Bryan Elkus on Atomic Spin

What a Software Team Wants Clients to Know About the Value of User Research and User Testing

Makers and designers are often taken aback when clients push back on allocating funds for user research and testing. Here's a software team's point of view.

Project & Team Management

Laughs a Metric for Gauging Client Engagement

Not every client’s culture welcomes laughter as a metric, but I've begun paying closer attention to changes in client engagement and demeanor.

Developer Tools

Create a Figma Prototype with Data from Google Sheets

Design tooling improves leaps and bounds each year. The latest tool to catch my interest is a plug-in for Figma called Google Sheets Sync.

UX/Design Tools

Practical Uses for Figma’s Auto Layout and Symbols

Figma’s Auto Layout and Symbols are a powerful combination of features for software designers, enabling them to add significant value to their products.

Project & Team Management

Project Updates: a Tool for Reporting Project Status to Clients

The project update has a valuable spot in a software team's toolbelt by allowing them to document, share, and influence the direction of a project.

Web Apps

Sending Emails with Google Sheets & Scripts

Here's an example of sending emails with Google Sheets and Scripts, ways to structure your data importing, and how to schedule the script to run.

UX/Design Tools

Figma Test Drive: Strengths and Weaknesses

Both Sketch and Figma have a compelling set of features. Here, I'll identify the key positives and negatives I found during a recent experience with Figma.

Project & Team Management

3 Clients that Should Spend More Time in the Research, Design, and Planning Phase

The ideal research, design, and planning phase gives the team important information before the client commits a large amount of capital.

UX/Design Techniques

Prioritize Software Features by Mapping Complexity & Value with a Feature Matrix

Creating a feature matrix can help you plan your project by understanding which features have the highest value and which the greatest risk.

Designing for Users

Getting to the Right Amount of Design

As a product matures, the likelihood of building the wrong product should decrease, and the product's polish, interactiveness, and depth of features can increase.

UX/Design Tools

Creating a 3D Logo with Vectary

Creating a 3D design can be challenging, but tools like Vectary make the process simple. Follow these 6 steps to create your own 3D logo using Vectary.

Growing as Makers

3 Steps to Building Credibility & Winning Your Client’s Trust

The client needs to know that they are in good hands, with a team they can count on for solid, well-reasoned advice.

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