Published inUX Collective·Aug 19, 2020Member-onlyDifferent is better than betterFrom Teacher to Product Designer. — That’s what Sally Hogshead shares in her book Fascinating. She speaks about how “better” keeps you chained to the same old way of working as your competition. It pays off to be different because true innovation doesn’t arise from just trying to be better than another. At the company I…UX Design6 min readUX Design6 min read
Jul 15, 2019The Language of IconsI have had the unfortunate pleasure of having to rewatch the first forty minutes of The Emoji Movie five times while I was a teacher. While the film didn’t match my personal tastes, I still recall the scene where a teacher speaks about hieroglyphics and how they were an ancient…Design5 min readDesign5 min read
Published inUX Planet·Jul 8, 2019The Deal Behind Amazon’s Patterns and FlowsI, admittedly, do not make many purchases online. When it comes to clothes, I prefer going in stores because I somehow always manage to buy the wrong size online. The idea of buying groceries online seems bizarre because what if they give me all the bad produce? …UX5 min readUX5 min read
Jul 1, 2019Champion for Usability and AccessibilityA break down of the who, what, when, where, and why of usability and accessibility in design during a modern day digital world. What? Usability is the “ease of use of an interface, or how easily people can learn and use your product.” …Accessibility3 min readAccessibility3 min read
Jun 24, 2019The Passing of MoviePassThese were my very words when I was first alerted about MoviePass. $90 for a year of unlimited movies? How could this not be a scam? A ticket at my local AMC came out to be $6.89 if I went first thing in the day. That meant that so long…Movies3 min readMovies3 min read
Jun 23, 2019Kids with Cash: Design Thinking“How would you design an ATM for children?” It’s funny how the world works. This was the task given to me by my UX class — the very class I had taken on to move away from my path as a teacher. …Education5 min readEducation5 min read
Jun 21, 2019Users Are Not Product Designers“The customer is always right.” It’s a motto that has been around since the early 1900s. It was a revolutionary notion at the time that changed the way businesses interacted with their customers. Of course these days, this slogan is disputable. A Google search of the phrase will show that…UX2 min readUX2 min read
Jun 17, 2019The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Analyzing DesignPenny Juice. I remember it to this day with its atrociously bright colors. When I first showed the website to my web design students, there was a collective sound of repulsion and dramatic screeching. …UX3 min readUX3 min read