The invisible hand that gave students the middle finger
And why it made universities vulnerable to disruption.
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Talking trash: A father’s primer on paternalism in design
Real-world talk about the importance of a designer’s own awareness as told by a humbled dad-designer.
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Framer is still alive and well… and its a game-changer
Framer is still alive and well… and it’s a game-changerA love letter to my prototyping tool of choice.Earlier, this week, this post came across my feed: “Framer is Dead.”
Impossible. I’ve been using it non-stop for the past month.
Sadly, this post has gotten some traction, and I’ve seen it pop-up on..
The evolution of usability in chess
Modern chess design has stood the test of time, but that wasn’t always the case. Sometimes less is more.Chess has a long history, it dates back to the 7th century in India, where it was created as a war game. In some ways, a lot of the game has remained unchanged since the creation, but there have b..
From the astrolabe to software: The history of technical writing and its impact on...
Image by @israelandrxdeTechnical writing’s history had its start hundreds of years ago and can be traced back to A Treatise on the Astrolabe, a medieval instructions manual on the astrolabe and its use, written by Geoffrey Chauce in 1391. Another example of early technical writing work were English ..
The most loved typeface in the world
Typeface StorySteve Jobs on Time Magazine cover, vol. Oct. 17, 2011In Steve Jobs's famous Stanford speech he reflected how he became attached to typefaces.
Because I had dropped out and didn’t have to take the normal classes, I decided to take a calligraphy class to learn how to do this. I lear..
What no one explains about the design process
The UX industry puts a lot of emphasis on processes. But is that the best way to think fundamentally about design?
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Interaction design is more than just user flows and clicks
How to evaluate interaction costs and improve UX.
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What we learned from using a North Star
Evolving organisational priorities into measurable and trackable outcomes using a North Star Framework
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Subtraction in design, NFT fanatics, headless UI, and more links this week
Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers.Generally speaking, people don’t get paid for removing features. They don’t get applause for eliminating jobs. And they rarely get promoted for telling their bosses they’ve been wasting their money. Much safer to propose something new, whi..
