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How to choose the right career path for you. You are Jean-Claude Van Damme. You’re straddling two 18-wheelers careening through space while doing the splits. It’s very difficult, your groin hurts, and you could really use a strawberry Pop-tart… Here’s the question that has brought on all the pain and Pop-tart cravings: “Do I continue […]
There are several ways products can improve a keyboard user’s experience with indentation. Let’s talk about them. One of the more foundational experiences in a digital product is the ability to format text: creating paragraphs, adding lists, or providing emphasis for certain words or phrases. All of this adds texture to the reader’s experience and […]
Your users want results, not compromises. Photo by Andre Frueh on Unsplash Your design team is pushing for simplification to make users’ lives easier. Your sales team is advocating for power features to close deals. Your customer success team is demanding both — a clearly impossible feat. You’re stuck between the proverbial rock and hard […]
When organizing and setting up your home, smart home appliances are essential. If you’re a tech-savvy homeowner seeking convenience, efficiency, and a touch of modern elegance in your home, then you need to collect a few worthy smart appliances. From intelligent control panels to portable smart assistants, we have curated a collection of nifty devices […]
3. One error icon has been used on the step node, and the same icon has been used in the right panel where the tool suggests how the user can fix the step 4. And the fourth observation is a typical input field level error message “Please complete this required field”. Looking at the complexity […]
While the UX community has quickly embraced Large Language Models as design tools, we’ve largely overlooked their more profound implications. Now, as AI agents become integrated throughout our digital products, we face a fundamental transformation: these systems are evolving from tools into active participants in our digital environments, and we need to design for them. […]
Retro designs in technology continue to be a strong trend, from retro consoles to instant cameras to record players. Most of these products try to update the classic aesthetics to modern standards, reinterpreting them without straying too far from the original. In other words, they’re mostly modern devices simply paying homage to the past. There […]
How to present your work when it isn’t visually stunning Photo by Thirdman: https://www.pexels.com/photo/light-person-holiday-vacation-6533509/ “I’m not sure what to do. There seems to be a heavy emphasis on Visual Design,” a designer complained, reminding me of where I struggled years ago. There’s no getting around it: many organizations nowadays prioritize visuals. Applying to specific jobs […]
Ever dream of strumming on stage like Taylor Swift or effortlessly playing like John Legend? But music theory, chord structures, and difficult-to-master instruments make things tough? That’s where the LAVA GENIE comes in – a new-age guitar that ditches strings for touch-sensitive pads, powered by an AI that makes learning, playing, and sampling music easier. […]
Business as usual? No. 13 min read · 11 hours ago Three years ago, during the hard Covid lockdown in The Netherlands, the news arrived at our company; we were going to be acquired by a competitor. At that point, my reference to company acquisitions was Meta buying Instagram or movies depicting evil corporations pushing […]