Look Back & Reflect On How Much I Have Grown As A Product Designer — As a designer, it is important to look back and reflect on the progress, and how much I have grown during the days. It is also interesting to look at the evolution of the same project I’ve worked on. In Jan 2017, I joined nanopay, a fin-tech startup aiming to…

Quick Starting Kit for New Designers — Responsive design is not a new thing, bu for new designers, it is not easy to start with. If you are not familiar with the concept, please get a refreshment here. Responsive Web Design makes your web page look good on all devices (desktops, tablets, and phones). Responsive Web Design…

A Guide for Those New to the Game For designers who don’t have a lot of practical experience in the actual design industry , especially the fresh graduates without enough design internships (like me 😅) and the brave adventurers just changed their paths from another industry, the FIRST design job is always a hurdle. Some of them can…

I finally updated my website domain — A few days ago, I received an email from the domain provider, telling me that my old domain “fairy.ca” is going to expire soon, with a bolded text starting with “Hello Fairy…”. Fairy? Yup, Fairy. This is the English name I have been using since I came to Canada. No…

Some learnings from ProductTank Toronto on July 26 This is a summary for ProductTank Meetup in Toronto on July 26 with the theme of Managing Products at Scale. As a product designer in a small team, I’m not an expert in management, but I do relate a lot to this…

Highlights of 0518 Event by DesignX I am so glad I was able to join this design career event organized by DesignX with the Toronto design community on May 18 at Sandbox by DMZ. Kirill Zakharov from Unsplash had a demo about the product journey, and there were great panelists…

Summary of a talk by Jason Reid in NowCommon Thank you for NowCommon to arrange this fantastic talk — Create Presentations the Sell by Jason Reid. You can find the introduction of Jason on the event page as well. This talk is aimed at inspiring entrepreneurs to speak about their…

Highlights from UX lightning talk in May Yesterday I participated in UX Lightning Talk in May and met 3 amazing presenters sharing their insights with us. They are: Avinash Raj, UX Design Manager at Canada Post David Asher Wilson, Former Design Director of Salon UK Flora Li, Director of UX…

Highlights from Agency vs. in-house content strategy by The Content Strategy Group TO What is content strategy? What is a content strategist? For those who clicked into this post, I assume you are as confused as me, wanting to know what all these are about. Please check the definition of…