In one of my previous articles I wrote about ways to design for human attention. Attention is closely linked with working and short-term memory. However, this article is going to be focused on the entire human memory system. We have two main types of memory: short-term memory (STM) and long-term memory (LTM). In computer science terms, you might imagine short-term… Read More ￫

The VR age is rapidly approaching. When the world’s largest tech companies (Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Apple) are investing billions into VR development technologies, you know something big is on the horizon. Experts say that this VR revolution will be bigger than the advent of the mobile phone, and the first company to design a consumer virtual reality product that is adopted… Read More ￫

A deep dive into the most common UX design methods and techniques used by UX Designers for a better user experience

Over the last six months we’ve been collaborating with The Atlantic to bring three interactive articles to life. It was an amazing opportunity to work side-by-side with a talented, multidisciplinary and relentless publication team. We learned a lot. We set out to create an immersive, yet thoughtful reading experience and I’d like to share some of our insights that helped… Read More ￫

I’m passionate about sketching because I’ve seen immeasurable benefits from it. Whether that’s professionally through the development of my communication, problem solving, storytelling and design skills, or personally in terms of relaxation, improved creativity, greater awareness of the world around me, as well as increased empathy towards the real people who use digital products and services. All of which are… Read More ￫

7 am. The alarm is going off. You’re waking up. Taking a shower. Getting breakfast. Drinking your morning coffee, reading a paper, watching morning news or just simply talking to your family. But there is one issue with all this stuff – it never happens. It used to happen before, but not any longer. Before the mobile applications era came…. Read More ￫

Yesterday I was listening to a podcast and heard someone who was about to ask a question saying something along the lines of "..long time fan, first time caller…" and for some reason that got me thinking about Medium. I’ve been consuming content here for a long time but have never contributed myself with my 2 cents. Today is the… Read More ￫

The best products do two things well: features and details. Features are what draw people to your product. Details are what keep them there. And details are what actually make our app stand out from our competition. Microinteractions are one of the best techniques for giving delightful feedback. All roads lead to a human-centered design approach, where the user is… Read More ￫

In the hope you’ll find some joy and inspiration as I have, I would like to share my favourite podcasts in design, UX, tech and general interest. Why Audio Podcasts? I have recently rediscovered a media format I had totally lost out of sight, and some might even consider old-fashioned: Audio Podcasts. While inspirational and educational video or written content… Read More ￫

How my Sketch file started: a separate artboard for every type of Yammer thread. There were lots. Reducing our design handoff from 30 mockups to just one I’ve recently begun working on a design revamp of Yammer’s Android app, beginning with conforming all Yammer conversations to a 4px vertical grid for better readability. Because a single misaligned pixel could throw off the… Read More ￫

As designers, we create user flows and give them to developers, product managers, clients, and sometimes even users for testing. At its best, a user flow is a concise, clean, and compelling way to showcase the scope and vision of your application before it is developed. Oftentimes user flows are the key piece of documentation that we provide developers to… Read More ￫

We’ve added some great new features and improvements in November that cover better organisation and performance. Many of the features we work on each month come directly from your feedback to our customer team and via our public feature request board. Keep them coming! Shared folders We launched folders to help you quickly organise personal work for different flows, projects… Read More ￫