UI Design

I’ve always liked tag clouds. I like the UX of seeing what tags are most popular on a website by seeing the relative font size of the tags, popular tags being bigger. They seem to have fallen out of fashion, though you do often see versions of them used in illustrations in tools like Wordle. How di..

Over time, I have had the honor and privilege to work for and with incredibly talented individuals. As a peer, subordinate, and boss, I… Continue reading on UX Collective »

Culture plays an important role in the development of any nation. It represents a set of shared attitudes, values, goals and practices. Culture and creativity manifest themselves in almost all economic, social and other activities. A country as diverse as India is symbolized by the plurality of its ..

A year in review — what I learned about UX and work in 2020Photo by Immo Wegmann on UnsplashAs the year comes to a close… As this very long and chaotic 2020 slowly but finally comes to a close, it seems like a natural time to reflect on what I have learned during the year and take note of some of wh..

I was recently reading up about how passwords are easy to crack today and how many of the cybersecurity attacks start off with a compromised password when I stumbled upon Graphical Passwords and its potential. The idea of doing away with having to memorize your alpha-numeric password(s) is intriguin..

Whenever you run a study, are you trying to confirm or falsify your beliefs?Pic. Mike PolakMany times, when I talk to designers about their user research practice, they (quite subconsciously) tend to say that they believe it is important because it confirms their design choices. This statement alway..

These elements are inherently present in any good layout designSource: UXCamIn my last article in the design series, I talked about seven principles of design in general, whether it be a hardware product, a service, an experience, or a software UI. In this one, I am going a step further to emphasize..

As a UI/UX designer, I’ve been interested in researching user behavior, visual cues, and different underlying motivations that can have an impact on the user experience. Lately, I’ve also been curious to learn more about myself as a designer and how personality traits or preferences can play a role ..

These things are so similar, I find it hard to keep them straight. This is a nice little explanation from viewBox (what a cool name and URL, I hope they keep it up). The big thing is that clipPath (the element in SVG, as well as clip-path in CSS) is vector and when it is applied, whatever you are ..

It’s nothing new that conflict may arise between Product and Design teams. Here’s what we did to help everyone work together. Continue reading on UX Collective »