How virtual reality can create real connections
360° devices are redefining human presence and intimacy
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A gentle rant about the usability of user accounts
I am often underwhelmed and decidedly un-delighted when faced with managing my account on your site. Here’s how to make it better.
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The Catch
Attribution: Kenneth AllenIt has now been 4 months and 14 days since my job at IBM dissolved, and on August 18th, I accepted a contract role to become a Principal UX Designer for PayPal, started yesterday (September 14). Big sigh of relief for me.
On Twitter, I noticed a designer (https://twitter.co..
The precipitous rise of Figma and fall of InVision
What we can learn from their stories.
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You look creative, but you sound like a bank
How understanding tone of voice can help architects, designers and creative businesses win work and get noticed.
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Collective update: Our 2021 editorial plan
Lots of writers have been asking us about the types of stories we’re prioritizing this year. Here’s a guide that can help.The UX Collective is now the largest design publication on Medium, reaching an audience of over four hundred thousand people from all over the world. With that, comes great respo..
Digital design for the ‘in-between’
The future of Aldo van Eyck’s revolutionary thinking?Aldo van Eyck’s climbing dome and floating modal (image by author).⁶Having recently moved to Amsterdam, one of the aspects of the city that has stood out the most for me is not the canals, red light district or even the masses of weed dispensaries..
Rainbow poop and the curious UX strategy of (some) Youtube ads
YouTube ads are one of the most successful advertising systems in history. In Q4 2020 it brought in $6.9 billion for Google so they’re clearly doing something right. When I worked in advertising, YouTube was almost a default part of nearly every media plan I saw for my two main clients (Hershey and ..
Psychological principles every product designer should know
Source: Vladimir Hadzic on DribbbleIt isn’t a mystery that a large part of delivering a highly successful user experience is understanding what the customer wants/needs along with the cognition that consequently gets customers thinking about what they want/need.
Psychology, thus, becomes a crucial e..
The problem of over-relying on A/B testing
Don’t get me wrong, I’m a big fan of experimentation and metrics-driven product development. It brings scientific evidence to decision…
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