Weekend Reading – GoldieBlox

Design objective “If your design comes back from testing as perfect, you did the testing wrong.” — Jakob Nielsen Typeface vs. Font: Terminology Smackdown. TL;DR: In traditional print, the distinction is easy: a font was a typeface set at a certain size, weight and style and cast in metal. [but

Weekend Reading - Batkid saves the day

Design Objective Don’t cut corners when coding UI shows by example(s) how paying attention to little details can make your UI more pleasant to use. If you read nothing else this week, make it this post. To Design A Bottle. This 3 minute video illustrates what design is

Weekend Reading – Binary trees

Design Objective Top Hacks from a PM Behind Two of Tech's Hottest Products. First Round Capital articles are always a great read, this one is no exception: Get decisions made: You may not be the decider at the table, but it’s your responsibility to make sure a

Weekend Reading — Avoid Polio with this one weird trick

Design Objective A Plea For iPhones To Have A Safer "Car Mode". Interesting concept. I'd use care mode far more often than airplane mode. Responsive HTML Emails: a Different Strategy. Using a single layout, so you don't have to handle reflows, just resizing; complete

Weekend Reading – Code review by Congress

Design Objective SketchMine is a wonderful collection of SketchApp files from the design community. Smart Transitions In User Experience Design – a few ways of using transitions to improve the user experience. Make My Design Flat, the simplest "flat design" tutorial on the web! Users = Zombies: By forcing ourselves

Uploading images with Uploadcare

We needed a way to allow customers to upload a banner image that we can use on their branded pages/emails. The requirements: * You might have that image on your computer, or your Web site, or maybe Facebook alubm, or Dropbox folder * It should be as easy to upload as

Weekend Reading – Bot or not

Design Objective § How could you argue with that? Writing “As a User” does not make it a user story: The lie starts with the whole premise. “As a user, I want to register”…. No I don’t. As a user I don’t want to give my private information to

Weekend Reading – The Great American Bug

From BUG: Government occasionally shuts down Design Objective § Hand-Sketching: Things You Didn’t Know Your Doodles Could Accomplish. § Whom the Gods Would Destroy, They First Give Real-time Analytics: Real-time web analytics is a seductive concept. It appeals to our desire for instant gratification. But the truth is that there are

Weekend Reading – Headline absurds

Design Objective § Obvious, but what a great way to get the point across: Write less. § Exactly what is says on the flat label, in Open Sans font: Design trends gathered from Dribble. § Email 101: Opens, Clicks, Conversions. § Anyone building mobile apps – not just magazines – should consider the lessons from Why