Using design to fight racism
How might we use technology to address racial inequities?
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Our industry needs a transparent career path that rewards our craft
Interview with Gabriel Valdivia about his career journey building teams, products, and bringing the craft along the way.Gabriel Valdivia, illustrated by Shreya DamleLeading with Craftis a limited series of articles where we shed a light on stories of designers with successful careers as individual c..
User-fudged experiences
How to design for weird user behavior.Photo by Luísa Schetinger on UnsplashThis article was inspired by a conversation I had with Ryan Warrender on our Podcast Design Huddle.
User Fudged Experiences are when users do something unexpected with our products or service, usually in a hacky way. Here are..
Beyond the buzzword: Gamification done right
Gamification can make a good product better if done right, but it’s not a magic potion
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Why skipping the business need is never worth it
A plea for b2b product managers
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The role of Reflection in the design process
The often-overlooked last step.In product design, when we release a feature into the wild, we can expect a degree of objectivity in the feedback we get. We can tell if our designs are helping or hurting based on the feedback and metrics after we ship.
Getting my hands on these metrics can be challen..
The most common mistake designers make when adjusting their bar charts
What to do if your values don’t fit?
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Create an interactive player prototype using ProtoPie
This tutorial shows you how to make an interactive player screen using ProtoPie.
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Want to build a great site map? Look outside your team.
Open card sorting can reveal the insights that make your website a joy to use … or easy to hate.Illustration by Icons 8 from Icons8At work recently, I was in a meeting to talk about a subsection of the company’s website. Everyone seemed to have a different, conflicting opinion about how to reorganiz..
Surviving career glitch: Growing up to be a value-driven designer
With experience comes greater understanding. Using that tactfully should be your winning strategy.
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