Please do not use this post as an excuse to beat up the devs at Apple or Google. If you are doing that, you have missed the point of this post and you are being unnecessarily mean to individuals who may have no control over broader organizational decisions. Do not…
How To Take Charge Of A UX Kickoff Meeting — Smashing Magazine
In this article, let’s look at how to run a kickoff and how to get yourself into a positive position in which you can steer the ship, rather than crash it into the dock.
Developers and designers need to initiate a conversation about the ethics of web design, i.e. how do we define and measure goodness and rightness in the digital realm? It's important to discuss responsibilities, decisions, and consequences.
271 Years Before Pantone, an Artist Mixed and Described Every Color Imaginable in an 800-Page Book — Colossal
In 1692 an artist known only as “A. Boogert” sat down to write a book in Dutch about mixing watercolors. Not only would he begin the book with a bit about the use of color in painting, but would go on to explain how to create certain hues and change the tone by adding one, two, or three parts of water. The premise sounds simple enough, but the final product is almost unfathomable in its detail and scope. More
Dark Secrets and Nightmares of UX in 2023, and How to Fix Them 👻 - Online Workshops
When designing interfaces, we tend to find a way to encourage action, or get data, or keep people on the site or app. Yet people are very good at avoiding mousetraps and finding loopholes. Gathering data is easy, but getting accurate and useful data has never been more difficult — unless your users trust you already.