Rating: B+ | Music | V 1.12 | Get it — YouTube’s new app provides a “More Killer, Less Filler” approach to experiencing their massive music collection. Theres a free version and a paid one via YouTube Red. Both tiers present a few custom stations based upon your interests, and much like Pandora, create ad hoc stations from songs you explicitly…

Please enjoy a short list of what I think are the best-looking “robotic” icons in Slack’s App Directory. I do use a couple of the bots listed here, however this is a purely visual roundup of cheeky well-designed icons. There’s some other good ones in Slack’s directory for sure, but the charm of these robot renderings pushed them to the top. To that end, I present my completely biased selection of the best “robotic” icons in the Slackbot ecosystem. Enjoy.

Rating: B+ | Health & Fitness | V 2.3.1 — Lark’s conversational experience is designed to help users monitor their diet and activity via daily prompts and short questions. Instead of detailed nutritional analysis, Lark tracks high level dietary and activity patterns and coaches users on how to eat better and stay active. The app has a friendly feel and…

I’m glad I finally took the time to read this seminal work on cognitive science and design by the influential author and professor Don Norman. This quote-list covers the book’s second version which was released in 2013. …

Designing for Touch by Josh Clark outlines how ergonomics, evolving interaction paradigms and legacy desktop experiences affect design decisions for multi-touch devices. The book didn’t cover a lot that was new to me, but it was still helpful to steep in the domain for a day. Of note, was the…

Having worked with startups for the past six years I’ve learned the value of making informed product decisions sooner than later. I’ve developed my research methodology through reading, doing and learning from others. I’m always looking for pragmatic ways to gain useful insights that’ll help me solve product or business…

I’ve been designing and building web apps for years now, but I’ve never taken the time to document how I approach greenfield projects. To help me consider my own process and provide others with insight into how I work, I’m going to walk through the way I approach app design. The problem …

If you’re like me you have a stack of biz cards on your desk from people you’ve met over the years. It often takes me a minute to reach out to the people behind the cards. During that time, it’s easy to forget who the cards are from. …