heuristics

Toddler explaining their mother how to use a tablet — Photo by Alexander Dummer on UnsplashI am fascinated by the winners on award websites that judge the UI of products and the realizations that are digital pieces of art. Professional designers assess several submissions and rate them on several cr..

Heuristics are a well established and accepted list of UX principles used to assess how well a user interface has been designed for its… Continue reading on UX Collective »

Illustration by Valerija TraneIn my previous article, I tapped in the idea of how “Digital Accessibility” is another word for “empathy” where I laid out the moral behind the emerging and quite popular “digital accessibility” trend. After establishing the vision and possibly answering some “why”s I w..

Every UX has an amount of complexity you cannot play withPeople hate redesigns. Unless the original work is terribad, chances are the new version will be stomped even if it’s remarkably better. Snapchat learned it the hard way back in 2018 after a major redesign that burned 35% of their revenue. Alt..

Have you ever considered sharing your experience or knowledge with complete strangers?What I love about the design and tech community, is that people mostly say yes to this question. There is a sense of giving back to the community, almost like a rite of passage in one’s professional journey. But li..

User test to see if your message is understood Continue reading on UX Collective »

Design Leadership SeriesProductivity illustration courtesy of upklay.Productivity ≠ SpeedThere is a lot of rhetoric around productivity, particularly during the current climate. Whether we lead designers, engineers or product people, we’re all likely governed by the same overriding drive to nurture ..

With more and more of us working from home and engaging in virtual learning, the lowly PC is suddenly a hot product again today Continue reading on UX Collective »

Photo by William Warby on UnsplashHow do we measure design quality? This question has been asked at every company where I’ve led design, and it comes not only from designers but from stakeholders and executives as well. Solutions range from “we’ll know it when we see it”, to principle-based evaluati..

Self-awareness will help you hire and nurture a design team that’s curious, flexible, and authentic Continue reading on UX Collective »