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UX Design UX Retrospective

Communicate your expertise to your team

Think back to your first few months at your new role, and where you are now. Does your team know what you can do?

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Code & Development UX Musings UX Talks

Teach a new designer how to code

I gave a talk last week about Using Code as a Design tool, and the feedback and discussions that came out of it were amazing. One great question I got, and had not considered, is how can a new designer use code as a design tool?

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Code & Development UX Musings UX Talks

My April UX ChCh meetup talk: Using code as a design tool

It took about 3-4 weeks of preparation but the result was well worth it. Speaking at UX ChCh was great fun and great discussions came out of it, using code as a design tool.

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Code & Development Design Thinking UX Design

Don’t call it a code handoff – Figma

A key factor in communicating a design is also making sure a design tool like Figma is used to communicate features to developers. Is Dev Mode up to the task?

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Code & Development Design Thinking UX Design

Don’t call it a code handoff – user stories

A key factor in communicating a design is also making sure the user stories are clear and up to date. Then developers can build it.

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Code & Development UX Design

Don’t call it a code handoff – design styleguide

Instead of code handoffs, the styleguide is the place where design and code meet, so use it to your advantage.

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UX Design UX Musings

The why is the focus not the how

The why is more important, and more powerful than the how. In design it helps us uncover the key to a problem and moves us from discovery to action. The why gives the design a reason for being.