nostalgia

The font I designed as a student is being used to publicise one of the biggest movies of the year. Did they have to use that font though?Six Oscar nominations for the Minari movie on the back of all those other awards. And you used that font! You people. Bit embarrassing really. I like this industry..

In our drive for efficiency and effectiveness, we tend to present finished solutions and ready-made decisions to employees. However… Continue reading on UX Collective »

Despite a pandemic that has kept most of us on major lockdowns, and United States politics that have monopolized much of the Canadian… Continue reading on UX Collective »

Defining the parts and the 5 questions to drive development forward.In 2014 I build what I called my first proper UI component library. What made it proper was the fact that I could reuse components and combine them to create new components and layouts. I called it the “prototype machine” because it..

Photo by Leon on UnsplashTechniques like the 20-second gut test help us to move our designs forward quickly and efficiently. It provides stakeholder consensus on the visual designs that best reflect their brand. But how do we know if the people using our products agree? Introducing the BERT test. Wh..

How I catalogue my learning to grow as a practitionerCatalogued learnings from MiroI’m one of those people that can’t sleep until the thoughts floating around in my head are either written down or sketched out. I used to see this as a negative thing, like an obsession to think through all possible s..

Young synchronized skaters competing in Greece circa 2016. Creative Commons.An elderly woman interviewed on the recently-added Netflix documentary “Perfect,” said something to the effect: Audiences have higher expectations of younger dancers. Cut to a clip of older dancers struggling to stay in a st..

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Is there a better pair out there than Motivation & Self Discipline? Well, there is a more romantic one for sure: Motivation &… Continue reading on UX Collective »

The more you hype your product, the more people expect. Continue reading on UX Collective »