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The dangers of Dribbble-esque designsDribbble-esque: adjective — A characteristic of the poor usability and nightmarish qualities that come with Dribbble posts.After some research about this topic, I found out that I am not the only one who thinks there's a problem with the Dribbble trend. Ther..

Photo by Nathan Anderson on UnsplashMy favorite thing about UX design is that it’s not some open-ended creative exercise performed in a vacuum. It’s a mechanical dance: the synchronized push-pull tension of time, constraints, budget, technical limits, and opportunities. A lot of what we study in des..

Open card sorting can reveal the insights that make your website a joy to use … or easy to hate.Illustration by Icons 8 from Icons8At work recently, I was in a meeting to talk about a subsection of the company’s website. Everyone seemed to have a different, conflicting opinion about how to reorganiz..

Today Microsoft Windows is installed on about 75% of personal computers in the world. But how did it begin? Let’s test the first versions… Continue reading on UX Collective »

With experience comes greater understanding. Using that tactfully should be your winning strategy. Continue reading on UX Collective »

Organisations have always faced a challenge in balancing productivity and creativity due to organisations’ constraints and priorities. But the right DesignOps strategy can deliver innovation at scale and achieve a true Organisational Ambidexterity.Credits: https://www.pexels.com/@diimejiiDesignOps’ ..

Have you ever considered yourself an intuitive designer? Or is the idea of intuition something that you consider as disconnected from the design profession? Something to be wary of? Or something to be used and celebrated in your design practice?In Season 8 of Catching The Next Wave podcast, we’ve de..

Build at the intersectionThe best products are created at the intersection of product, design, and engineering. Successful teams start, build, and finish together. Fewer handoffs, and more multidisciplinary debates and considerations. Decide at the intersectionThe best product decisions are made at ..

What rock stars have taught me about my job.Garbage, illustrated by R. Michael HendrixSteve was supposed to be in bright colored lights on stages across the U.S. along with Liz Phair and Alanis Morrisette. Instead, he was on Zoom with me, trying to find a camera angle that didn’t make him look like ..

If you want to be successful in the media industry, you cannot avoid the connection between journalism, technology, business and usage… Continue reading on UX Collective »