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Bringing self-compassion into product management

Encouragement to shift your perception of what ‘high performing’ looks like Continue reading on UX Collective »

Why the Starbucks app is design perfection

I love my barista, but I’d much rather use the app. The UX on the Starbucks app is so close to perfect it’s setting industry standards. Continue reading on UX Collective »

How to avoid using gradients like a lunatic

Gradients are everywhere you look these days and it appears they aren’t going anywhere anytime soon. Here is how to harness their power… Continue reading on UX Collective »

Figma for education: Design for learning experiences

Why would a teacher be interested in Figma? Why would a designer be interested in classroom prep?Join our little Figgy educators group.Currently, I work in the EdTech product design industry (K-12) as an experience designer. I am a former 7th-grade science teacher and am planning to return to the cl..

There’s something wrong with the User Experience Designer title

I’m a UX Designer and the UX title is making no sense to me.“Experience” encompasses everything and it’s unfair with the UX Designer and with whoever is working with UXers. Photo is taken by Lubos Volkov, via UnsplashI haven't yet come across an industry that has its discipline as a continuousl..

What this pandemic has taught us about your inaccessible website…

Do you ever stop to wonder what your life would look like if, all of a sudden, the Internet was taken away from you? Continue reading on UX Collective »

Search or navigation? How familiarity affects naming and behavior

In cognitive psychology research, familiarity will cause people to use different names for an object, which may explain e-commerce users’ search or browsing behaviors.Do you know what’s in the cup in this picture?Photo by Ke Vin on UnsplashThis is the alcoholic drink — a Mojito! If your answer was “..

How AI could get a deeper understanding of human language

The basis of human flexible thinking are analogy Continue reading on UX Collective »

What human collective intelligence can teach to AI

The power of cumulative cultural evolution Continue reading on UX Collective »

How to set up a writing practice for your design team

Even if you don’t have any writers.icons8To design products, you have to write. But I’m not here to convince you. The remaining skeptics shuttered their windows after Intercom’s Senior Group Design Manager Jonathon Colman published a study showing how the world’s most popular apps dedicate over a th..