designThe Origin of IdeasWhen I started out five years ago, self-taught, hacking my way into User Experience Design, I somewhat arrogantly thought I was special…
designAll Humans Are Motivated By Three ThingsAt the core of every thought & every action lie three motives: to seek pleasure and avoid pain; to seek hope and avoid fear; to seek social…
designOne Thing Critical to Success as a DesignerLife zoomed in We spend so much of our lives looking at the granular, fine print of things that we tend to miss the bigger picture. We’ll…
cultureWhy We Don’t Do User TestingIf you work in Product Design, you would really have to have been living under a rock for the last 10 years to not have heard of the…
designQuestions Constitute a Good Design ProcessThere are already some great articles out there exploring Design Processes. Joanna Ngai’s short 4-step article on the subject is a great…
designThe Problem With Empathy“We don’t see things as they are; we see them as we are.” — Anaïs Nin Ask any UX Designer about the importance of empathy in UX & I’m sure…