Stuff my Momma taught me — My Mom gave me great advice when I began working. Always document your successes (and failures). But did I listen to her? Nope. Creating a portfolio has changed since I started designing. I‘m positive that I can dig up a printed portfolio from when I started from a cardboard box…

Or, “I’ve already tried that.” — This is what my method of design often is called. The first time I heard it, I have to admit, I took offense. I’m used to having my designs critiqued, and debating ideas, but my process? This was a first. It put me in a funk. On my next project…

A view of the process from research to wireframe — I received my first homework for a UX Design position. The homework that I took on was a dashboard. In hindsight, probably not the best project to take on unless you already have an intimate knowledge of the software you’re building it for or have a very detailed spec sheet to work from. Creating a dashboard with limited information just…

Maximizing new blogging platforms to grow an interested audience — Tiffany Warmowski The vast majority of any blogging tips will tell you to start with a platform such as Wordpress, Blogger, Tumblr, yada, yada. It’s wrong. Unless you have a business to attach the blog to, or have an existing audience waiting with baited breath for your next words, you…

It’s not all about drawing wireframes — Empathy. Yes, empathy! Empathy allows us to relate to others. And for design, to put ourselves in others’ shoes to try to understand how we can make the product we’re working on work for them. …