The lies we tell ourselves as designers — and more UX links this week

The lies we tell ourselves as designers — and more UX links this week A weekly collection of UX links, brought to you by your friends at the UX Collective. The lies we tell ourselves as designers → What we say: "Let's look at it on Monday first thing in the morning with fresh eyes." What we mean: "Dude, it's Friday 5pm. I'm fried. You're fried. But let's not admit it." What ends up happening: Monday-first-thing-in-the-morning never happens. In most cases for the best. Continue reading Gestalt principles you can use as design solutions → I have always believed that Psychology and Design comprise User Experience. Our profession entails empathy whenever we deal with human needs whose our goal is to solve. And as I continue to dive deep into where Psychology comes in in the picture of Design, I then stumbled upon Gestalt Principles and how they can be incorporated in our design process. Continue reading Better words make better products → When you have several people writing for one single brand, how do you make sure that no matter where you interact with it, the words feel like they are coming from the same person? By Ashley Walls. Meeting design → If people are the one ingredient that all meetings have in common, there is one design constraint they all bring: their capacity to remember the discussion. That capacity lives in the human brain. By Kevin M. Hoffman. Inclusive design: 12 ways to design for everyone → Inclusive design considers as many people's needs and abilities as possible. It goes further than accessibility, which is specifically focused on people with disabilities and how to make sites or apps usable for them. By Oliver Lindberg. The nomadic designer: tips and tricks to work on the road → Have you ever wondered what it would be like to travel the world while working as a designer? It might sound like a dream, but all that glitters is not gold, and it might not be the right choice for you. By Javier 'Simón' Cuello. Constant small improvements pave the way to perfection → Baby steps forward. Constant iterations. Nonstop nudges in the right direction. That's how an empire is built. The path to success doesn't need to be sprinted. By B. Kaan KAVUŞTUK. From the community You're probably a better designer than you think — by Rory Macrae Dark patterns Facebook uses to stop you from deleting data — by Gorjan Jovanovski Design conferences are broken — but we can fix them — by Craig Phillips Working through design challenges in product design job interviews — by Tanner Christensen Creating a comprehensive user research report for your team — by Alina Cvetkova Stop using other people's design systems — by Alex MacDuff Working with the research funnel — by Emma Boulton What art school taught me about managing a business — by Ric Edinberg IoT for smart home: a case study — by Swati Choudhary How to improve your Sketch workflow to save time and mental effort — by Emanuel Serbanoiu News & ideas This Firefox extension creates a container that blocks Facebook from tracking you If you're thinking of deleting Facebook, don't forget to poison your data first Here's everything you need to know before you sign up for Facebook in regards to data collection and privacy — wait, is that too late? Apple's education event included a new iPad, a crayon stylus, classroom apps and more You think you're a perfectionist? Watch this video with the making of Isle of Dogs and try not to give up on your design career This is just delightful to watch: astronauts answer 50 of the most Googled space questions This experiment by Google searches artworks by color palette You use Airbnb; you get stellar reviews; then you transition genders — what happens next? Pandora introduces personalized playlists based on your individual musical tastes (???) Meeting Models: present like the hippest unicorn in town There's a museum solely focused on failures (and the tagline is "Come fail with us") IBM has created an entire website to present its new font Plex — really? Tools & resources Sketch2PDF: merge all your artboards into a single PDF file Hamburgers: a gallery full of tasty css-animated hamburger menus Text-to-speech: Google made its technology available in 30 different voices There: a Macbook plugin to see your coworkers timezones in one click Plaster: material design UI elements built into a Sketch symbol library Ualá: case study on designing a financial app Mobbin: a gallery with famous mobile design patterns BaseMVP emails you a startup idea everyday, that you can purchase with a simple bid MyStock: a growing gallery of free stock photos Monote lets you bookmark products to find them again later A year ago… The FAQs that got me more UX interviews → Last November, I decided to transition out of freelance user experience design. During my job hunt, I found myself needing to answer the same questions again and again. Here they are. Like the links? Forward the ♥ View in browser

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