Author: oz
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TUT #41: The Design of Numeric Keypads, Avoiding Multi Column Layouts and The Trouble with NPS Scores
YUP, UX COURSES ARE ON SALE THIS WEEK Use code TAKEFIFTY for $50 off UX Fundamentals, UX Portfolio Course 2.0 and Master the UX Interview. Use code TAKE500 for $500 the entire UX School Bundle. Codes expire this Friday 9/21! HOW DID THE NUMERIC KEYPAD COME TO BE? The numeric keypad is perhaps one of…
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TUT #40: Difficult Data, Designing with Code and WeChat’s “Mini Programs”
TUT is a UXBeginner publication, curating the best UX news & training worth reading. DESIGNING WITH DIFFICULT DATA This article is another great reminder to NOT use lorem ipsum and avoid what most designers do: picking data that “fit” your designs. Writing with real data helps account for edge cases, and create more flexible designs: Highlight:…
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TUT #39: Landing Pages Trends in 2018, Quantitative Research, and the Senior Designer Checklist
Small announcement: I’m redesigning the UXBeginner.com homepage. Try clicking that big button :) It leads to 5 new resources I’ve created to career transitioners. THE STATE OF LANDING PAGE DESIGN (2018) This cheeky-yet-insightful article covers new trends in landing page design, notably the use of abstract illustrations. I happen to be a huge fan of this…
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TUT #38: Personalization, Voice Interaction and Preventing Suicide the Modern Way
HOW GOV.UK IS HANDLING VOICE INTERACTIONS Read this fascinating article on voice search and what the UK’s digital arm is doing about it. It’s interesting that one of the big challenges is to make content more easily understandable by search engines, with schema.org structured data as a potential solution. The need to design for voice…
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TUT #37: UX Resume Tips, 2018 Remote Work Report and Is the Party Over for UX?
A DESIGNER’S JOURNEY INTO FACEBOOK DESIGN Garron Engstrom writes a detailed account of how he started at Mitchell International, then Intuit, and finding his way into Facebook Design. Some great thoughts about being a generalist versus specialized designer: Highlight: “What is your dream company? Find out about their hiring practices. Do they hire specialists or…
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TUT #35: Should you pay for a UX Course (updated), Are designers too good at self promotion, and What is a Service?
ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM THE UXBEGINNER BLOG Thanks a TON to everyone who filled out last week’s UX Career Survey. I’m silently rebuilding UXBeginner and UX School from the ground up, and these responses are truly helping me shape the next wave of resources to come. The process of creating this survey came as a surprise to me.…
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TUT 36: Experience Rot, Design is Crypto’s Killer App and New Ecommerce Design Guideline
UX + CRYPTO = LOVE When new technologies and platforms come online, that means new opportunities for tech workers…and UX designers are no exception. Read from Coinbase’s Design Director Why Design Is The Killer App of Crypto. I love how she relates the development a new technology – automobiles – to the same challenges that…
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Should You Pay for a UX Design Course?
Relevant: here’s a curated list of the best free and paid UX courses. Prospective UX designers often wonder whether they should spend money on UX classes. Get an informed decision by considering the 2 dimensions of free vs paid courses and in-person vs online training: Free Online UX Courses (skip to section) Paid Online UX Courses (skip to…
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To transition into UX, don’t ignore your past
2 things surprise me about students transitioning into UX. The first is their diversity of backgrounds. I’m talking architects, nurses and engineers. The second is that they often dismiss their prior professions. “How do I transition into UX from a TOTALLY different background?” As a UX career coach, I challenge my students on this. “Is…
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TUT 34: The 25% Social Phenomenon, Rise of Content Design and Surprisingly Good Ecommerce Search
According to this short 2 min video from UPenn, about one quarter of an entire group is enough to create an inflection point to change the behavior of the rest of the group. Read this Co.Design article for a further breakdown: Highlight: “When a community is close to…large-scale social change…just by adding one more person, and…