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What’s the impact of Design, you ask?

A quick introduction Design, to me, is to bring compelling ideas to life. Having come from an Engineering background with a bit of experience in Product Marketing, I quickly realized the importance of Design. I dream of being in the front row in creating experiences that positively impact a million people’s lives. Like I want… Continue reading What’s the impact of Design, you ask?

Enterprise design stack: the tools we use to design the datacenter operating system

I love reading about how other Design teams are working together and what tools they’re using. It’s reassuring to know teams you admire and respect use the same tools you do. It’s also usually a trigger for me to try some other tools that either I haven’t heard of or that I’ve been meaning to… Continue reading Enterprise design stack: the tools we use to design the datacenter operating system

What Are the WordPress PHP Coding Standards?

What are the WordPress PHP coding standards? In this video from my course, Learn PHP for WordPress, you’ll learn all about the coding standards and why they’re important. The WordPress PHP Coding Standards What Are the WordPress PHP Coding Standards? You can find the full WordPress PHP coding standards in the official WordPress handbook. They’re… Continue reading What Are the WordPress PHP Coding Standards?

Comparable experiences: The starting point for inclusive design.

Photo by Talles Alves on Unsplash How many of you drink Coca-Cola? Did you know that initially it was not sold in supermarkets, but in pharmacies? In the beginning, the recipe included alcohol and was used to cure headache, nausea, and even addiction to morphine. A vintage 1917 Listerine Antiseptic ad. Credit: Vintage Art Clips Let’s try… Continue reading Comparable experiences: The starting point for inclusive design.

26 Clean Multipurpose Business Card Templates (Print Ready Design)

Business Card collection. A beautiful, professional & well decorated business card templates, perfect for any brand identity or individual freelancer. Clean, modern and fully customizable business card templates, you can easily change the color of the element itself in just one click. All elements, including the logo, you can resize without losing quality. All design elements… Continue reading 26 Clean Multipurpose Business Card Templates (Print Ready Design)

How to Use Bold Typography in Your Design

Bold typography is one of the most exciting trends that has emerged in design. Whether it’s online or offline content, typography helps you to communicate your message across to your audience. Designers can have fun with typography and be creative. Based on the typography you choose, you can establish a brand identity and send a… Continue reading How to Use Bold Typography in Your Design

Sharing Painful Experience of Resetting Password on GoDaddy

Forgot Password Screen — GoDaddy Recently, I wanted to purchase a domain on GoDaddy. I searched and found the domain and started a checkout process. However, I was unable to recall my all password. So, I decided to reset the password. When I saw a reset password screen, It asked for “User Name & Customer #”. I… Continue reading Sharing Painful Experience of Resetting Password on GoDaddy

A Guide to Live Streaming

Live streaming is one of the key things you should be doing for your business in 2018. We’ve got everything you need to know below. More and more users are going to social media for their information and entertainment, and businesses have done well to respond by investing in social media. However, consumers have a… Continue reading A Guide to Live Streaming

The Brand: the forgotten child in Design Thinking

Just as ‘we are our brain’, companies ‘are their brand’. It defines why they exist, why they do what they do and what distinguishes them from competition. The often quoted Simon Sinek framework of the ‘why, how and what‘ is a perfect way to answer the question: ‘why are we doing what we’re doing?’, and… Continue reading The Brand: the forgotten child in Design Thinking

Stop blaming your digital tools for your problems

Jira, Trello, Basecamp, Sketch, Invision, Zeplin, Jenkins, Google Analytics — I could go on, but no matter the tool or how good it is there will always be a problem with it. Your tools are not the problem, your reliance and attitude towards them is. I’ve seen so many teams complain that “Jira doesn’t let me do this”… Continue reading Stop blaming your digital tools for your problems

What Makes the Best Ecommerce Website?

Ecommerce is so commonplace these days that it actually sounds slightly odd to talk about “ecommerce” as some niche phenomenon set apart from ordinary life. Now it’s just the way we shop, the way we buy, indeed the way we live. Nonetheless, there are still all sorts of mistakes that businesses makes, both large and… Continue reading What Makes the Best Ecommerce Website?

Personas, jobs to be done, user needs = goals + pain points

Recently I’ve been working on discovering unmet user needs for my company using the Job-To-Be-Done framework, and I saw some arguments between people who use personas and people who use jobs-to-be-done (JTBD). A common critique of using personas from the JTBD people is that personas tend to focus on the attributes of the users (like… Continue reading Personas, jobs to be done, user needs = goals + pain points

How to be a Product Designer.

My new and improved portfolio. whoistaneisha.com I might be a Product Designer now, but I didn’t always know that’s what I would be when I started my career. Let me start at the beginning of my journey. I went to college for Fine Arts and had found my way to where I am through a… Continue reading How to be a Product Designer.

Freelance Web Designers: Giving Your Productivity a Meaningful Boost is Easier than You Think

There is one sure thing you can say about most productivity hacks. It’s that what works for one person, doesn’t necessarily work for the next. In fact, achieving meaningful results requires a big change in one’s lifestyle. However, this is also something that most of us are reluctant to accept. Many of these so-called productivity-enhancing… Continue reading Freelance Web Designers: Giving Your Productivity a Meaningful Boost is Easier than You Think

How ideating with developers can make you a better designer

I haven’t always been as lucky as I am now by being able to work extremely close with an incredible team of developers. Since making the in-house move, I’ve had the chance to work directly with iOS, Android, and Full Stack developers. Each of them is extremely talented, and they truly care about the product.… Continue reading How ideating with developers can make you a better designer

The 5 Best Video Editing Apps for 2018

Are you a YouTuber? Do you vlog? If you regularly create videos for any online or commercial purpose, then you understand the importance of using a top quality editing app to cut your final videos. It’s a little overwhelming to search through all of the editing apps and software programs available. Every one of them… Continue reading The 5 Best Video Editing Apps for 2018

Thousands of Free Fonts to Preview, Select, and Download

Posted · Category: Best Collections Just imagine – you’re presented with an opportunity to preview thousands of font types. You can select and download up to 50 free fonts per day. You’ve got to be wondering what the catch is. There is none, aside from a 50 font type limit. If you need to download… Continue reading Thousands of Free Fonts to Preview, Select, and Download

25 Minimal Clean Business Cards (PSD) Templates

Simple, clean and minimal business card templates ideal for personal identity or minimalist design business. The super clean business card designs have been crafted for the true professionals. Fully editable templates, very easy to use and customize in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign & MS Word. You can use the sample logo included or replace it with yours design. You can also… Continue reading 25 Minimal Clean Business Cards (PSD) Templates

Stockio.com – Thousands of Free Photos, Vectors, Icons, Fonts and Videos

Finding images, graphics, fonts or even videos for your design projects can be a difficult challenge. Photos and graphics are expensive; many of us have found that to be true. With many thousands of new designs being created each day there is a growing need for designers to obtain good quality royalty free images, free… Continue reading Stockio.com – Thousands of Free Photos, Vectors, Icons, Fonts and Videos

Rippplr

I am still recoiling from the loads of information and knowledge sharing that happened during IxD14 last week. You guys should follow #1xd14 on twitter and catch up on the videos at Vimeo channel. During the conference, I conducted a workshop at the HKU on “Playful Thinking”. To give you a short introduction, ‘Playful Thinking’… Continue reading Rippplr

New Christmas Wallpapers from DesignWorksStyle.com

You can always tell when it’s December from all of the festivities happening everywhere. It’s the holiday season, Christmas Is just around the corner, and there will be plenty of beautiful moments to share with friends and family this holiday season. Of course, moments aren’t the only free things you’ll be wanting to enjoy this… Continue reading New Christmas Wallpapers from DesignWorksStyle.com

Goal-based Sketching for UX design

Sketching and doodling can be fun, relaxing and has the power to expand your thinking. However when trying to solve problems, sketching can also distract your process. As a User Experience designer, I have found setting constraints like a timer or a whiteboard super helpful in putting pressure on the ideas being explored. Sketching up… Continue reading Goal-based Sketching for UX design