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Your Audience Isn’t “Everyone”

Whether you’re launching an entirely new product or adding features to an existing one, it’s crucial to understand who your target audience is. While it’s temping to aim for the largest possible group, doing …
October 23, 2024
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6 min read
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Regulatory Compliance for Designers

Most designers don't think about how government regulations affect their work. But by being aware of regulatory requirements designers can show real business value while keeping their clients and themselves on the right side …
October 19, 2024
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Toward an Open-Source Design Practice

A combination of subscription fatigue, security issues, and AI insanity have driven me to seek alternatives.
July 9, 2024
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How to Practice Ethical Design

Successful user experience designers are empathetic toward their users. Ethical research and design practices are a critical part of creating experiences that are inclusive, respect users’ wishes, and encourage healthy habits.
June 26, 2024
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6 min read
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Navigating the AI Hype

“GenUI refers to a user interface dynamically generated by artificial intelligence in real time to provide a personalized experience.” The result of this is, “Every end user interacts with an interface built just for …
April 2, 2024
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7 min read
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How to Use Color the Right Way in Your UI Designs

In this article I’m going way back to basics and talking about color. I know that you design nerds already learned more about color in your second year at uni than you probably ever needed to. …
March 7, 2024
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6 min read
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I Tried the New Vision Pro. Is It Ready for Prime Time?

If you'd prefer to listen instead of read, here is the original recording from my old Design Flaw newsletter. I‘ve written previously about the Vision Pro and mentioned that I had scheduled a demo. I duly …
February 23, 2024
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5 min read
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Stop Neglecting Your Internal Products

Companies often focus their UX efforts solely on customer-facing products while neglecting design for internal tools. But there is real ROI to be had in putting some effort into ensuring that internal products are …
January 31, 2024
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InVision is Shutting Down. Stop Blaming Figma.

Last week InVision CEO Michael Shenkman announced that their “collaboration services” will be shutting down at the end of the year. With their flagship Freehand product having been sold to Miro late last year, this effectively marks …
January 8, 2024
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4 min read

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