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What to do with the 100-item product backlog
Photo by Fotis Fotopoulos on UnsplashIt isn’t uncommon to have a lot of ideas on a product backlog. Ideas flow in from executives, customers, sales, support, and just about everyone. It is common to hear that a good Product Manager is one who knows how to say “no”. I would take it a step further and..
My decade in review (2011–2020)
A journey from a third-year Computer Science student to a designer at Google. The highs, the lows, and everything in between.Some folks started counting it as a new decade at the start of 2020, and I mostly agree with them. Let’s just say I procrastinated to write about the events of ten years by a ..
2021: The year to recalibrate personas
2021: The year to recalibrate PersonasPhoto by Immo Wegmann on Unsplash2020 has been, without question, a year of disruption, uncertainty, and unknown territories; with a pandemic that shifted routines and daily lives came a flux in consumption habits, expenditure, and how we spend time. Countries b..
The field of UX design by 2030
Imagine ringing in the year 2030 and the world as we know it has not yet ended. How might we look back upon the role of UX design in the 2020s?
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Deadly biases every designer needs to live with
As a designer, I have a preferential bias toward neutral colours and a dispositional bias toward organised and structured design systems.
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Web history chapter 6: Web design
Alec Pollak was little more than a junior art director cranking out print ads when he got a call that would change the path of his career.
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How I stop thinking about work after work
Our personal practices can be thought of as a “ritual” — held sacred and done a particular way.
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SMART goals are not so smart: make a PACT instead
A system without a goal is like a marathon without a finish line. But a system with a bad goal will result in a bad outcome.
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Deadly biases every designer needs to live with
Photo by Derick McKinney on UnsplashThere are two types of biases —
Preferential: From liking one option over others.
Dispositional: From one’s inherent qualities of mind and character.
As a designer, I have a preferential bias toward neutral colours and a dispositional bias toward organised and str..
The missing persona you need for written presentations
Target your stakeholder’s data needs even if you’re not presenting
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