Discussing Stupid: A byte-sized podcast on stupid UX

Discussing Stupid: A byte-sized podcast on stupid UX

High Monkey

Episodes 46
Avg. Duration 21m
Activity Highly Active
Since Apr 2018
Latest Episode Jun 2026

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About This Podcast

Discussing Stupid returns to the airwaves to transform digital facepalms into teachable moments—all in the time it takes to enjoy your coffee break! Sponsored by High Monkey, this podcast dives into ‘stupid’ practices across websites and Microsoft collaboration tools, among other digital realms. Our "byte-sized" bi-weekly episodes are packed with expert insights and a healthy dose of humor. Discussions focus on five key areas: Business Process & Collaboration, UX/IA, Inclusive Design, Content & Search, and Performance & SEO. Join us and let’s start making the digital world a bit less stupid, one episode at a time. Visit our website at https://www.discussingstupid.com

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S3E17 S3E17 - Intentional AI: How to get better results from AI prompts

Jun 02, 2026 22m Transcript

Near the end of Season 3, Virgil and Cole sit down to look back at the prompts used throughout the Intentional AI series, what worked, what did not, and what that gap says about how most people…

S3E16 S3E16 - Intentional AI: The most important operation in analytics - understanding your "why?"

May 19, 2026 23m Transcript

If there is one thing AI should be genuinely good at, it is analytics. Pattern recognition across large data sets is more or less what it was built for. But just because AI can look at your data does…

S3E15 S3E15 - Intentional AI: AI can't fix your social media if you have nothing to say

May 05, 2026 26m

AI-generated social media content is everywhere right now. The question is not whether you should use AI for it. The question is whether what you are producing is actually worth putting out there.In…

S3E14 S3E14 - Intentional AI: AI agents are only as good as your workflow

Apr 21, 2026 29m

Agentic AI has been one of the most repeated phrases in marketing and technology for the past year. Most people using it cannot tell you what it means. Virgil and Cole bring in Sean Wright, Lead…

S3E13 S3E13.1 - Intentional AI: What the rise of conversational search means for your website

Apr 07, 2026 27m Transcript

Conversational search changes the fundamental contract of how users interact with a website. Instead of returning links, it returns answers. That sounds like a clean upgrade. What it actually does is…

S3E12 S3E12 - Intentional AI: AI might struggle with creativity, but coding isn't creative

Mar 24, 2026 25m Transcript

Most of the Intentional AI series has tested AI in areas where judgment, creativity, and context matter a lot. This episode is a little different. Virgil, Cole, and returning guest Chad take a look…

S3E11 S3E11 - Intentional AI: AI video rewards planning, not your ideas

Mar 10, 2026 22m Transcript

AI video tools promise fast, cheap production. But what you get back depends entirely on how much thinking you did before you hit enter.In Episode 11 of Season 3's Intentional AI series, Virgil and…

S3E10 S3E10 - Intentional AI: The Super Bowl didn't sell AI, it exposed it

Feb 24, 2026 20m

In Episode 10 of Intentional AI, we are taking a short detour in our Intentional AI series to talk about the Super Bowl. Not the game. The ads. A noticeable chunk of them leaned hard into AI. On the…

S3E9 S3E9 - Intentional AI: Just because AI can create images doesn't mean you should use them

Feb 10, 2026 29m Transcript

In Episode 9 of the Intentional AI series, Cole and Virgil take on one of the most common and misunderstood uses of AI today: image and graphic generation. From social media visuals to promotional…

S3E8 S3E8 - Intentional AI: The real value of AI wireframes is NOT the wireframes

Jan 28, 2026 28m Transcript

In Episode 8 of the Intentional AI series, Cole, Virgil, and Chad explore one of the most tempting uses of AI in digital work: wireframing and page layout. With AI now able to generate full…

S3E7 S3E7 - Intentional AI: Why AI can make your content personalization worse

Jan 13, 2026 25m

In Episode 7 of the Intentional AI series, Cole and Virgil focus on content personalization and why it is one of the most overpromised areas of AI. While personalization is often positioned as simple…

S3E6 S3E6 - Intentional AI: You’re asking AI to solve the wrong problems for SEO/GEO/AEO

Dec 16, 2025 25m Transcript

In Episode 6 of the Intentional AI series, Cole, Virgil, and Seth move into the visibility stage of the content lifecycle and tackle a common mistake they see everywhere. Teams keep treating SEO,…

S3E5 S3E5 - Intentional AI: How much can you trust AI for accessibility?

Dec 02, 2025 23m Transcript

In Episode 5 of the Intentional AI series, Cole, Virgil, and Seth shift into another part of the content lifecycle. This time, they focus on accessibility and how AI fits into that work.Accessibility…

S3E4 S3E4 - Intentional AI: The role of AI in content management

Nov 11, 2025 21m Transcript

In Episode 4 of the Intentional AI series, Cole and Virgil move further into the content lifecycle and this time they are focusing on content management.Once your content’s written, the real work…

S3E3 S3E3 - Intentional AI: Smarter content creation with AI

Oct 28, 2025 19m Transcript

In Episode 3 of the Intentional AI series, Cole and Virgil move into the next stage of the content lifecycle: content creation.AI can write faster than ever, but that doesn’t mean it writes well.…

S3E2 S3E2 - Intentional AI: Maximizing AI for research & analysis

Oct 14, 2025 22m Transcript

In Episode 2 of the Intentional AI series, Cole and Virgil dive into the first real stage of the content lifecycle: research and analysis.From brainstorming ideas to verifying data sources, AI is…

S3E1 S3E1 - Intentional AI: Applying AI across the content lifecycle

Sep 30, 2025 19m Transcript

In the Season 3 premiere of Discussing Stupid, Cole and Virgil kick off the new series Intentional AI: a season-long dive into how AI fits (and sometimes doesn’t even fit) into the stages of the…

S3 Season 3: The Teaser

Sep 09, 2025 3m Transcript

“Stupid is as stupid does.” Forrest Gump said it best... and you don't have to look far in the digital world to see just how much stupid is out there.Whether you're lost in the layers of a bloated…

S2E18 S2E18: What it really takes to build accessible forms

Jun 24, 2025 19m Transcript

In the Season 2 finale of Discussing Stupid, Virgil and Cole are joined by Ali Gillberg, a senior developer at High Monkey, to talk about one of the most broken (and misunderstood) parts of UX: form…

S2E17 S2E17: Why inconsistent layouts wreck your UX

Jun 10, 2025 17m Transcript

In this episode of Discussing Stupid, Virgil and Cole tackle a quiet killer of user experience: layout inconsistency.From university websites that feel like ten different brands stitched together to…

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Discussing Stupid: A byte-sized podcast on stupid UX has published 46 episodes since April 2018, covering topics in Business, Marketing.

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Discussing Stupid: A byte-sized podcast on stupid UX is currently highly active with new episodes every 2 weeks. Average episode length is 21m.

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