Good design is subjective and can’t necessarily be measured. However Rams attempted to express what he believed to be the most important principles for design. These principles have become iconic and have inspired designers across the world. As good design cannot be measured in a finite way he set about expressing the ten most important principles for what he considered … Read the rest

5 prototyping techniques to help get message across without getting lost in the weeds.

https://uxdesign.cc/how-i-prototype-to-communicate-not-complicate-in-figma-90040bc3cf1e

https://uxdesign.cc/the-age-of-agile-must-end-bc89c0f084b7

1. Auto layout and smart animated components are a match made in heaven

Let’s start with my favourite one that will surely blow mind. So Figma becomes really powerful when you combine auto layout, interactive components and smart animate. Think about it, auto layout will automatically fill up any freed space. So if you are creating interactive components with … Read the rest

The many deaths of UX design
How UX was proclaimed dead (again), what do AI and Elon Musk have to do with it, and what poses a real treat to the discipline of design.

https://uxdesign.cc/the-many-deaths-of-ux-design-85a255e3676f

Designing for AI means designing for a human-machine relationship that is in flux. This is in contrast to non-AI design where the relationship is static.

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Data tables vary in size, complexity, content and purpose. Regardless of use-case all well-designed data tables provide clarity on the information presented and help users make insights and take action.

Table Style

When deciding how to style and format the table, prioritize readability and remove any visual clutter that may distract the eye.

1. Choose The Best Row Style

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integration of GPT3 into google sheets

This is a simple add-on to Google Sheets that, given only row and column headings for a table, can fill out that table with no further input from the user.

This is done using OpenAI’s GPT3 artificial intelligence. While there is no guarantee the tool will give accurate information, anecdotal evidence suggests that it … Read the rest

Conducting high quality, rigorous research is tough, regardless of how seasoned you are, because each research project is completely unique. In addition to actually doing the research itself, aggregating and organizing research notes can be overwhelming. Making sense of research data during synthesis and writing up a research report takes a lot of time. And if you don’t organize research … Read the rest

Balsamiq

Balsamiq Studio has a unique sketching style that is hard to mistake for anything else. If you’re searching for a rapid low-fidelity prototyping tool that you can learn in no time, look no further. The first version of Balsamiq was released in June 2008, and now the tool comes in 3 versions — web, desktop app, and plugin. Balsamiq … Read the rest