Design Blog

Physical & Digital Product Mockup Tools
Updated January 25, 2021. See this twitter thread for details. Not long ago, it was somewhat challenging to create simulated renderings of product mockups. For example, visualizing what a cool new app would look like on an iPhone 3G or what your branding campaign...

Chatbot & Voice Interface Tools Roundup
Updated January 2, 2021. See this twitter thread for details. Love them or not - chatbots, virtual assistants and other Conversational Interfaces (CUIs) are out there. Some are finding traction where use cases emerge that can unlock their potential. Here's a roundup...

Web Browsers for Responsive Front-End Development & Testing
Updated January 14, 2021. See this twitter thread for details. Several Web Browser apps want to make it easier for people & teams to test and develop Responsive Websites and Web applications iteratively. These apps are different from services that offer static...

Some Thoughts on Mitigating Remote Work Burnout
I posted the following as a reply to a Makers thread on Product Hunt. The prompt was, "Remote work burnout is growing as pandemic stretches on. How do you cope with it?". There are many thoughtful responses to this thread, so I encourage you to read them all. I wrote...

Video, Conference, Chat & Collaboration Tools Roundup
Updated January 14, 2021. See this twitter thread for details. Yes, there are alternatives to Zoom I often joke that people spend the first few minutes of any online meeting discussing usability oddities of the collaboration tool itself. There are many solutions out...

Survey & Form Builder Tools Roundup
Updated September 24, 2020. See this twitter thread for details. Sometimes people will ask me about survey tools, or I'll see a solution that I want to keep an eye on. Therefore, I've created this list of survey and form building tools that I will keep updated. Most...