6 cheats to make your portfolio look redesigned — without actually doing anything

6 cheats to make your portfolio look redesigned — without actually doing anythingThe world moves fast. What was in style or considered beautiful ten years ago is not the same today. Likewise, your own taste and goals change with time too. Which is why it’s important to keep your portfolio updated. I..

Waterfall design isn’t dead, just having an identity crisis

There is a place where waterfall design belongs; And without it we’ll never keep up with rapid sprint cycles. Continue reading on UX Collective »

The grand illusion

We live in a simulation. Just not the one you’re thinking of. Continue reading on UX Collective »

How to convince company leadership to care about accessibility — a guide

Over 11,000 ADA lawsuits were filed in the US in 2019 and 26% of Americans have a disability. How do we get our leadership to take action? Continue reading on UX Collective »

A framework for product design simplicity

How to focus on what matters. Continue reading on UX Collective »

Have we been building products all wrong?

Are opinionated products necessary for differentiation in a competitive market? Or do they impose undue limitations? Continue reading on UX Collective »

Tell me when to use it

“Here’s our cool new audio tagging AI thingy. It identifies and labels sounds in real-time without an internet connection.”“Wow, cool, neat!”…then they proceed to never use it. Telling me when to use something is a growth hack. It helps shape a future situation into an organic reminder. “Here’s our ..

How to be a design ethicist at any company

The tech industry has immense work to do to take design ethics seriously, but you can be a leader at your company. We need you.It’s easy to feel stuck, frozen, and unsupported when trying to get your team or company to take design ethics seriously. But now more than ever, it’s so important that desi..

Interfaces in the 80s: Creating GUIs before it was cool

Exploring an interface design tool from the late 1980s which silently revolutionized the industry forever since.Recently I was going through some early implementations of current operating systems to familiarize myself with the evolution of GUI mechanics over time. One particular thing that caught m..

How accessible are the Canadian COVID vaccination landing pages?

During my last appearance on the Now with Dave Brown morning show in March, we spoke a fair bit about the general lack of inclusion of… Continue reading on UX Collective »