Weekend Reading — Maps, Pants, Stand Ups, and Unicorns

I made a Google Maps version of Westeros Design Objective Amazing Chat Interface Inspiration Person to person, group messaging, conversational commerce, lots of goods here. Dropdown alternatives for better (mobile) forms For many interactions, you're better off not using a dropdown, especially on mobile devices. This article goes

Weekend Reading — Move in any direction

@Distinctboxes "Cambodian artist Visoth Kakvei Is Taking Doodling To Another Level." Design Objective Boost Your UX with These Successful Interaction Design Principles "There’s a fine line between an interaction that works and one that is unusable. Interaction design principles help bridge the divide." Dos and

Weekend Reading — Emotional support animal

@ImACultHero "Just learned that Cheetahs are really nervous animals, and some zoos give them "support dogs" to relax" Design Objective @sortino Cynical, but sometimes we need a dose of that: The Ten Principles of Good Design: 2017 Tech Industry Edition 😂 The 1,000 Floor Elevator: Why

Weekend Reading — Low Budget Reboot

Craig Pearson "I'd watch this low budget Firefly reboot" Design Objective Remove to Improve Fantastically illustrates how to improve every visualization by simply taking things out. Whether it's charts, tables, or maps. Tools of the Trade How we got 1,500 GitHub stars by

Weekend Reading — Relationship Saving Station

Redditors design worst volume sliders possible. Design Objective Writing for UX: some practical tips A few simple writing tips to keep in mind when writing for user experience. Cultural Blind Spots in UX Designing for international markets is about understanding the nuances, starting with how cultures look at web pages

Weekend Reading — Keeping an eye on it

Alta. man mowing lawn during tornado was 'keeping an eye on it' 😮 Design Objective In the future, design principles won’t be about design Leveling up: But as the industry evolves and concepts such as simplicity, consistency and accessibility become unquestionably valuable, design principles will be more about

Weekend Reading — Summer's back!

Christoph Niemann "Summer's back!" (more fun 2.5D art on his Twitter) Design Objective Product Design Exercises We Use At WeWork Interviews The "Dribbblisation of Design" gets us pretty, but useless products. Here are 17 exercises you can do to hone your product thinking

Weekend Reading — :x is the hardest problem in computer science

Stack Overflow: Helping One Million Developers Exit Vim Design Objective Better Form Design: One Thing Per Page A case study in improving UX by focusing on one task per page. And 16 reasons why you'd want to do that: 16. When we’re designing a complex flow, breaking

Weekend Reading — It works!

Ⓒⓐⓡⓞ "the best laptop stickers 😂" Design Objective Craft by InVision Build prototypes directly inside Sketch. Ben Schwarz: Real world connectivity: Beyond the bubble "We need to stop optimizing for $3000 computers on a fast connection." Josh Clark Q: Where's the fold in web design? A: