Articles
A Manifesto by Christoph Niemann — 10 rules for drawing from the acclaimed illustrator (also works for design).
AI for UX: Getting Started – Use generative-AI tools to support and enhance your UX skills — not to replace them.
Experience threat modelling – How to run a workshop to think about all the ways a system can be misused and the problems they cause to the user experience.
7 bad UI design examples you can learn from – Real-life examples of what not to do.
6 ways to get more out of your order confirmation page – Supplemental components that can reduce friction and further engage the customer.
Cookie permissions 101 – Cookie permissions need to follow the law and strike the balance between respecting user privacy and being user-friendly.
Cool tools
Vectorpea – New web-based vector drawing tool from the creator of Photopea. Able to open and edit pretty much any file format including Illustrator, Sketch, Figma and Affinity.
Font.fish – A browser based tool for visualising and exploring thousands of fonts.
UX research briefing template – A template to help you think through your UX research needs.
Monaspace – New coding font family from Github. Includes language-specific ligatures and texture healing, a way to improve the kerning of monospaced fonts.
Cool stuff
Muted.io – A magical collection of interactive music theory tools & visual references to learn music online for free.
Needs more boom – Enter your favourite movie scene and have it rewritten as if by Michael Bay.
Internet Artifacts – A collection of some of Internet’s firsts, including the first spam email, first MP3, first website and more.
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