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?
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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?
What I wish I’d known before designing digital products and user interfaces
2. Hick’s Law Delivering a good user experience requires that first you find out the functionalities that will answer their needs; second, you need to guide them to the specific functions they need most. If users end up stuck in the decision-making process of “what next?”, they may become confused, frustrated, or leave your website. Hick’s… Continue reading What I wish I’d known before designing digital products and user interfaces
Having a hard time with your graphics? Probably you haven’t heard about Crello
Hey you! Have you been having a hard time designing that amazing graphic you have in mind? Have you been spending a lot just to get your simple animations done? That your professional graphic designer hasn’t been designing for you designs that are professional, right? I’ve been in that state too, no until I got… Continue reading Having a hard time with your graphics? Probably you haven’t heard about Crello
Using CSS Pseudo-elements and Pseudo-classes like ::before and ::after
April 23, 2018 by Alex Fox CSS wasn’t always as flexible as it is today. By using CSS pseudo-elements and pseudo-classes, designers can target elements based on their dynamic states or positioning in relation to other elements. Pseudo-Elements and Pseudo-Classes There are two types of pseudo selectors: pseudo-elements and pseudo-classes. Either of these pseudo selectors… Continue reading Using CSS Pseudo-elements and Pseudo-classes like ::before and ::after
5 Tools that Web Developers and Programmers Need
Web developers are like digital poets. Their lines of code help bring ideas to life by way of beautiful and stunning websites and apps. The demand for more responsive sites is growing, which is a sign that site owners are becoming smarter on how they provide content for their target audience. As a result, programmers… Continue reading 5 Tools that Web Developers and Programmers Need
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
Designing Happy
Health problems stemming from stress and loneliness include: obesity, high blood pressure, alcoholism, depression, heart disease, insomnia, and stroke. The solution In surveying the landscape, one might think there are already solutions for this problem including traditional mental health solutions as well as new up-and-coming behavioral health startups. Newer solutions often require high levels of customer… Continue reading Designing Happy
Note-taking during design reviews — and more UX links this week
News & ideas Netflix Sans, a new custom typeface developed with Dalton Maag Intel just open sourced Stephen Hawking’s speech system There’s a new trend on the internet of editing famous songs like if they were playing in an empty mall or from another room In case you were left wondering, this is what an inclusion… Continue reading Note-taking during design reviews — and more UX links this week
How does design strategy work within a large enterprise?
Courtesy Dilbert Last October, I visited my alma mater, the School of Visual Arts Masters in Branding program, which teaches graduate students about the intersections of business & design. Whenever I visit, there’s always students that have questions about what I do, both as an IBM’er and a Design Strategist. Most recently, I was asked… Continue reading How does design strategy work within a large enterprise?
Getting Started with Chrome Developer Tools: Inspect Element
Google Chrome is one of the best consumer browsers on the market, but it also contains a number of powerful developer tools. We can reveal some of these tools with Chrome’s Inspect Element (or “Inspect”) tool. This developer tool provides insight into how websites are constructed and styled, and it can help you debug your own… Continue reading Getting Started with Chrome Developer Tools: Inspect Element
How to Create Better Typography Based Designs
In days gone by, books were originally handwritten by monks in monasteries. Later on, they were created out of wooden or metal type, which was used as a part of a printing process. Using typography, therefore, has a long legacy. In a world where many focus on a drop down menu and the size of… Continue reading How to Create Better Typography Based Designs
Typography Tips You Should Know When Designing a Website
Graphic designers use typography as a form of communication. Both the appearance of text and the readability of this text in a visual product have an impact on user experience. Typography speaks to users, and may, therefore, be considered the voice of design. This is because typography sets a mood for a website and shares… Continue reading Typography Tips You Should Know When Designing a Website
Design a Cool Text Portrait Effect for Your Business Card in Illustrator
Business cards are one of the top ways to market your company because they’re so versatile and portable. That’s why so many business owners use them—but that makes them kind of hard to stand out. A business card needs to be totally unique so it won’t end up in the trash. And that’s where you… Continue reading Design a Cool Text Portrait Effect for Your Business Card in Illustrator
Design a Cool Text Portrait Effect for Your Business Card
Business cards are one of the top ways to market your company because they’re so versatile and portable. That’s why so many business owners use them—but that makes them kind of hard to stand out. A business card needs to be totally unique so it won’t end up in the trash. And that’s where you… Continue reading Design a Cool Text Portrait Effect for Your Business Card
Getting Started With Redux: Learn by Example
Redux helps you manage state by setting the state up at a global level. In the previous tutorial, we had a good look at the Redux architecture and the integral components of Redux such as actions, action creators, the store, and reducers. In this second post of the series, we are going to bolster our… Continue reading Getting Started With Redux: Learn by Example
Popular Design News of the Week: December 25, 2017 – December 31, 2017
Every week users submit a lot of interesting stuff on our sister site Webdesigner News, highlighting great content from around the web that can be of interest to web designers. The best way to keep track of all the great stories and news being posted is simply to check out the Webdesigner News site, however,… Continue reading Popular Design News of the Week: December 25, 2017 – December 31, 2017
9 ½ Plausible and/or Absurd UX Industry Predictions for 2018
1. Salaries will either increase or decrease, but likely not remain exactly the same With the volatility of our world, who’s to say where salaries will go? 2017 similarly saw salaries go in a direction. 2018 will either see an increase or decrease. This will depend on economies, how many salary negotiation blogs we read, and… Continue reading 9 ½ Plausible and/or Absurd UX Industry Predictions for 2018
Canny Edge Detector Using Python
Edge detection is an essential image analysis technique when someone is interested in recognizing objects by their outlines, and it’s also considered an essential step in recovering information from images. For instance, edge detection can extract important features like lines and curves, which are then normally used by higher-level computer vision or image-processing algorithms. A… Continue reading Canny Edge Detector Using Python
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
How to make smart group decisions on food — iPhoneX experience design
Step 3. Key findings from User Research Most people handle food decisions over text or email. Cite: This data comes from a research called Looking at the Food [data], conducted by Hannah Moyers. The results are from a survey which has gained 150 responses, with half of them coming from the US. 2. Users chat (physically or… Continue reading How to make smart group decisions on food — iPhoneX experience design
The relationship between design deliverables and presentation skills
In 13 years working in UX, I have joined a considerable number of meetings where UX Designers present their work to the rest of the team. More than I can remember, to be brutally honest. Consumer journeys, sitemaps, wireframes, benchmark audits, personas, user research reports — the list of deliverables designers are creating is huge. Presenting work… Continue reading The relationship between design deliverables and presentation skills
How to Optimize the Design and Location of the Search Bar
The search bar is one of the most useful features on your website. It can help visitors find exactly what they’re looking for with just a few key presses. On a typical ecommerce website, search users convert at a rate 3.5x higher than those that don’t interact with search, so it makes sense to use… Continue reading How to Optimize the Design and Location of the Search Bar
5 Tools You Need to Give Your Web Design Business a Boost
September 28, 2017 by Spyrestudios Blogger Part of the reason many young entrepreneurs are starting their own web design companies in today’s business climate is that there are so many cost-effective and easy-to-use support tools available. If you’re in the midst of launching or growing your own business, it can be helpful to know which… Continue reading 5 Tools You Need to Give Your Web Design Business a Boost