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Code-centric Design Tools on the Rise?
Coded components will finally become the source of truth in UI design In 2018, I wrote about an emerging trend of tools that mingle visual design and code in ways that are notably different from typical "screen design" tools for drawing pictures of screens and...
An Unopinionated Roundup of Current UX Research & UI Testing Tools
Updated: July 10, 2020. 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 September 21, 2020. 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...
On-Demand Design Companies Offering Agency-like Services with SaaS-like Pricing
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 typically became known and trusted for their leadership, teams, and...
Podcast Turf War is Inspiring Some Awesome A/V Editing Tools
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 demand is also inspiring some innovative tools popping up to...
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 workshop exercises such as card sorting...
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