I’ve just inherited a huge product backlog!

How I’ve employed product management best practices to wrap my head around prioritizing thousands of backlogged tickets.At every company I’ve joined as a Product Manager, the role inherits a giant backlog. In one company, the backlog literally consisted of over 2900 items — some of which were logged..

What to consider when deciding on a UX education

How to find a course that works best for your priorities. Continue reading on UX Collective »

Top 10 UX articles of 2020 on NN/g

The following user-experience articles published in 2020 were the ones our audience read the most. Read the full story ⟶

7 Takeaways from the 2020 UX Tools Survey

Over 4,000 designers responded to Taylor Palmer’s annual UX Tools survey. Here are some key takeaways from the results. Read the full story ⟶

How we built the GitHub globe

We would love to share how we built the homepage-directly from the voices of our designers and developers. Read the full story ⟶

The future of CSS: Higher level custom properties to control multiple declarations

When using CSS Custom Properties we mainly use them directly as variables in calculations for other properties. Having one CSS Custom Property control a varying set of other properties — such as both colors and numbers — is not exactly possible. Read the full story ⟶

Extending CSS with Houdini

Learn about the various Houdini API’s, as well as how to use them cross-browser with the Houdini Paint Polyfill. Read the full story ⟶

CSS Individual Transform Properties in Safari Technology Preview

The WebKit blog details how to use individual CSS Transform properties in the latest version of Safari Technology Preview. This brings the browser in line with the CSS Transforms Module Level 2 spec, which breaks out the translate(), rotate() and scale() functions from the transform property into th..

UX Psychology #2: increasing conversions with the Decoy Effect

The cognitive bias that makes us proud of being made fools of.Have you ever noticed that some fast food prices seem absolutely clueless? I mean, how come a medium Starbucks cup is $4 while an extra-large is $5? Shouldn’t it be twice as much?! The funny thing is that most people feel like they have g..

Reflection on 2020 as a service designer: Leading with empathy for everyone

Empathy is a journey and outcomes are never certain! Continue reading on UX Collective »