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A new, non-scientific formula to design fidelity
Approaching your designs with this formula can enable you to target a specific aspect of the user experience that needs the most attention from your stakeholders. Focusing on the audience, conditions and purpose can help assist you to optimizing your design process
Co-authored with Andi Lozano , published via Medium | UX Collective, 2020
Designing for the perception of convenience
To meet expectation you must meet ones perception of an experience. Perception is the direct reaction to the expression, and in the case of AI, this known complexity and nuance is what we aim to design for.
Co-authored with Maui Francis, published via Medium, 2020
Designing in a complex and technical domain? Try this.
Dissect, discover, delight — repeat. Designers need to first follow common UX patterns to meet user expectations then focus on domain-specific use cases to create delightful signature moments.
Co-authored with Tina L. Zeng, published via Medium | UX Collective | IBM Design, 2019
Bridging the gap: An experimental tool for redlining your animations
Create a web-based tool for designers to deliver animation specs and usable markup, resulting in more accurate implementation in half the time.
Co-authored with Cameron Calder, published via Medium | Muzli, 2019
Keep your eye on the process, not the prize
I hate to break it to you, but not everything you make is going to be awesome. Listen — I’ll be the first to tell you that the nature of the design process can be incredibly frustrating. But perspective is key. Your product didn’t ship? Focus on what you learned while making it in the first place and apply those learnings to future projects that will ship.
Author, published via Medium | UX Collective, 2019
Becoming a better designer through prototyping
It’s all too common: you’ve spent countless hours ideating and designing something theoretical that ends up completely missing the mark in production. The truth is that it’s easy to get bogged down over the perfect snapshot of a product. But in order to level up your design chops, you need to focus on the interaction design. And you can achieve this through prototyping.
Author, published via Medium | UX Collective, 2018