Talking trash: A father’s primer on paternalism in design
Real-world talk about the importance of a designer’s own awareness as told by a humbled dad-designer.
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Conducting design research for startups
Here’s what you need to know about conducting design research for an early-stage startup.
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Code concepts for designers: Authentication & authorization
What is Auth?Those of us who don’t spend our days writing code often think of logging in to an application as one simple, bundled process of declaring who we are with our user ID and password. Behind the scenes, there are actually two important, independent components at play: authentication and aut..
A case for radical empathy in product design
Practicing radical empathy in product designAcknowledge your own lens and bias as the first step in empathy building for the customer. This will lead to deeper human connections and ultimately products that solve the needs of everyone.Image by Anna Shvets on PexelsEmpathy is the foundation of buildi..
Misused products, Robinhood UX, is Framer dead?
Your weekly list of curated design resources, brought to you by your friends at the UX Collective.There is a portion of the American legal system under the category of negligence called “strict product liability,” also referred to as SPL. Under SPL, anyone in the product chain (seller, distributor, ..
Analyzing TikTok’s biggest competitor’s UX
Today I’ll be translating TikTok’s biggest competitor, RED App, to show you what might be coming to the US from the eyes of a designer.
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Does intuition matter?
Have you ever considered yourself an intuitive designer? Or is the idea of intuition something that you consider as disconnected from the design profession? Something to be wary of? Or something to be used and celebrated in your design practice?In Season 8 of Catching The Next Wave podcast, we’ve de..
This is how design principles help you declutter visualizations
The skill you may not have realized you had
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Finding a technical cofounder
Coding skills aren’t as important as you think
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The no-mouse challenge: Taking the keyboard navigation red pill
Not everyone out there relies on a mouse or a trackpad when using their computers.A remake of the iconic scene from The Matrix, when Morpheus holds up two extended hands, palms facing up, respectively holding a blue and a red jelly bean.We’ve all been kicking off 2021 in a myriad of ways so far, and..
