Should designers know how to crypto?

Weekly curated resources for designers who are both thinkers and makers. The UX Collective Newsletter A newsletter by UX Collective February 22, 2021  •  4 min read  •  View in browser Should designers know how to crypto? Weekly curated resources for designers who are both thinkers and makers. If you're a designer and you also love researching things, you should probably buy some cryptocurrency. The goal of this exercise should be to familiarize yourself with a future that's happening around us right now. As a designer, you should know how transactions work, what are the fees, how you can exchange one crypto asset into another. It's like learning to use the iPhone for the very first time in 2007 — exciting and a little bit scary at the same time. Here's why being crypto literate in 2021 is going to be essential. Should designers know how to crypto? → By Michal Malewicz The UX Collective is an independent ad-free design publication that elevates unheard design voices, reaching over 411,600 designers every week. Curated by Fabricio Teixeira and Caio Braga. Editors' picks Things I wish candidates would ask → Wasting limited interview time with basic questions is a major missed opportunity. By Nati Asher Are workshops ruining the UX design world? → No, workshops do not "democratize design". By Zach Hill What does "after UX" even mean? → How viral top-of-the-iceberg advice could do more harm than good. By Yichen He Have you noticed how much of the world now looks like an Apple store? So what happens after minimalism? Food for thought How to put faith in UX → "This is depressing and I'm sorry. It's not entirely your fault that we're in this situation. Design culture has always been self-aggrandizing. Something rarely mentioned in design schools or books is the possibility that good design may have little impact on why some businesses succeed or not." How SEO Is gentrifying the internet → "Since the 1990s, SEO marketing has been a lucrative pursuit for the world's most scruple-free douchebags. The gentrification of Google's search results might seem like a minor annoyance, but it has grave implications for the future of an open internet." The right right thing to do → "However, this familiar view ignores the fact that, in many cases, the problem is not how best to override or silence one's dark side, but how to cope with having too many good or morally neutral demands on your limited time, energy, or resources." A new, revolutionary UI is just around the corner — here are the signs. Little gems this week Instagram can't touch the visual glory of blank VHS tapes → By Antony Terence Designing around bad actors and dangerous actions → By Karl Wiegers Why designers should embrace small wins → By Jovan Rocanov More top stories: A 30–60–90 day plan for product designers → By Arturo Ríos A few other things for your accessibility checklist → By Ryan Tan Log-in to unsubscribe: An illegal UX practice that needs to end → By Sajid Saiyed Tools and resources GitHub Skyline → Visualize your GitHub story in 3D. Ray.so → Turn your code snipped into a nice visual asset. Accessibility overlay → Should I add an accessibility overlay to my website? We believe designers are thinkers as much as they are makers. So we created the design newsletter we have always wanted to receive. Feel free to forward this to your friends. From The UX Collective Newsletter A newsletter by UX Collective A weekly, ad-free newsletter that helps designers stay in the know, be productive, and think more critically about their work. More from this newsletter View in browser

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