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* [[:Category: Work Ethics]] explains how we can be good healthy employees, managers, and independent workers | * [[:Category: Work Ethics]] explains how we can be good healthy employees, managers, and independent workers | ||
* [https://blog.intercom.com/an-interview-with-andy-budd/ An Interview with Andy Budd] at Intercom, also known as the first place I saw the Minimum Viable Pizza. | * [https://blog.intercom.com/an-interview-with-andy-budd/ An Interview with Andy Budd] at Intercom, also known as the first place I saw the Minimum Viable Pizza. | ||
* [https://www.aarronwalter.com/blog/lessons-learned-scaling-design-teams Lessons learned scaling design teams] by [[Aaron Walter]] | |||
==Accessibility== | ==Accessibility== | ||
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==Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning== | ==Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning== | ||
* [https://vkrakovna.wordpress.com/2018/04/02/specification-gaming-examples-in-ai/ Specification gaming examples in AI] by [[Victoria Krakovna]] links to a master list of times artificial intelligence and/or machine learning went horribly wrong, generally in the field of games. | * [https://vkrakovna.wordpress.com/2018/04/02/specification-gaming-examples-in-ai/ Specification gaming examples in AI] by [[Victoria Krakovna]] links to a master list of times artificial intelligence and/or machine learning went horribly wrong, generally in the field of games. | ||
==Bad Design== | |||
* [https://genders.wtf Genders, wtf?] explores bad design of gender requests in forms and beyond. | |||
==Branding== | ==Branding== | ||
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== Content Strategy == | == Content Strategy == | ||
''See [[:Category: Writing]] for fiction | ''See [[:Category: Writing]] for tools specific to writing fiction or nonfiction of the "this is a blog post / this is a book" variety.'' | ||
''See [[:Category: Copywriting]] for nonfiction/web/UX writing'' | ''See [[:Category: Copywriting]] for nonfiction/web/UX writing, especially around plain language, voice and tone, etc.'' | ||
[[:Category: Content Strategy]] contains an accumulation of content strategy related tools and lessons. | [[:Category: Content Strategy]] contains an accumulation of content strategy related tools and lessons. | ||
* [[Feedback Messaging]] -- I've written this info for like three different companies now, time to store it. | |||
==Copywriting== | ==Copywriting== | ||
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==Data Visualization== | ==Data Visualization== | ||
* [[Compound Interest]] is full of educational [[:Category:Science]] and Chemistry infographics. View the [https://www.compoundchem.com Compound Interest website]. | |||
* [https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/06/150619-data-points-five-ways-to-lie-with-charts/ A Quick Guide to Spotting Graphics that Lie] on [[National Geographic]] | * [https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/06/150619-data-points-five-ways-to-lie-with-charts/ A Quick Guide to Spotting Graphics that Lie] on [[National Geographic]] | ||
* [https://xkcd.com/1138/ XKCD 1138: Heatmap] points out you can lie with maps too. | * [https://xkcd.com/1138/ XKCD 1138: Heatmap] points out you can lie with maps too. | ||
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* [[Pagination]] | * [[Pagination]] | ||
===Forms=== | |||
* [https://adactio.com/journal/19842 Three attributes for better web forms] by [[Jeremy Keith]] | |||
===Form fields=== | ===Form fields=== | ||
* [[Buttons]] | * [[Buttons]] | ||
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* [https://medium.com/eightshapes-llc/team-models-for-scaling-a-design-system-2cf9d03be6a0 Team Models for Scaling a Design System] by [[Nathan Curtis]] on [[Medium]] | * [https://medium.com/eightshapes-llc/team-models-for-scaling-a-design-system-2cf9d03be6a0 Team Models for Scaling a Design System] by [[Nathan Curtis]] on [[Medium]] | ||
* [https://articles.uie.com/the-salesforce-team-model-for-scaling-a-design-system/ The Salesforce Team Model for Scaling a Design System] by [[Jina Bolton]] | * [https://articles.uie.com/the-salesforce-team-model-for-scaling-a-design-system/ The Salesforce Team Model for Scaling a Design System] by [[Jina Bolton]] | ||
* [https://superfriendlydesign.systems/tools/icons/ Design Systems Icons] by [[SuperFriendly]] for presenting design systems. | |||
==Email Design== | |||
* [https://www.enovapoint.com/blog/background-image-support-in-email-clients/ Background Image Support in Email Clients] by [[enovapoint]] | |||
== Examples == | == Examples == | ||
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==Gender issues in Design == | ==Gender issues in Design == | ||
*[https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/j5a753/design-bias-conference-chairs Dear Conference Organizers: You're Doing Chairs Wrong] by Rose Eveleth at Motherboard discusses how not-thinking about femme-presenting speakers and conference presenters can cause major frustrations around skirts and microphones. | *[https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/j5a753/design-bias-conference-chairs Dear Conference Organizers: You're Doing Chairs Wrong] by [[Rose Eveleth]] at [[Motherboard]] discusses how not-thinking about femme-presenting speakers and conference presenters can cause major frustrations around skirts and microphones. | ||
* [http://www.metafilter.com/166770/The-Unbearable-Pinkness-of-Bleeding The Unbearable Pinkness of Bleeding] on Metafilter | * [http://www.metafilter.com/166770/The-Unbearable-Pinkness-of-Bleeding The Unbearable Pinkness of Bleeding] on [[Metafilter]] | ||
== HTML, CSS, and JavaScript == | == HTML, CSS, and JavaScript == | ||
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* [[SVGs]] | * [[SVGs]] | ||
* [[Raster Image Optimization]] | * [[Raster Image Optimization]] | ||
* [https://illustrationsuniverse.com/ Illustrations Universe] - website full of illustrations from products | |||
==Recruiting== | ==Recruiting== | ||
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== Visual Hierarchy == | == Visual Hierarchy == | ||
* [https://accssible.com/2019/02/05/proper-ui-hierarchy/ Proper UI Hierarchy] on accssible discusses how flat interfaces damage visual hierarchy and provides some example CSS for correcting them | * [https://accssible.com/2019/02/05/proper-ui-hierarchy/ Proper UI Hierarchy] on accssible discusses how flat interfaces damage visual hierarchy and provides some example CSS for correcting them | ||
== Additional Resources == | |||
* [https://airtable.com/universe/expqM3OWZoJkjl7wy/monster-list-of-ux-books Monster List of UX Books] by [[Chris Oliver]] on his website | |||
Latest revision as of 18:30, 19 August 2023
I'm a UX Designer, so these are my UX Designer tools. (Also, there may be good things in Category: Behavior you want to read.)
User Experience Design
- Category: User Experience Design (UX) explains the definition and purpose of UX and the roles that fit into it
- Category: Design Principles explains the basic heuristics that shape design from a cognitive and gestalt point of view
- Category: Design Ethics explains how we can use the two above to not fuck up the world more than it already is and maybe even make it better
- Category: Work Ethics explains how we can be good healthy employees, managers, and independent workers
- An Interview with Andy Budd at Intercom, also known as the first place I saw the Minimum Viable Pizza.
- Lessons learned scaling design teams by Aaron Walter
Accessibility
Animation
- The ultimate guide to proper use of animation in UX by Taras Skytskyi aggregates a number of Design Principles regarding animation into one place.
- Building the Pencil Page by Jonnie Hallman explains what his thinking was and how he built Paper53's page on Pencil.
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
- Specification gaming examples in AI by Victoria Krakovna links to a master list of times artificial intelligence and/or machine learning went horribly wrong, generally in the field of games.
Bad Design
- Genders, wtf? explores bad design of gender requests in forms and beyond.
Branding
Color
See Tools and Colorblindness for more information on color.
Conferences
- Confs.tech is a full list of conferences in the tech industry.
Content Strategy
See Category: Writing for tools specific to writing fiction or nonfiction of the "this is a blog post / this is a book" variety. See Category: Copywriting for nonfiction/web/UX writing, especially around plain language, voice and tone, etc.
Category: Content Strategy contains an accumulation of content strategy related tools and lessons.
- Feedback Messaging -- I've written this info for like three different companies now, time to store it.
Copywriting
See Category: Writing for fiction-writing-specific tools. See Category: Content Strategy for content and publication strategies for the web
Category: Copywriting contains an accumulation of copywriting related tools and lessons.
Data Visualization
- Compound Interest is full of educational Category:Science and Chemistry infographics. View the Compound Interest website.
- A Quick Guide to Spotting Graphics that Lie on National Geographic
- XKCD 1138: Heatmap points out you can lie with maps too.
- Duarte's Diagrammer library contains thousands of diagrams for Powerpoint (and inspiration for everything else).
- How to Make a Dashboard That Doesn't Suck by Dylan Wilbanks explains the mindset behind most dashboards at most organizations and how you can make one that's useful.
- The Graphs section of Accessibility: Improving The UX For Color-Blind Users by Adam Silver on Smashing Magazine
- WTF Visualizations documents horrible infographics and charts.
Design Containers and Components
Page Frameworks and Layouts
See the Layouts section of Cascading Style Sheets
- How white space killed an enterprise app (and why data density matters) by Christie Lenneville and Patrick Deuley
- Building better UI Design with Layout Grids by Nick Babich on Smashing Magazine covers the basics of grids, their history, and grid theory for page layouts.
- Flexbox and Grids, your layout's best friends by Eva Ferreria at Aerolab describes using Flexbox and Grid in concert with each other for better page layouts.
Content Containers
Messaging and Notifications
- Category: Navigation
- Breadcrumbs
- Clean (Human-Readable) URLs
- Menus
- Mystery Meat navigation on Wikipedia
- Pagination
Forms
Form fields
Search
Tables
Design Systems
- List of Design Systems
- The most exciting design systems are boring by Josh Clark discusses why blowing away the existing system and starting fresh may be against your best interests. "The job is not to invent, but to curate."
- Front-End Style Guides by Anna Debenham
- Team Models for Scaling a Design System by Nathan Curtis on Medium
- The Salesforce Team Model for Scaling a Design System by Jina Bolton
- Design Systems Icons by SuperFriendly for presenting design systems.
Email Design
Examples
Design Visioning activities
- Product Vision by Joel Spolsky on his website
- Make the Commercial First by Steve Turbek on Boxes and Arrows
Freelancing/Consulting
- The Pause Clause by NGenWorks discusses an entry in their contracts that essentially says if the client is more than 10 days late with a deliverable, the project goes on hold until the client responds.
Gender issues in Design
- Dear Conference Organizers: You're Doing Chairs Wrong by Rose Eveleth at Motherboard discusses how not-thinking about femme-presenting speakers and conference presenters can cause major frustrations around skirts and microphones.
- The Unbearable Pinkness of Bleeding on Metafilter
HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
Iconography and Imagery
- Icons
- SVGs
- Raster Image Optimization
- Illustrations Universe - website full of illustrations from products
Recruiting
Sound Design
- A comforting lie tells the story of the background hiss you hear on digital phones, even though they don't produce the hiss.
Tools
- Tools
- Design Strategy
- Wordpress - Wordpress-specific tools for web work
Typography
User Behavior
User Research
Visual Hierarchy
- Proper UI Hierarchy on accssible discusses how flat interfaces damage visual hierarchy and provides some example CSS for correcting them
Additional Resources
- Monster List of UX Books by Chris Oliver on his website
Subcategories
This category has the following 15 subcategories, out of 15 total.
Pages in category "Design"
The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total.