The Catch

Attribution: Kenneth AllenIt has now been 4 months and 14 days since my job at IBM dissolved, and on August 18th, I accepted a contract role to become a Principal UX Designer for PayPal, started yesterday (September 14). Big sigh of relief for me. On Twitter, I noticed a designer (https://twitter.co..

How machines have come to naturally speak human language

The prior linguistic revolution of the compiler Continue reading on UX Collective »

What product inclusion and Latinx Immigrants can teach WhatsApp

Scams circulated on WhatsApp are targeting vulnerable Latinx immigrants. How can we use product thinking to solve and prevent this? (Source: Documented NY)I can’t stop thinking about this story from December by Documented NY (a nonprofit journalism organization) about how Latinx immigrants are scamm..

Bringing product thinking to any team

Imagine this scenario. A team member approaches you excitedly and says, “I just sat in this amazing sales meeting, and I have an idea for a new feature we have to build! You would click here and here, then be able to do this, and it would work like this!” Maybe your coworker is even drawing you a pi..

A simple static visualization can often be the best approach

How I overengineered a worse solution by making an interactive visualization Continue reading on UX Collective »

Isolated spaces

Discovering remote and off-the-grid architectural gems.Written by Craig Berry Designer & Writer AFGH – Lake Rotsee Refuge (2012) Photograph byThroughout 2020 and 2021 we have been, and still are, inside our homes more than ever in an attempt to avoid physical contact, social interaction and virus sp..

Why Spotify’s new desktop client has better (or not) UX?

I have been an avid Spotify user for over 6 years. I love creating my playlists, discovering new artists … but what I love the most is just listening to music while I work on my design projects. As a user and a young interface designer, when the Spotify desktop app update came out, it obviously caug..

Eminence and why you should actually work for it

Image of quote — Expose yourselfEminence or exposure is this important “thing” that often gets overseen. Designers and non-designers often think they don’t have time or that they have nothing special to offer. Working on yourself or your personal brand can actually be a daunting task, a blocker for ..

Minari and my first font

The font I designed as a student is being used to publicise one of the biggest movies of the year. Did they have to use that font though?Six Oscar nominations for the Minari movie on the back of all those other awards. And you used that font! You people. Bit embarrassing really. I like this industry..

Measuring the outcomes of learning programs

I thought there was a gap in knowledge or skill in myself and peers related to data literacy, quantitative reasoning, or excel wizarding practices. But this turned out to be much less of an issue.Photo by Diana Polekhina on Unsplash“How are we going to measure that?” With the rise of big data in the..