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People who read often desire to read in connection with other readers. Readers have found community within the website, “Goodreads.” And while it builds community and conversation, most who use the site want a better Goodreads. Anyone who’s used it for anything repeatedly shares a number of laments...

A new way of thinking about data science and data ethics, informed by the ideas of intersectional feminism.by Catherine D’Ignazio and Lauren F. Klein Introduction: We wrote this book because we are data scientists and data feminists. Although we speak as a “we” in this book, and share certain identi..

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Image : David Serrault“AI design will allow creatives to concentrate on their real jobs.”reportedly said Tim Cook, CEO of Apple. I was not able to certify the source of this quote, however, it poses a question: What is the real designer job? Or, what would be the designer’s “real job” that Mr. Cook ..

Surprise your users with a typo-tolerant search. Let them know that you care about them and you’ll try to do your best to show some results.Everyone makes mistakes. That’s why undo/redo is a must-have for interfaces where you work on something. That’s why we add extra padding around clickable elemen..

Practical steps to increase your company’s chance to succeed and save your teams’ time.Making bad decisions in your design could be very expensive for the company. One bad decision could mean your entire team worked on a feature that would need another iteration or a complete removal soon. This is w..

What is a good admin panel design and is it worth your time? Continue reading on UX Collective »

Photo by Kelly Sikkema on UnsplashS o you’re a new Product Manager at a company. You’re excited about the opportunity but you’ve just received the third customer request this month for changes to form functionality that was released six months ago. The form was kept purposefully simple so that it co..

Observed tensions in the user experience career progressionI’ve met user experience designers that are happy doing what they love with a strong sense of mission to change the world. I've also seen many of us going through an existential identity crisis with comparable intensity due to the vague..

I designed a better way to track habits and achieve goals Continue reading on UX Collective »