You bought a pixel for $1.4 million

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How humans and IA can work hand-in-hand to make better decisions

Human and machine predictive abilities are complementary Continue reading on UX Collective »

Dispo app, dark UX patterns for kids, real-time collab in Sketch

Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers.“The differences in my mind are mostly those of scope, responsibility, and visibility. As a lead designer, your focus is the project, and your responsibilities are to ensure that you work cross-functionally with PM and Engineering to deliv..

Everything isn’t design, Wikipedia search, type dictionary

Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers.Aesthetics are an expression of purpose. What we believe, the choices we make, and the products and services we choose to use are bound up in our individual worldview and belief system. Our choices in life are a reflection of how we see th..

The Narcissus fallacy in product design

“If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.” is perhaps the most misused quote in the world (and was never said by Henry Ford by the way). Echo and Narcissus by John William Waterhouse.While its signification is quite clear (people wanted things to go faster, they ex..

Monsieur Bézier and his elegant curves

Design essentials: Bézier curves. Continue reading on UX Collective »

Use calendar invites to drive design cadence and content

Keep designs moving with this simple productivity strategy. Continue reading on UX Collective »

Illustration Teardowns: Refactoring Old Work

We all hate to look at our old work. Yuk! Blech! But as songwriters say “it’s all in the rewrite”!Girl sketching on iPad (refactored from several years ago 🙌🏽)As I come up close to the end of my current contract I find myself in that “what’s next” place where I need to get out and promote myself som..

Your new UX superpower: Business acumen

https://unsplash.com/photos/ArA3S3k0wTU“So, how do you decide between user needs and business needs?”I get this question all the time. Mostly, I hear it from people who are in the process of transitioning from a post-grad program into their first UXR job at a for-profit company. It hints at an under..

10 Figma Tricks I Wish I Knew Earlier

Figma hacks you might not have heard of Continue reading on UX Collective »