human communication for fun & profit
human communication for fun & profit
Legit question: When someone asks for “Design Experience with AI,” what are they actually asking for? Generative chat interfaces create the illusion of design contribution at dangerous scale. In seconds, “designs” appear—on-brand colors, tortuous user flows—rushing onto the product roadmap…
Back in olden times, having an asylum outside your town was sign of local prosperity, and caring for the less fortunate was a badge of honor that communities aspired to. The design of these facilties was shaped by Dr. Kirkbride…
We begin at the end the trail of missed opportunities Over the past few months, I’ve been steadily improving my cardio fitness, and with these newly installed Precor machines, I thought I had made significant progress. I was sweating profusely,…
I am a frugal guy, much to the dismay of my kids. I have been using Harry’s razors because I like the design & the blades are not too costly. Unfortunately, Captain Cheapskates still uses the blades far beyond their…
I recently started using the Flat UI Kit by Marc-Oliver, and really helps build good looking prototypes quickly. I needed to add a couple supporting fonts to a new install of Axure to have the icons and text render correctly, and since I am working with…
For a student to thrive they need the parents and the teachers working in unison. The single best tool to do this is a shared calendar. 15 minutes of setup and I assure you the kids will turn in more of…
Everything comes down to communication. Arguments between two of my sons, presenting a sitemap to a client. These interactions are a struggle to reach some level of shared understanding. When a large project begins out there is a project plan,…
There are tons of tools that manage communication for design projects (Basecamp, Wrike, etc.). Developers have Github and such and even the visual designers have Layervault. The multifaceted nature of UX work doesn’t really lend itself to a clean singular…
Site-maps and process flows become a zoom and pan & dance very quickly. You can kill a few trees and print it out if you have access to a large format printer, but that is terribly inefficient for quick iteration.…