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Give your UX journey time to unfold

A row of letters on a letterset press.
A row of letters on a letterset press.

To succeed as a UX designer, be aware of your surroundings and the tech that you’re designing for. Understand your technological environment to design for users.

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UX Design UX Musings UX Research

I Asked ChatGPT to Give me a Professional Summary

A black ChatGPT logo on their trademark green colour background.
A black ChatGPT logo on their trademark green colour background.

I asked ChatGPT, “based on the prompts I’ve given you, can you summarise who I am as a professional and as a person?” Here’s it’s professional summary of me.

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Design Thinking UX Design UX Musings

Your job as a designer

A designer at their laptop holding a phone
A designer at their laptop holding a phone

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?

Multiple design elements on a table - rulers, colour guides, and an ipad. Image credit: Freepik
Multiple design elements on a table - rulers, colour guides, and an ipad. Image credit: Freepik

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 […]