tackling Wildly Complex Product Design with Kayla Ferris and Ryan Young
Kayla Ferris, Ryan Young

In this episode of the UX Level-Up Podcast, Sophia talks with Ryan and Kayla about how OOUX became P3’s “test-driven design” process, why it helps them ramp up on complex projects at lightning speed, and how mapping objects with clients—even those with PhDs in microbiology—turns confusion into clarity.

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084 - (ORCA Series #14) - Relationship Representation: Connect Your Objects, Connect Your Teams with Allie Ofisher
084 - (ORCA Series #14) - Relationship Representation: Connect Your Objects, Connect Your Teams with Allie Ofisher
Sophia V. Prater, Allie Ofisher

In this episode, Sophia and Allie dig into Relationship Representation—how to avoid isolated objects, why contextual navigation matters more than top-down menus, and how Nested Object Matrixes (NOM) unlock innovation, break down silos, and transform collaboration with product owners and developers.

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