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We are a part of something bigger than ourselves.Effective immediately, all designers are going to be forced to write code. All of us. No exceptions. We were turned into unicorns as we slept last night.Just kidding, but there is an essential lesson here. The more you know about the people, process, ..

Photo by McKaela Taylor on UnsplashBuilding digital products for kids isn’t like any other design job. You have to throw out your assumptions, forget about your own mental models, and redefine your ideas of usability. Just as designing for them is a special skill, so too is user testing with them. D..

You’ve spent weeks perfecting your resume & applying for positions. Now you need to make sure you’re prepared to answer these common interview questions.Illustration by Prabhat Mahapatra.You’ve polished your portfolio and resume. You’ve had lots of coffee chats and sent out too many applications to ..

Episode three. The world we live in is a complex phenomenon, where we can play different significant roles, but not determining. In other… Continue reading on UX Collective »

— 100 design lessons for 2021 Design can be fun when we remove the gatekeepers. was originally published in UX Collective on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

“Your work is done when it looks so simple that the consumer thinks they could’ve done it, which means they won’t appreciate how hard you worked.”Artists, designers, writers, and anyone else who produces creative work, this is a must-read essay by David Perell: Expression is Compression. Some of my ..

Getting your ideas and products out into the world doesn’t have to be complicated anymore. Continue reading on UX Collective »

Imagining a tech integration to help us follow routines and achieve goalsWhile many people do their new years resolutions and define personal goals for the next year, it shows that goals themselves do not by themselves lead to behavioral change. Instead, the system in which you act needs to change i..

Photo from PexelsI’ve noticed a concerning trend in UX in the past few months. Earlier this year, a friend sent me a post citing the shift at Uber from UX research to A/B tests as proof that researchers were getting in the way of decision making. At a recent virtual UXR conference, I read a number o..

Most people still don't exactly know what we do. Let's turn that into an advantage Continue reading on UX Collective »