Designers and engineers need each other. Just not in “that” way.
Title: How designers and engineers can play nice (and still run with scissors) Context: We spend more time with them then we do with our family. Isn’t it about time we started to like them too? Synopsis: Sure we are … Continued
Work smarter, not harder. But also work harder.
Title: The Myths of the Overworked Creative Context: Our energy is a finite resource that requires renewal or you will go into debt. So stop spending what you don’t have. Synopsis: Fact: we suck at taking care of our internal … Continued
The Facebook Timeline: Not your typical UI development project.
Title: Designers Behind Facebook Timeline: 5 Keys To Creating A UI With Soul Context: How do you design a UI around an ephemeral idea such as people’s memories? Synopsis: It’s not everyday a user experience team is asked to design … Continued
Make your customers happy. No matter what stupid, ignorant, moronic fatheads they are.
Title: Idiots, Drama Queens and Scammers: Improving Customer Service with UX Context: If making customers happy – truly happy – was everyone’s primary responsibility, everything else would just fall into place. Synopsis: We spend so much time designing and building … Continued
Solving someone’s problem is easy. Trying to solve all of their problems is stupid.
Title: Complexity and User Experience: Understanding features in terms of complexity instead of functionality Context: Reducing complexity involves ruthless editorial control over feature inclusion. Now if we can just convince the sales guys that this is the right thing to … Continued
The simple secret to making your designs simple is that it’s not so simple to do.
Title: How To Achieve Simplicity In Design Context: The desire for simplicity is not the same as a commitment to simplicity. Synopsis: Everyone claims to love simplicity. “Things shouldn’t be difficult to use! Make it simple.” But dare to ask … Continued
Not all architects are built the same and what we as UX designers can learn from them.
Title: What I Bring to UX From…Architecture Context: User experience design…it takes all kinds. Synopsis: User experience is a relatively new discipline which means that most of its practitioners do not come from a specific UX professional or educational background. … Continued
Are you born with creativity inside you or do you have to work to become creative? Yes.
Title: 100 Things You Should Know About People: #57 – There Are 4 Types Of Creativity Context: Sure you might be creative…but what type of creative are you? Synopsis: People are born creative. People must work to learn to be … Continued
I guess you could design without sketching…If you wanted to suck as a designer.
Title: The Messy Art Of UX Sketching Context: You cannot design without sketching. It just can’t be done. Fact. Synopsis: The single most important skill – yes SKILL not TALENT – that every designer needs is the ability to communicate … Continued
Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these your employees, you did it to me.
Title: What Great Companies Know About Culture Context: An organization is only as good as its people. Everyone says it, not everyone means it. But I do. Because you guys are the wind beneath my wings… Synopsis: When the going … Continued
Stop being busy and start being awesome.
Title: If You’re Busy, You’re Doing Something Wrong: The Surprisingly Relaxed Lives of Elite Achievers Context: Bees do it. Beavers do it. Lions don’t. Which is why they are the kings of the jungle and lay around all day while … Continued
On the internet no one may know that you’re a dog, but the real world is where your belly gets rubbed.
Title: Welcome to the post-digital world, an exhilarating return to civility – via Facebook and Lady Gaga Context: Keeping it real is not just a good idea, it’s the law. According to the guy who wrote this article anyway. Synopsis: … Continued
Being too smart for one’s own good is not good for outsmarting one’s own competition.
Title: Don’t Let What You Know Limit What You Imagine Context: The best way to set yourself apart from the competition is to stop doing everything the same way that they do. Synopsis: Being an expert in your field can … Continued
Choosing to not make a choice means you have chosen to choose not choosing.
Title: Easier Is Better Than Better Context: Multiple choice quiz: You should read this article because (A) I told you to. Synopsis: Making decisions is actually a mentally taxing activity. The more decisions one has to make in a day … Continued
#ux iota: Interfaces don’t kill. Engineer designed interfaces do.
There are reasons why designers shouldn’t code and coders shouldn’t design.