🧡User frustrations in 2022. Just a few frustrating design patterns that we should be avoiding when designing today:

– Tiny scrollable panes.
– Tiny click targets.
– Unexpected content shifts.
– Mega-menus opening on hover.
– Country selector dropdown.
– Generic error messages. Image
– Unsupported β€œBack” button.
– Disabled β€œNext” buttons.
– Filters freezing UI on every selection.
– Tooltips that cover user input.
– No text input fallback in sliders.
– Too restrictive password requirements.
– Inline validation kicking in too early.
– Birthday picker, starting 2021.
– Scrolljacking and parallax.
– The fun of identifying buses, crosswalks and fire hydrants. #ux

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Dec 27, 2022
🧡 Are you prepared for the new year? Here are 15 things I always revisit by the end of the year:

1. Turn off all your notifications:

– email
– LinkedIn (linkedin.com/help/linkedin/…),
– Whatsapp (faq.whatsapp.com/79706952152288…),
– Twitter (help.twitter.com/en/managing-yo…) etc.
2. Revisit your meeting availability times (Calendly, Doodle etc.):

– Block out 1–2 days entirely if you can;
– For those days when you are available, set out just a 2–4h time window to avoid a pile of back-to-back meetings.
3. Review your calendar:

– Block time for your favorite activities (exercising, reading, running etc.)
– Block time for dates/dinners with your loved ones/friends,
– Set up a vacation mode for family birthdays/important events,
– Set up a reminder to drink water every day.
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Dec 20, 2022
The time of stock images is over. In our design process, we can't rely on AI's work, but we can use it as inspiration and research tool. Interesting ideas from @erikdkennedy in his recent newsletter Design Hacks (learnui.design/newsletter.html) (very recommended, btw): AI-generated images of a 'professional woodworker in her woo
– For AI Portraits, use Lexica Aperture (lexica.art/aperture),
– For AI headlines and CTAs, use ChatGPT (chat.openai.com),
– For AI textures, icons and visual assets, use DALL-E (openai.com/dall-e-2/), An incredible AI-generated image of a 'portrait of a master
– For AI logos, use LogoAI (logoai.com),
– For AI font picking, use ChatGPT,
– For AI image retouching, use Background Remover (icons8.com/bgremover) and Remove Background (remove.bg).

#ai #design #work #research #inspiration
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Dec 1, 2022
πŸ”– Design inspiration! Where do you find interesting websites? Below is the list of websites that I frequently visit to explore some unusual designs for inspiration:

– Minimal design (httpster.net/2022/nov/) curated by Dominic Whittle and Tom Fitzgerald at Guvnor,
– Low Carbon Websites (lowwwcarbon.com) curated by @Nickylewlew,
– One Page Love (onepagelove.com), with landing pages, templates and resources, curated by @robhope,
– Interaction patterns DesignVault (designvault.io), curated by @daleanthony
– Design made in Germany (designmadeingermany.de/galerie/websei…) by Andrea Bertsche,
– Japanese Design (responsive-jp.com) curated by Katoshun,
– Cyrillic design (cyrillic.design),
– Dark Mode Design (darkmodedesign.com)
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Nov 29, 2022
50 Things To Do Before Leaving For A Trip, with just a few things I always check before leaving house for a trip (except the obvious things):

1. Take a shower in the morning
2. Create a new expenses report
3. Take foreign coins
4. Take foreign charging adapters if needed
5. Take the HDMI cable
6. Charge the tooth brusher
7. Charge the razor, take the blades
8. Charge the headphones
9. Charge the external power bank
10. Charge the Bluetooth keyboard
11. Charge the laptop fully
12. Check weather forecast
13. Check car sharing services (Lyft, Bolt)
14. Check hotel amenities (gym, sauna) where I'm staying
15. Check the distance and directions from airport to hotel
16. Check umbrella
17. Check sunglasses
18. Check the costs of regular expenses abroad (numbeo.com)
19. Save travel guides about the place/country
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Jul 21, 2022
πŸ”– Design KPIs. We often think that design is subjective, a matter of taste or preference. It doesn't have to be. We should be able to measure how well a particular design solves a particular problem. That's why recently I started setting up Design KPIs for every project. An overview of design KPIs ...
These design KPIs inform, shape and restrict design decisions. They also tend to eliminate personal biases and remove personal preferences out of equation. This is what @gerrymcgovern calls β€œevidence-based design”. We measure and we improve usability, testing over time.
As an example, here's how the KPIs could look like:

– Accuracy of data in forms β‰ˆ 100%
– Time to complete forms < 35s
– Time to relevance in search < 30s
– Frequency of errors < 3 / visit
– Error recovery speed < 7s
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