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·Apr 24

Designing inclusive products for people, not diagnoses

Remember that inclusivity is about people, not objectives. Although inclusive design feels newer in the design community, disabled people and others who benefit directly from inclusive design have always been around. Emphasis on products designed both for non-disabled and disabled people, though, is a novel idea: previously, companies didn’t see…

Inclusive Design

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Designing inclusive products for people, not diagnoses
Designing inclusive products for people, not diagnoses

Published in Bootcamp

·Apr 18

Creating innovation-centered design processes

Breaking out of the problem > solution bubble. Sometimes, designing can feel like a trap even though it’s meant to be a source of innovation. …

Speculative Design

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Creating innovation-centered design processes
Creating innovation-centered design processes

Published in Bootcamp

·Apr 15

Decentralizing the web through integrated experiences

How user experience design changes as we develop new technologies. As a bit more of a traditionalist, I always cringe a little when I hear people talking about the “metaverse.” People seem to view it as this magic, VR-only, revolutionary technology that we’ve never experienced before. The idea of companies…

Web 3

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Decentralizing the web through integrated experiences
Decentralizing the web through integrated experiences

Published in Bootcamp

·Apr 12

Extending user experience design to new realities

How extended realities are impacting user experience design processes, responsibilities, and titles. Extended reality (XR) is one of the latest buzzwords in product design. It’s emerged out of necessity, acting as a bucket word for all of the other blank-R trends, including virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and mixed…

VR

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Extending user experience design to new realities
Extending user experience design to new realities

Aug 11, 2021

Budgeting from a financially unstable childhood

I was raised in a wildly financially unstable family. My parents were both self-employed and managed their own businesses and budgets entirely on their own. Especially during and after 2008, as my mom was an independent realtor, we didn’t always know when or if we’d have money in the bank…

Financial Planning

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Budgeting from a financially unstable childhood
Budgeting from a financially unstable childhood

Published in Bootcamp

·Aug 7, 2021

Navigating imposter syndrome in product management

What is a product manager, anyway? The field of product management, in the grand scheme of things, is incredibly new. The first appearance of the “product manager” title came in 1931 from Proctor and Gamble and was just a way to justify hiring more people. Once the two original product managers found something to do, their…

Product Management

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Navigating imposter syndrome in product management
Navigating imposter syndrome in product management

Published in Bootcamp

·Aug 2, 2021

An argument for neurodivergent product teams

About 1 in 4 adults have a diagnosable mental disorder or “neurodivergence.” While the exact definition of neurodivergence can vary depending on who you ask, generally, it can be defined as any variation from “normal” mental functioning. …

Diversity

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An argument for neurodivergent product teams
An argument for neurodivergent product teams

Published in Bootcamp

·Jul 29, 2021

What empathetic product management is really about

Recently, one of the hottest buzzwords in product management is “empathy.” Everyone wants an empathetic product manager. It sounds great on the surface — who doesn’t want to work with an empathetic manager? When a product team sits down to work on a product, though, empathy can take many forms…

Product Management

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What empathetic product management is really about
What empathetic product management is really about

Published in Bootcamp

·Jul 28, 2021

Finding your product manager superpower

As I undergo a career search as a product manager, I’ve been asked by multiple teams — “as a product manager, what’s your superpower?” This question can come in all shapes and sizes. “As a PM, what makes you unique?” “What makes you successful?” “Why should we hire you?” This…

User Experience

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Finding your product manager superpower
Finding your product manager superpower

Published in Communicode

·Jul 26, 2017

10 UX Mistakes You Need to Stop Making

And it’s not just the designer’s fault. Thinking that the content doesn’t matter if the design is good, or vise versa. Alright designers. You’re just as guilty here as your boss and project managers. Designers, we love to pour our heart and soul into our work, to design the most beautiful thing possible, then throw it at the content team (or even worse, be…

Design

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10 UX Mistakes You Need to Stop Making
10 UX Mistakes You Need to Stop Making
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