We live in the information age. From communication to shopping to finances to work, we handle most of our interactions digitally through websites and apps. Yet even though the bulk of our information is digital, the sites and apps we use still need to access our data to manage it. As a developer, the thought… Continue reading Advanced File Upload and Content Management With Filestack
WooCommerce Shortcodes Cheatsheet
WordPress added support for shortcodes around 15 years ago. You can use shortcodes to easily add complicated functionality to your website which otherwise would have required you to write a lot of code yourself. Basically, shortcodes are short text snippets whose behavior depends on some more complicated code written in the back end. While WordPress… Continue reading WooCommerce Shortcodes Cheatsheet
How to Create Metal Textures in Photoshop
What You’ll Be Creating In the following tutorial, I’m going to teach you how to create a metal pattern in Photoshop. You’ll create five different textures with Photoshop filters, gradients, and Blending Modes. You’ll get a cool metal pattern in Photoshop to use in your photo manipulations and digital paintings. Looking to brush up on… Continue reading How to Create Metal Textures in Photoshop
143.75% font size sucks
The humble request Nice font size 143.75% on that page. Maybe next they’ll have an article about why that sucks. This graciously worded request was actually not sent directly to me, but to a fellow accessibility guru Nicolas Steenhout, who forwarded it to me in this tweet. So sadly I don’t know who this mystery… Continue reading 143.75% font size sucks
How to Crop or Resize an Image With JavaScript
It’s very easy to show a resized or cropped version of an image on a website using CSS. However, this doesn’t change the original image data. What if you want to create an actual cropped or resized version of an image for your visitors or clients? We’ve already published a couple of tutorials on how… Continue reading How to Crop or Resize an Image With JavaScript
Decolonizing typography: creating a font for Afrikan writing systems
The driving force behind my relentless mission to create digital fonts for Afrikan writing systems, one letter at a time. In this case study I’ll walk you through the process of designing a font for the Bassa Vah Alphabet. The name ‘Bassa’ and a Bassa proverb. Background Bassa language is spoken by about 600 000 Bassa… Continue reading Decolonizing typography: creating a font for Afrikan writing systems
Observe your habits to optimize your outcomes
Methods and products for more mindfulness, intention, and purpose in 2022 Francesco Stumpo 1 day ago·13 min read how are you keeping track of your habits today? hand sketch prototype i, march 2020. Right around 2 years ago, or 730 days to be more precise, things shifted during our daily routines. If we pay closer… Continue reading Observe your habits to optimize your outcomes
5 Best Comment Plugins for WordPress
An active comments area underneath each of your posts is a great way to increase the interaction on your website. Comments offer value to your content, show that your readers care about your site, and give visitors a reason to return. However, you must first make a space where your readers want to hang around… Continue reading 5 Best Comment Plugins for WordPress
Visual forensics, impostor syndrome, UI color system, accessibility checklist
Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers. “User feedback is always a valuable source of information. But if product designers aren’t careful, user feedback can quickly become a to-do list of features organized by whoever yells the loudest and most often. This not only runs the risk of pulling a product team in dozens of different… Continue reading Visual forensics, impostor syndrome, UI color system, accessibility checklist
Critical Sankofa (transit) planning in the afrofuturist city
Transit planning in the Afrofuturist city is not a pipe dream. By examining Afrofurutist productions such as the series of comic books and blockbuster Marvel movie both named Black Panther, we can readily envision alternative approaches to transit planning. In the various images shown below, we see the “golden city” — Birnin Zana — a… Continue reading Critical Sankofa (transit) planning in the afrofuturist city
8 Best Free and Open-Source JavaScript Image Editors
The internet is filled with countless images uploaded by users. This is especially true for social media websites—and it is very rare for people to post original unedited images anywhere. It is also common to need to post images with a specific size or format. While there are a lot of full-fledged image editing apps… Continue reading 8 Best Free and Open-Source JavaScript Image Editors
Design and development during turbulent times
Usually we are talking about design in a perfect environment: stable internet connection, various tools to use, enough time and safe placement, but what if we erase all of those conditions and put war in your country instead of them? In this article, I will tell you how to design during a crisis. Hello, my name… Continue reading Design and development during turbulent times
Competition: Win One of Four Free Online Passes to MUXL
The fourth edition of MUXL (Mobile UX London) conference kicks off on the 21st of March, and you could win one of four free passes to the five-day digital event. Running from the 21st of March to 25th, MUXL is a digital festival of UX and design, entirely online, meaning you can attend remotely from… Continue reading Competition: Win One of Four Free Online Passes to MUXL
The meta-learning capabilities that will help you beat automation
For many reasons, Google is a dream workplace for future knowledge workers. The company provides a challenging and stimulating environment that attracts top talent. But Google, like many innovative companies, is no longer looking for purely technical skills. In their recruitment process, they are increasingly leaving room for improvised problem-solving exercises, which involve group thinking.… Continue reading The meta-learning capabilities that will help you beat automation
I neglected Duolingo for 20 days after signing up. Here’s every email they sent me.
About 3 weeks ago, I signed up to Duolingo intending to learn Swahili every day for about a month. Why? To learn something new, to make some progress with a language I’ve been casually interested in for some time, and to document to process from a UX perspective. What went wrong? Not to be dramatic,… Continue reading I neglected Duolingo for 20 days after signing up. Here’s every email they sent me.
The power of seeing only the questions in a piece of writing
I’ve been watching how writers use questions lately, and thought: Hmmm, it’d be cool to see only the questions in a piece of prose. I probably started down this line of thinking because last fall I created a little web tool that removes everything but the punctuation from a piece of writing. That tool wound… Continue reading The power of seeing only the questions in a piece of writing
Hover Preview Effect with Mini Map
An experimental hover effect, where a content preview is shown while a mini map indicates the position of the cursor. From our sponsor: What if Your Project Management Tool Was Fast and Intuitive? Try Shortcut. I find mini maps really exciting. These tiny UI components can give visual feedback on where we are on a… Continue reading Hover Preview Effect with Mini Map
Metaverse UX, designing with data, immature orgs, how to ask for gender
Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers. “I’m sure that you or someone else you know have worked somewhere in the past where you felt that UX people were out of place. After all, UX is an emerging discipline and a lot of organizations want to hire people from our field because no organization wants to… Continue reading Metaverse UX, designing with data, immature orgs, how to ask for gender
15+ Best Shopify Themes for Selling Coffee and Tea
The tea and coffee market is booming. Expected to be worth US$135.9 Billion by 2027 and growing at a CAGR of 2.3% over 2020-2027, it’s a great time to be investing in the industry. With Shopify templates, all you need to do is choose which template is your cup of tea, edit it to make… Continue reading 15+ Best Shopify Themes for Selling Coffee and Tea
Best WordPress Importer Plugins
Your WordPress website contains a lot of data like user and customer information, sales, posts, products, images, media, reviews, comments, and so much more. Consider the following common situations you may have to deal with at some point: migrating your WordPress website from one hosting platform to another transfering customer information including sales, orders,… Continue reading Best WordPress Importer Plugins
20 Best eCommerce Plugins for WordPress
WordPress does not come with built-in eCommerce capabilities. But it allows you to add eCommerce functionality so you can sell tangible products, digital products, or any kind of services and receive money for them on your website. To make this possible, there are a huge number of eCommerce plugins, both free and premium, that you… Continue reading 20 Best eCommerce Plugins for WordPress
8 Best WordPress Forum Plugins
Do you want to add a forum to your WooCommerce website? Forums can create a high level of engagement for users of your site. Example of forums include: question and answer platforms discussion boards peer to peer support, especially for software To add a forum to your website you will need a… Continue reading 8 Best WordPress Forum Plugins
Should you ever NOT listen to user feedback?
The Betty Crocker phenomenon, and the difference between user feedback and user insights. Jessica Tenuta 8 hours ago·6 min read Image Credit: TudorTulok, via Wikimedia. User feedback is always right. Right? Well…yes, and no. Product designers are faced with a flood of feedback each day that can take many forms, from direct feature requests from… Continue reading Should you ever NOT listen to user feedback?
The 5 types of Questions
The kick-ass framework for every Product Manager In my previous post, I had shared my story of how my manager taught me the greatest ‘a-ha’ lesson of my professional life. 👇🏻 My first ‘aha’ learning of my career TL;DR — The stakeholders are mostly clueless about their own needs, and they are totally allowed to be so. As a… Continue reading The 5 types of Questions