technology
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There’s More Than One Way to Solve a UX Problem
When I first think about coming up with solutions to a problem, my mind immediately goes to brainstorming. You identify the problem, start listing ideas, and eventually choose the one that seems the best. But after learning more about ideation,… Continue reading
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Finalizing My Digital Reading Journal
Over the past three weeks, I’ve been working on creating my own digital reading journal using Notion. What started as a basic database for tracking books has turned into a fully designed journal with reading challenges, monthly recaps, reading statistics,… Continue reading
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What App Reviews Teach Us About UX Design
When I download an app, I usually look at its overall rating before deciding whether it’s worth trying. If an app has almost five stars, I automatically assume it must be pretty good. However, after looking through App Store reviews… Continue reading
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Why Your First Version Shouldn’t Be Your Final Version
When creating a digital product, it is easy to feel like the goal is to get everything right on the first try. When I started building my digital reading journal in Notion, I was mainly focused on making sure everything… Continue reading
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Choosing the Right Tools Can Make or Break a Digital Product
When I first started thinking about what my digital product was going to be, I was mostly focused on what I wanted the final product to look like. I knew I wanted to create some sort of a digital reading… Continue reading
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Five Empathy Research Methods Designers Can Use
When designing a product or experience, it can be easy to assume that we already know what people want. We might think we understand a user’s problem because we possibly have experienced something similar ourselves. The problem is that our… Continue reading
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The Best Digital Products Start by Solving Simple Problems
When people think about creating a digital product, I feel like it is easy to immediately think of some huge, original idea. We might picture creating an app with tons of different features, a full online course, or a platform… Continue reading
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How the Three Levels of Processing Shape Web Design: Airbnb vs. Ticketmaster
When people think about web design, they often focus on whether a website looks good or not. While appearance definitely matters, a successful website has to do much more than just be appealing to the eye. The website users form… Continue reading
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How Spotify and Target Use UX Design Skillfully
Every time we use a website, we have certain expectations about how it is supposed to work. We expect buttons to be clickable, icons to symbolize something familiar to us, and also for the website to respond in the way… Continue reading
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How Behavioral Economics and Perception Shape Modern Design
When Design Turns Humanized A designer’s greatest challenge isn’t the color palettes or the fonts, but it’s human psychology. Whether someone taps a button on their screen, reads a headline, or scrolls past a product entirely depends on how their… Continue reading
