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Your job as a designer

Design isn’t just designing, it’s a bit more than that.

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UX Design UX Musings

When designing, do you dictate or collaborate?

When designing, do you dictate or collaborate? The path you choose determines your success. You get so much more out of collaboration.

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UX Musings

Purple is cool!

Quick observation: It’s fascinating to me how many startups begin with purple as their brand colour, and then invariably move away from it. Purple is cool! But maybe it’s one of the colours people can’t/don’t/won’t take seriously? As an example, Heroku when it first launched was full on purple, now they are swinging over toward […]

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How does sociology relate to usability in software design?

From a sociological perspective, usability isn’t just about the technical aspects of a product or system. It’s about the relationship between humans and technology.

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Artificial Intelligence UX Design UX Musings

What does AI do best?

AI gets a lot of press as if it were a magical, world-changing tool. But what does Artificial Intelligence (AI) do best?

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UX Design UX Musings

How can I help you?

How can I help you? How does this question make you feel? Do you feel heard, inspired, welcomed? You might even feel a little confused. Did you expect a more challenging answer? More friction? I try to always have this attitude because time is short, and this phrase shows gratitude. Thanks for coming to me […]

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Do you care more about technique or ideas?

UX Design. Do you care more about technique or ideas? Often you can get lost in the latest hot application and how to use its features and optimising them. You get the latest plugins and use them to create designs, you learn the shortcut keys and start creating reusable components and auto layouts. Soon, design […]