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Code-centric Design Tools on the Rise?
Coded components will finally become the source of truth in UI design Updated February 15, 2021. See this twitter thread for details. In 2018, I wrote about an emerging trend of tools that mingle visual design and code in ways that are notably different from typical...
iPad OS – Design & Illustration Apps Roundup
Updated March 22, 2020 The latest Apple iPad Pro models, paired with Apple Pencil and Magic Keyboard, have helped move iPad OS toward being a viable standalone creative platform for designers and creative people on the go. Here's a roundup of iPad apps for Design...
An Unopinionated Roundup of Current UX Research & UI Testing Tools
Updated: November 29, 2021. See this twitter thread for details. Whether you call it user experience, customer experience, human experience, or simply 'trying to understand if anyone wants-or-can-use the thing we're making' - if you're reading this, you probably...
An Unopinionated Roundup of Current Prototyping Tools
Updated March 18, 2021. See this twitter thread for details. I've shared various lists, roundups, and reviews of different prototyping tools in the past - usually on Twitter. Sometimes, people will point out that a particular third-party roundup review has overlooked...
On-Demand Design Companies Offering Agency-like Services with SaaS-like Pricing
Updated January 18, 2021. See this twitter thread for details. The design services landscape has undoubtedly evolved in the last decade. Regardless of size or model, there's been a rich history of graphic design services being a "relationships businesses." Firms...
Podcast Turf War is Inspiring Some Awesome A/V Editing Tools
Updated August 18, 2021. See this twitter thread for details. Big streaming players and upstarts alike are driving the next phase of popularity in Podcasting. These players want to control that coveted position of the go-to Podcast app on people's devices. The ongoing...
Digitizing Your UX Sticky Notes
Sometimes the analog approach is a quicker and easier way to achieve a particular design thinking task. A classic example is the appropriately stereotypical use of sticky notes by User Experience designers to facilitate various design thinking workshop exercises such...
Mobile Data-visualization has a Y Axis Problem
There is a 'trendy' design pattern, many years in use, of not displaying the Y axis on a chart in some financial mobile apps. I first noticed this in the app Robinhood. But I’ve also seen it in apps such as SoFi. Sadly, despite advocating for a change, these apps are...
New Presentation Tools Breaking Boundaries
Updated January 16, 2021. See this twitter thread for details. What is a "Presentation" in the post-PowerPoint era? There's a subtle shift in the Presentation tools landscape that's been emerging lately. Products like Google Slides, Zoho Show, and Apple Keynote came...
Buoymoji Colorways is Second in Series of iMessage Stickers
Buoymoji Colorways is our 2nd release of Stickers for Apple iMessage on iOS. It's available now on the Apple App Store. This latest in the series is an expanded set that features emoji in three different colors (green, white, pink) plus a few extras. The mariners...