Why weirdness is at the center of belonging, diversity, and innovation In my senior year of college, I took a class about how to prepare for the workplace. The class taught us how to write a resume, what to wear to job interviews, and what companies look for in candidates. It was an easy A.… Continue reading Why weirdness is at the center of belonging, diversity, and innovation.
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What a robbery taught me about validating assumptions in UX
A reminder to test assumptions when building or designing. At 2am, on Thursday, 10th November 2022, armed men broke down the door to my apartment and then the door to my bathroom where I was hiding. They carted away with my laptop, iPhone, and half my sanity. I wouldn’t say I saw the robbery coming, but… Continue reading What a robbery taught me about validating assumptions in UX
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
Persona permutations, name signs, iPhone and Hick’s law, typography tips
Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers. “This book is incredibly popular, so I guess this article won’t be. But let me tell you why, after reading this book, not once, but twice, I’m shocked it’s still appearing in (almost) every designer’s reading list. Here’s the story of a book that didn’t age well.” Why designers should… Continue reading Persona permutations, name signs, iPhone and Hick’s law, typography tips
What creating a simple font taught me about font design
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Custom neural voice: designing for human-centered policy
[unable to retrieve full-text content] Co-authored with Josh Lovejoy Credit: Delivering the benefits of Custom Neural Voice What’s in a voice? What is it about the way someone speaks that makes them memorable? Why do subtle imperfections in speech — like the thoughtful pauses and false starts when thinking on one’s feet — help us perceive a person as sincere or… Continue reading Custom neural voice: designing for human-centered policy
UX challenge: Teaching a person who is blind to design
[unable to retrieve full-text content] Designing a system for the visually impaired to recognize color. It’s been a year since I published my very first article and it was about solving a problem in accessibility. This problem bothered me for a good half of my life. I finally think that I’ve opened a door to… Continue reading UX challenge: Teaching a person who is blind to design
Where to Get a Web Developer Degree Online
August 11, 2020 by Clarence One of the best things about the internet is that a lot of things are now easily accessible online. This includes earning a degree in the comfort of our own homes. While being in a classroom setting is still great, there will be circumstances that would always make learning online… Continue reading Where to Get a Web Developer Degree Online
Best Colleges to Study Graphic Design
0 Shares Over the last several years, graphic design has gained more popularity worldwide and not because people have suddenly discovered their love for art. First, this is one of the key components in the IT industry for creating user-friendly design and experience for smartphone users. Secondly, this job can be easily done on a… Continue reading Best Colleges to Study Graphic Design
Email Personalization: Your Secret To Better Engagement
One of the struggles that marketers face is how to send the right message at exactly the right time to target people in a way that will appeal to them. To solve the problem, businesses need to get themselves acquainted with new technologies and the power of personalization. In the past few years, digital marketing… Continue reading Email Personalization: Your Secret To Better Engagement
How to Design Long-Form Content With Readability in Mind
The line between written content and visual content has become blurred in recent years. Copywriting and design are merging and the best brands are treating their blog posts and sales pages as powerful tools for branding. But the longer you make your content, the more challenging it is to do it well. Why Long-Form Content… Continue reading How to Design Long-Form Content With Readability in Mind
How a series of stumbles taught me to nurture my own process
I came in the next day and was ready to get my gut test reviewed by everyone. I really can’t remember how it happened. But let me just say that I was mentally exhausted by the end of it all. It turns out that once again, I messed up. What I had put together was… Continue reading How a series of stumbles taught me to nurture my own process
International Artist Feature: Slovenia
Welcome back to our International Artist Series. Today, we’re catching up with seven incredible artists from Slovenia, a central European country with vast mountainous scenes and landscapes. I asked each artist how their country and culture influenced their work, and they delivered great responses. Jernej Myint Our first artist, Jernej Myint, is a… Continue reading International Artist Feature: Slovenia
How to Develop an Influencer Marketing Platform from Scratch
Influencer marketing is all the rage nowadays. More and more brands are relying on influencers to promote their products and services to their target audience. You’d think a quick search on Google for influencers would easily help you find the right ones for brands. But that isn’t always the case. With everybody claiming to be… Continue reading How to Develop an Influencer Marketing Platform from Scratch
What the art of puppetry taught me about user experience design
I recently visited the Center For Puppetry Arts in Atlanta, Georgia for a backstage tour. Going into it, I knew very little about puppetry arts. I had seen the muppets, and I could imagine someone making a sock puppet to entertain children with, but I didn’t know much else. What I didn’t realize was how… Continue reading What the art of puppetry taught me about user experience design
How To Design Clean and Elegant Looking Websites
While a simple, clean website design might seem easy at first, the fact of the matter is the process is a lot more complex than you think. There’s a lot of stuff going on underneath the surface that makes the clean website functional. Most people don’t need or care about that makes these sites function,… Continue reading How To Design Clean and Elegant Looking Websites
How to Gain Insights from Emotionally Charged Questions
http://www.gratisography.com In product design, we are taught that we shouldn’t ask leading questions in interviews / testing. Don’t you hate when XXX happens?Isn’t it harder that you don’t have XXX in your life?Wouldn’t your life be simpler if you had XXX product? We avoid asking leading questions like those. But why? Generally it is true… Continue reading How to Gain Insights from Emotionally Charged Questions
Learn Web Development With These Web Developer Courses
If you’re a newbie hoping to learn web development, these web developer courses below will be powerful tools in your journey to greater knowledge. As you embark on this journey, remember that Google and websites like StackOverflow are your best friends. You will encounter many frustrating problems along the way, but they are all problems… Continue reading Learn Web Development With These Web Developer Courses
Effective Methods of Creating Topnotch Web-Design
Web design is actually one of those jobs that are not too streamlined. The designer is only taught the basics and the codes, and is allowed to use creativity, personal skills and visualisation to bring the best out of every job they do. One of the best marketing tools of the present era is well… Continue reading Effective Methods of Creating Topnotch Web-Design
Taking responsibility for the things you launch
Let’s travel back in time. I’ll promise we’ll get back here in just a moment. A few months ago I launched Mindful, an extension for Google Chrome that aims at making users more mindful about their thoughts, ideas, and ongoing tasks by showing their notes in every new tab. Mindful is powered by a text… Continue reading Taking responsibility for the things you launch
Connections and creativity.
In 1978, scientist and historian James Burke produced a ten part documentary called ‘Connections’. In this documentary series he traced back a (then) modern invention through the history of connected ideas that led to it. Across the ten episodes the viewer goes on many weird and wonderful journeys learning such things as: how the concept… Continue reading Connections and creativity.
International Artist Feature: Italy
For this article in the international artist series, we turn to Italy, featuring six artists who create fantastic work, from illustration to graphic design and more! I asked each artist how their country and culture inspired their work, and they delivered fantastic answers. Enjoy! Officemilano Officemilano is a multi-discipline design firm based in Milan, Italy.… Continue reading International Artist Feature: Italy