Bryan Elkus on Atomic Spin

Daydreaming the Future of Software Designers and AI

Here, we'll explore three areas where software designers and AI intersect. This has the potential to bring novel solutions to the forefront.

Culture

Cultivating Organizational Flourishing: An Introduction to the Magnify Program

I recently participated in the Magnify program, which presented an approach to assessing and building a thriving environment.

UX & Design

Financial Spreadsheets: Use Design to Make Your Data More Digestible

Styling financial spreadsheets might seem daunting, but you can make it easier for users to understand the information in your document.

UX/Design Tools

Prime Faces: A Worthy Bootstrap Alternative?

Prime Faces lets you get your software project off the ground quickly, while still giving you options as your project matures.

UX & Design

Create a Visual Design System for Implementation Teams

A design system on its own can be helpful, but a shared design system all implementors can view is a design system that will be used.

UX/Design Tools

Set Up Design Implementation for a New Software Project Using Figma

Here is my current game plan to get the design implementation side of a software project up and running quickly, using Figma.

Product Development

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.

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