UX Rules

May 20

[video]

May 19

jxnblk:

This is how you do mobile UX. (via @DuaneKinsey)

jxnblk:

This is how you do mobile UX. (via @DuaneKinsey)

May 17

How we rewrote the Kicksend web app in one month

Startups have a phase where the first generation of the product has to make way for the second. In our case, we set out to create
a wonderful experience for our users
a faster, leaner front end code base
a great foundation to build out new features faster
full article…

How we rewrote the Kicksend web app in one month

Startups have a phase where the first generation of the product has to make way for the second. In our case, we set out to create

full article…

When I notice a grammatical mistake in my email after I sent it, I’m like

runningastartup:

To the person in your office that gets on your last nerve..

99problemsbutapitchaintone:

When you realize the office Internet is down

adteachings:

Clearly, this is Happy GIF Week. See more – much more! – at 99problemsbutapitchaintone

May 15

“Clear content, simple navigation, and answers to customer questions have the biggest impact on business value. Advanced technology matters much less.” — Jakob Nielsen

May 14

startupquote:

No one gives a damn about the size of your to-do list.
- Ryan Freitas

startupquote:

No one gives a damn about the size of your to-do list.

- Ryan Freitas

Ask forgiveness, not permission

Here’s how AngelList employees work:

- Ask forgiveness, not permission
- You break it, you bought it
- S/he who codes, rules
- Low inventory
- Be real
- Sweat the details and corner cases
- You must code

May 11

“Only you know the value of your time. (Hint: it is greater than $0.) But the value of your work to a particular client depends on what the client has to gain from that work. And the client is not buying time from you. They are buying work. The value of that work is what you need to charge them for.” —

Mike Monteiro, in his book Design is a Job.

Designers - you are valuable. If you solve a $1,000,000 problem in 10 hours, don’t be afraid to charge $10K per hour.

(via paulmederos)

Government Digital Service Design Principles

Listed below are our design principles and examples of how we’ve used them so far. These build on, and add to, our original 7 digital principles.

  1. Start with needs*
  2. Do less
  3. Design with data
  4. Do the hard work to make it simple
  5. Iterate. Then iterate again.
  6. Build for inclusion
  7. Understand context
  8. Build digital services, not websites
  9. Be consistent, not uniform
  10. Make things open: it makes things better

https://www.gov.uk/designprinciples

When an investor suggests ways to become more viral, I’m like

runningastartup:

May 08

@bokardo’s Principles of User Interface Design

  1. Interfaces exist to enable interaction
  2. Clarity is job #1
  3. Conserve attention at all costs
  4. Keep users in control
  5. Direct manipulation is best
  6. One primary action per screen
  7. Keep secondary actions secondary
  8. Provide a natural next step
  9. Appearance follows behavior (aka form follows function)
  10. Consistency matters
  11. Strong visual hierarchies work best
  12. Smart organization reduces cognitive load
  13. Highlight, don’t determine, with color
  14. Progressive disclosure
  15. Help people inline
  16. A crucial moment: the zero state
  17. Existing problems are most valuable
  18. Great design is invisible
  19. Build on other design disciplines
  20. Interfaces exist to be used

» Get the details

May 07

linguisticallysmitten:

This is what I always tell people when they ask me what a UX designer does.

linguisticallysmitten:

This is what I always tell people when they ask me what a UX designer does.

saila:

Nice subtle transformational effect in The Aesthete, where an article’s splash page shifts into a photo gallery as readers scroll down the page. 

saila:

Nice subtle transformational effect in The Aesthete, where an article’s splash page shifts into a photo gallery as readers scroll down the page.