Designing for Users Don’t Confuse Complex with Complicated, Part 3 – Assuming the Burden All processes have a core of complexity that can't be designed away. The mental burden must be assumed by either the system or the user.
Designing for Users Don’t Confuse Complex with Complicated, Part 2 – Complexity is Part of the Deal Simplicity means it takes less effort to interpret, and complicated means it takes advanced effort to interpret.
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.
Project & Team Management What are the Benefits of a Design Backlog? Managing design work is typically less straightforward than development work and not always done as a traditional design backlog.
UX/Design Practices Don’t Let Your Design System Dictate Your Design Process Design systems are valuable for creating consistency and structure in the design process, but they can be limiting if relied on too heavily.
UX/Design Practices Use “Buy a Feature” to Prioritize Work that Really Matters Buy a Feature is a great game for any time during a software project to help teams prioritize work that is truly valuable.
AI for Designers Why AI Will Not Replace UX Designers (And How it Could Help Us) AI art generators may not have a deep understanding of how humans perceive and interact with design elements.
UX/Design Practices The Value of Doing On-Site Customer Interviews In-person customer interviews require more resources and coordination, but there are several benefits to in-person vs. a video call.
The Software Life Understanding Software Jargon, Part 3: Design Terms Today, we'll discuss design terms such as "design system," a method that uses elements in a style guide to build the components of a system.
The Software Life 3 Benefits of Storybook-Driven Development Storybook-Driven Development (SDD) is a concept that helps developers create extensible and lightweight UI primitives.
UX/Design Practices When Everyone Has a Seat at the Design Table If you can find a space for every voice at the table during design feedback, you might be surprised by the richness of the conversation.
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.
