Category: Design

In UX design, usability is the ease of use of an interface, or how easily a person can learn and use the product. How can we evaluate the usability of a product objectively? From 1990–94, Jakob Nielsen developed broad rules of thumb known as heuristics that should be considered when objectively evaluating interaction design. These… Continue reading How does Headspace hold up with usability heuristics and accessibility?

B.A. Critical and contectual dissertation written in 2011 originally posted at http://purofu.com/dissertation.html Do we see our thoughts? A great paradox in plain words, but an inevitable juxtaposition between everyday stimuli and the human thought process. Can a repetitive pattern in our habitualism be the study of much greater things in order to make our lives… Continue reading The application of cogntive psychology to User-Interface Design

Only dumb people use bikes (for Formula 1 racing) The first time I got on a bicycle it didn’t go too well. My next few attempts also just failed and the whole thing was frustrating. It didn’t work. I would have been much better off sticking to walking on my feet. Until I finally got it.… Continue reading Bicycles don’t work

I smiled as I read the title and thought, “Alright Lopp, I’ll bite”. How could I resist? I paired up with the one-and-only Michael Lopp to facilitate the session and it was truly one of the most interesting a-ha conversations that I’ve had the opportunity to take part in for a while. Honestly, this also… Continue reading The full stack product manager

This story is part of a serie that focuses on redesigning existing experiences and trying to bring new coherent features to them. Check out Youtube 2.0, macOS Newton, and iOS Mogi if you want to know more about this serie! Apple introduced with iOS 12 Screen Time that allows you to know the time you… Continue reading Redesigning social interactions on iOS with iMessage

Existing Apps I’ve found while doing research Image found on Wild Edibles Blog Wild Edibles Wild Edibles is an app that primarily focuses on identifying plants using photos, in-depth descriptions of each plant and details of where it can be found. This app has recently announced that it will allow you to add your own notes against… Continue reading Our app idea already exists, but we’re going to do it anyway

“So, when the user clicks here, this will pop up” “What if user doesn’t clicks there?” “What do you mean?” “What if user clicks elsewhere?” “Oh. hmmm……..” This was my first design grooming session with PMs and developers. We were discussing about potential designs which would go into the next sprint. I had thought that I had come… Continue reading The road not taken: dealing with unintended user actions

(The Customer Lifecycle. Please let me know if you know the source.) It sounds simple — but it’s not easy: talking with your customers through every stage of the customer lifecycle. There’s been a lot said about the value of talking to your customers before you build the product to ensure market fit, but very little said about… Continue reading There is no better “growth hack” for SaaS than talking with your customers

It looks like “DesignOps” is about to supplant “UX Strategy” and other terms to describe digital product design management. The term has appeared more and more in recent years. Now it is riding the wave of a hype cycle with the release of the “DesignOps Handbook” by InVision. However, the concept itself is hardly new — it’s… Continue reading DesignOps or UX Strategy or Design Management or Design Leadership?

Photo by Trust “Tru” Katsande For the last couple of years I have been regularly meeting with designers from various countries and backgrounds to offer them mentorship and career guidance. These sessions are one of the most efficient ways I have found to give back to the community some of what I have learned from it — the… Continue reading The most common topics from 200+ design mentorship sessions