Jun 28Member-onlyDaily UX Writing ChallengeDay 1: Cancelled Flight Alerts This is the first challenge of the 15-day UX Writing Challenge presented by Daily UX Writing. Scenario: A traveler is in an airport waiting for the last leg of a flight home when their flight gets abruptly canceled due to bad weather. Challenge: Write a message from the airline app notifying them…Ux Writing3 min read
Jun 3Member-onlyThe Editorial ProjectIronhack UXUI Bootcamp — Week 4 For week 4, we’re looking at creating responsive designs. Deliverable: UX/UI research and Hifi design for a responsive (phone, tablet, mobile) magazine website The Brief: The project had a slightly different starting point. We were presented with a user persona and the brief was: “design a platform…Ironhack4 min read
Apr 11Member-onlyAdd a featureIronhack UXUI Bootcamp — Week 3 And just like that, we’re in the week 3 of the bootcamp! For this week, we’re to add a feature to an existing app. …UX Design4 min read
Apr 8Member-onlyE-commerce ProjectIronhack UXUI Botcamp — Week 2 Week 2 already?! When did that happen? We were warned that the Ironhack Bootcamp would be intense, however it was not possible to really picture the intensity until it started. Having said that, I do feel like my learning and understanding of the subject…UX Design3 min read
Apr 8Member-onlyWicked Problems ProjectIronhack UXUI Botcamp — Week 1 The bootcamp started intense, as described, and we received our very first challenge on Day 1. We were split into groups of four, and assigned a brief of a problem to solve. The group I’m in received the following brief: The solution to the…Ux Design Process5 min read
Mar 13Member-onlyIronhack Pre-work_Challenge 2: WireframingLearning wireframes via reverse engineering A wireframe is commonly used to layout content and functionality on a page which takes into account user needs and user journeys. Wireframes are used early in the development process to establish the basic structure of a page before visual design and content is added. …UX Design4 min read
Mar 13Member-onlyDesign Thinking Challenge :Ironhack UX Design Pre-work Challenge 1: Design Thinking — Citymapper — Citymapper is a public transit app and mapping service. It displays transport options, usually with live timing, between any two locations in a city (as long as the city is supported). The app was founded in 2011 in London, and I was introduced it by a friend (who lives in…UX Design7 min read
Oct 10, 2020Member-onlyWhat I learned from Digital MinimalismAnd why I will never use Social Media the same way again — Up until recently my social media use was pretty typical. I’d check it during coffee breaks at work, on the platform while waiting for my Ubahn, and every ‘free’ minute of my day. I didn’t place any limitations or boundaries on how I used it. The concept of boundaries for…Digital Minimalism7 min read
Jul 29, 2020Member-onlyI Stopped Dieting and Regained my HealthHow 3 simple habits changed my relationship with food — I say this as a (finally) mostly happy, healthy weight, young woman whose teens and twenties were a roller coaster of poor choices and poor health: To hell with the absurdity of diet culture, ‘calorie needs’ that don’t take different body types into account, weight stigma, feeling ‘not good enough’…Healthy Habits6 min read
Published in Crow’s Feet·Jul 22, 2020Member-onlyComing Home to My BodyAnd why I’m glad to be in my thirties — I was a chubby kid, then a chubby teen, and finally a chubby adult. I wasn’t ever fat, just a couple of kilos overweight. I did get some attention from boys but I was never the “hot girl.” …Accepting Yourself5 min read
