This is so true. IMHO most of these repetitive work should be automated. It is unlikely that we'll be asking AI to "build me an onboarding. Rather, we should be asking the machine for 3 options to arrange this layout, or detect inconsistencies across 200+ artboards, or consolidate repetitive components and styles. This will free up our time to do the human thinking of understanding the problem from a place of empathy for the people we design for.

Noise makes it hard to get stuff done — We need every bit of focus in order to produce great work. Yet we are surrounded by an army of distractions robbing us of our precious mental energy. From notifications to busy interfaces, it’s never been harder to tune out the noise and focus. Here are some tactics that I’ve…

A lot of things have to happen for an idea to make it into the real world. There is a gap in time between an idea and its execution. I like to call it the Idea-to-action (ITA) time. There are important observations to make on both ideas and actions. Let’s…

In-file, UX documentation is a layer of information that isn’t part of the design itself but helps everyone to understand it better. — The benefits of great UX documentation are too good to ignore It provides “Organizational memory”. Especially in larger teams, folks end up solving the same problem multiple times, repeating mistakes, and not really learning from them It helps new hires get up to speed. Making them more productive more quickly, and helping them integrate faster into the team

Getting rid of the annoying ‘name’ table usability error. — I started running into issues with some fonts since upgrading to macOS Ventura. The biggest issue for me happened when I tried installing Metro Sans, a paid font we use at Synq. And only with some weights, which seemed random to me. Font Book kept blocking the font and throwing…

This is a collection of shortcuts and tricks I’ve gathered over the years. I use most of these on a daily basis to speed up my workflow. — Default shortcuts Most of these work in Brave as well. Select URL Command L New tab Cmd T Go to the next tab Ctrl Tab Go to the previous tab Ctrl Shift Tab Go back / forward Cmd [ / ] Refresh page Cmd R Bookmark page Cmd D Go to a…

Why is it such a common design decision to use dotted canvases? And what is a digital canvas anyway? — Miro and FigJam, two of the most popular whiteboarding tools, have dots in their background. These dots get closer or farther from each other depending on your level of zoom. Why is it such a common design decision to use dotted canvases? And what is a digital canvas anyway? What are digital canvases?

When less is usually —but not always— more — When we’re designing an app’s information architecture, whether we’re aware of it or now, we draw a line between the discoverability of options and cognitive load. In order words, we’re thinking about the information density of the product. Less is usually more I’ve spoken about reducing cognitive load in the past and how it…

One of the most essential parts when trying to get organizational buy-in for a design system initiative is articulating the benefits it will bring to the business. The three main benefits of design systems Just like a set of LEGO bricks, a Design System will provide your team with a limited number of components with shared characteristics. …