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4 Tips from Santa for Facilitating User Interviews

It's important during user interviews to instill confidence. People want to know they've been heard and that you're going to give them what they want.

Kyle Harris Software Consultant and Designer, focused on building meaningful software that couples business and user goals without exception to either.

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Design Strategy • May 09

Simplicity in Design Thinking, Part 3: Who’s in the Stadium?

These activities aren’t just about filling stadium seats or sorting sticky notes; they’re about creating shared understanding across the team.

Exploratory Testing • May 03

QATesting is Not Possible!

When something is in the Quality Assurance (QA) column, it means the app has been put on the QA drive for QA to do QA on. Right?

UX/Design Practices • Apr 28

Designing for Everyone: Tools to Help You Nail Accessible Color Contrast

Accessible color contrast and strong visual design aren’t at odds. Build a palette that’s on brand, beautiful, and fully WCAG-compliant.

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Use Videos and Blend Mode in Figma for Cooler Screen Transitions

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Using Videos and Blend Modes in Figma to Create More Interesting Screen Transitions

Figma only supports a simple dissolve animation. I wanted my transition to have more personality, so my solution used video and blend mode.

Light and Dark Themes in Figma: A Variable-Powered Design Guide

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Light and Dark Themes in Figma: A Variable-Powered Design Guide

Designing for both light and dark themes used to be a painstaking process. Fortunately, Figma's variables come to the rescue.

Sync Figma Variables with Figma API

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Sync Figma Variables with Figma API

Variables in Figma are an integral part of achieving consistent design. Let's employ and sync Figma variables using the Figma API.

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Design Strategy

Simplicity in Design Thinking, Part 3: Who’s in the Stadium?

The Magic of Simplicity Pt2: Activities

Design Strategy

The Magic of Simplicity Pt2: Activities to Get You Started

Only a Human-Centered AI Approach Offers Real Opportunities for Innovation

Design Strategy

Only a Human-Centered AI Approach Offers Real Opportunities for Innovation

Low-fidelity work vs. high fidelity? Go low.

Design Strategy

Go with Low-Fidelity Work for High-Fidelity Results

A row of different colored robots, a few with chat bubbles above their heads: Synthetic User Research is a Terrible Idea

Design Strategy

Synthetic User Research is a Terrible Idea

Any product claiming to conduct valuable research for your software by interviewing a synthetic user or using generative AI is lying.

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