Wordle UX: Sometimes a game just feels good

How can we explain something so simple yet so popular?Every once in a generation something beautifully simple comes along and revolutionizes our lives: the paperclip, Post-its, the iPod, Wordle. Wordle? Okay, maybe that one doesn’t quite fit with the others, but by now you must be familiar with the cryptic square emojis filling your feed on every social...

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Empowering young adult cancer survivors with career-focused social support

Designing the gapTo help young adult cancer survivors bridge the inevitable career gaps, I’m starting a nonprofit called NED.Introducing NEDThree years ago, when I posted a message to my LinkedIn network that I needed help returning to work after a hiatus for cancer treatment, I thought I’d resume my career within a year. I never foresaw that returning...

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A vital topic to discuss: sustainability in and through digital design

Because there is only Planet A and designers can do so much more to save itImage sourceAs you might have heard, humanity has a lot on its plate recently: we are in the middle of a climate crisis, our oceans are turning into plastic landfills, animal species are going extinct by the dozens every day, and just in general we are destroying the very thing...

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The state of creative AI: will designers get superpowers

Aside from stunning demos, generative AI is gradually entering creative production and simplifying time-consuming tasks. Over time, creatives and designers will gain superpowers, changing their jobs forever.Photo by Scott EvansDisruptive innovation always starts with simple applications at the bottom of a market and moves up until it disrupts an industry....

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Meta’s entry into NFTs changes everything

Crypto’s biggest critics said that it was not accessible. Now Meta is allowing users to mint NFTs on social media is a game-changer.Photo by Lisheng Cheng on UnsplashThis week, Meta (Facebook) announced that it is working on allowing “users to create and sell non-fungible tokens,” according to the Financial Times.Practically speaking, that means that...

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Planned obsolescence in aesthetics

Making your product look bad on purpose.Continue reading on UX Collective »

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Designer’s four roles in agile

Designer’s four roles in agile developmentDesign has four distinctive roles in agile software development. If you are a business owner, a design manager, or an individual designer, you must understand these roles and ensure that you have proper resources for each of them.Photo by Nick Fewings on UnsplashDesign is agile’s heelWhen the agile software...

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Product thinking: Focus on the solution, not the problem

Valuing solution excellence in product managementContinue reading on UX Collective »

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There’s no such thing as a good bidding site

No matter how much they try to position themselves as a force for good, bidding sites remain an ethical mire.Continue reading on UX Collective »

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11 super-simple tips to help improve your Figma workflow (2022)

A collection of tips to help improve your design workflow in FigmaContinue reading on UX Collective »

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