Published in Bootcamp·Updated Oct 8, 2022What’s after the canvas?Hey you, with the glowing rectangle in your face. Yeah, you. Do me a favor really quick and open a modern design tool, I’ll wait. . . . Sketch Photoshop XD Canva Figma Framer Corel … pick one, doesn’t matter. You’ll see why in a minute. . . . . …Design11 min readDesign11 min read
Published in UX Collective·Updated May 4, 2021Design prompts aren’t helping you“Design a new Login flow for a Food app” “Create an app for ride sharing” “31 days of Interactions” “Make icons for a shopping app” Dear new or aspiring UX or Product Designer, these aren’t helping you get a job — at least not like they could. Let me clarify…Design5 min readDesign5 min read
Published in UX Collective·Jan 10, 2020Figma’s killer feature hasn’t even been built yetLarge organizations are a maze. At each turn, projects are met with the mangled overgrown walls of “who”, “where”, and “what”. Who do I talk to about this? Who has done this before? Who is the expert? Who do I have to talk to to get something done?Design7 min readDesign7 min read
Published in UX Collective·Jul 16, 2019Design tools are holding us backThey’ve never been faster. They’ve never had more UI design-centric features. They’ve never enabled more effective collaboration. But design tools are still holding us back. Our tools are still using methods, workflows, and features from graphic and visual design. I get it though. A lot of UI designers come from…UX11 min readUX11 min read
Published in Prototypr·Nov 13, 2018Figma tips and tricksI started this document a while ago for the design team I’m on at Asurion, but I thought it would be helpful for others on the interwebs as well. Nothing here is advanced or anything, but it’s a help repo if nothing else. Have more to add? Have questions? …Design7 min readDesign7 min read
Published in Prototypr·Sep 11, 2018Stop handing off concepts and start designing real products with Webflow.I design products, prototypes, and interactions in Webflow. It’s throw-away code (mostly). It’s clunky for lots of screens. It’s slow to get started. It’s not super collaborative. It’s expensive for teams. The code it generates doesn’t really translate to React, Angular, or Native Apps. Yet I still can’t stop myself. …Design14 min readDesign14 min read
Apr 6, 2018Member-onlyI failed to build a design-driven cultureThis is a tough one to talk about, folks. This is not an aspirational post, or even one that will give advice on how to avoid my mistakes. I don’t think I can show exactly where I went wrong, or how I could have changed anything. There is no happy…Design6 min readDesign6 min read
Published in Figma Design·Nov 7, 2017What Tesla’s Model 3 UI reveals about its vision for the futureIf you’re a designer/car enthusiast this post is for you. I’ve broken down the details of the dashboard controls and interface of the Tesla Model 3, the first mass-market, touchscreen only electric car. …Cars8 min readCars8 min read
Published in Startups & Venture Capital·May 24, 2017You Are Going to Switch to FigmaI’ve read a lot of comparison articles about the two, but I don’t think they really do Figma justice. Some of them briefly mention the team features, the browserness, the components, and constraints, but they don’t really focus on how they’re better than versions in Sketch. At best, they make…Sketch14 min readSketch14 min read
Published in theuxblog.com·Jan 12, 2017Designers Are Full of Bad IdeasAll of my ideas are bad. Every. Single. One. And yet, I still keep having them. My brain is chalked full of inconsistencies, inaccuracies, & incomprehensible iterations of interactions. …Startup5 min readStartup5 min read
