Weekend Reading — Page 7

finestmarxman 🔥 🎙 FYI: I'm on vacation for the next couple of weeks, going to hang around England and Poland. Weekend Reading will be back April 28. Design Objective Here’s everything I’ve learned from designing 10,000+ UI screens as a lead product designer Nothing new, but very

Weekend Reading — Soul-Crushing Meeting

Fisher Price is getting it right 😭 Tools of the Trade There Keep track of who's working in what timezoe. Sasha Laundy 💯 "All code examples MUST work on copy-paste" was a core rule of Twilio docs in the early days. Played a huge role in successful developer

Weekend Reading — When the deadline comes too close

Franck D. Nijimbere "When the deadline comes too close" Design Objective A Guide to Information Architecture This: Having a single document that delivers a simple and understandable representation of how the application or website works is vital for developing new features, updating existing ones, and for seeing what

Weekend Reading — You need to buy a drink first

A literal world map A map of the literal translations for the names of the world’s countries. Design Objective Designing Jank-Free Apps How to design iOS apps with less (or no) visual glitches. Marc Hemeon: Design is not art Whether you're a designer, thinking of becoming one,

Weekend Reading — Get down with Paul Revere

Idea Software algorithms illustrated in the style of Ikea assembly instructions. Design Objective Good to great UI animation tips Simple and delightful animations for UI micro-interactions. The microcopyist: cancellation, confirmation, conflagration Writing microcopy for destructive actions. macOS 11 concept Yes, please. (h/t Christopher G) Tools of the Trade The

Weekend Reading — What if you didn't?

Real life charts Creatively made with real life objects. Design Objective 7 Practical Tips for Cheating at Design "Improving your designs with tactics instead of talent." 🤔 Designing Farrago Rogue Amoeba's new soundboard app, with its unique UI metaphor. Introducing C.A.R.E. – a simple framework

Weekend Reading — Cat just rang the doorbell

Lulu Cheng "I got 99 tabs but I generally know where things are" Design Objective Jules Forrest Brilliant. "Visual design crash course in roughly twenty seconds." 5 Rules for Designer-Engineer Collaboration Helping designers and engineers work together. OH no Type Co "EVERYBODY FALL IN LINE!

Weekend Reading — The tiger is out

hegemony snickett "...I think about how good this poem is at least twice a day." Design Objective meg "So here’s a thing I still have to remind myself basically every time I make an icon" Matt Adereth Pro tip: Radia Perlman told the perfect story

Weekend Reading — The importance of specificity

shley Mayer "We were promised flying cars, we got...a valuable lesson in the importance of specificity. 💁" Design Objective Laws of UX The core laws of UX, beautifully illustrated. How to improve your design process with copy docs How does your team manage copy? A copy doc is