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In this UX prototyping with Axure session, I’ll show you how to quickly make a simple photo background header that adapts to your browser size and adjust the image to make a full-sized cover. Welcome to the new series on Axure RP 9 prototyping: Axure RP – Noob to...
That’s right all of the visual deliverables were designed by AI. And your new design colleague might not be named Sarah and be a human as you know it. In the near future, it will practically unavoidable to avoid (menial and much more creative) task automation. Today I’ll share...
Time for another UX portfolio review. This time I’ll break down and give pointers to product designer Nadav. I’ll cover a few of his cases and highlight some areas that might make it much more effective: UX case study and how to make it flow, showing more than telling,...
As a UX designer and user researcher, you don’t have to have a Ph.D. in psychology to benefit from the underlying human factors. While deep-rooted psychology is probably the best starting knowledge base for a true user experience career, having access to quality research studies and data can make...
It’s time for another UX challenge. This time I’m lifting a limit of just coming up with Axure prototypes – use any tools you feel most comfortable with. The key aim in this challenge for every designer who is currently struggling to come up with a good challenge and...
It’s not a secret that quantifying the ROI of UX research is a very hard thing to do. Especially for the new and risky ventures. That’s why the majority of organizations default to overtly lean research and design methods. In this video, I’ll share one of the recent business...
It’s not a secret that communicating findings clearly is the most critical part of the research. Case in point recent developments in the Covid19 vaccine safety trials. And poor communication to follow, which succeeded to divide the intended public into a couple of big groups: the true believers and...
This past year has been a challenging and turbulent year for everyone; One positive outcome of so many people facing the lockdowns and isolation is the drive to get into UX design and UX research. The reach for the experience design content has grown exponentially resulting in over 1million...
It’s been almost half a decade and there have been very few improvements in terms of Apple’s Macbook Touch Bar UX. With the recent Big Sur release Apple has made some tweaks with repositioning buttons here and there making users relearn to use this input method yet again. In...
In this newsletter, I want to share some bits that made me ponder, just like the better questions should. I’m a firm believer that the best user experience designers don’t ask a lot of questions. Instead, they ask well thought out succinct ones. Often, the best designers ask stupid...
Sometime back I asked my viewers if there’s anyone who would like to get their UX portfolios reviewed and shared with the broader audience. While it must be daunting to put it out there, constructive feedback and specific pointers can make all the difference. I’ve received a few asks...
While the design field is abundant with tools that address the majority of UX, UI, and product designer needs, the 3D space has been left aside for quite some time. A lot of designers have been thinking to learn 3D fundamentals and crafting simple yet presentable solutions, but have...
The other day I got a quick message asking for a sanity check – is finding a UX job a numbers game? One of the midweight user experience designers who has been interviewing with over 10 different companies but without a great outcome. I can guarantee that majority of...
Sometime back I promised to cover how UX designers should document their progress along the way capturing information that would inform future efforts. Fact is, user researchers and designers need to work on their UX portfolios and UX case studies continuously and usually way earlier than needed. In this...
Sometime back I asked my viewers if there’s anyone who would like to get their UX case study and portfolios reviewed and shared with the broader audience. While it must be daunting to put it out there, constructive feedback and specific pointers can make all the difference. I’ve received...
Human-centered AI, eh? Depending on your career projection in the experience, service, and product design, you might just be lucky enough to work on grand projects that build on top and support human decisions. It almost doesn’t matter how advanced the machine learning algorithms and AI are if it...