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The user experience of public restrooms

Before this pandemic, I used to go to cafes quite often. When I did, I would do my work, read books, or just chill out, with a nice cup of…

4 min readJul 12, 2020

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The author is shocked to see many people don’t wash their hands in public rest rooms.

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12 traits of a great UX designer

Many people seem to struggle finding out whether UX is the right fit for them, especially when considering a career switch from a…

7 min readJun 9, 2020

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Conceptual diagram showing the side A of the coin is knowledge and skill, while the side B is traits and mindset.

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Competitive analysis: how to approach it effectively

Competitive analysis of UX— if you do it with the right approach, you can learn a lot of things, which will greatly benefit your UX work.

5 min readMay 28, 2020

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An illustration showing a UX designer working on competitive analysis.

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The importance of process documentation in a UX project

When I am working on a UX project, things can easily get messy with bunch of sketches, flows, wireframes, user research data, notes…

6 min readMay 24, 2020

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A conceptual diagram showing that a process documentation is in progress as the author work on a UX project.

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UX/PM/engineer collaboration — a critical factor for a product’s success

Many UX educations tend to put UX in isolation, and disregard the importance of UX/PM/engineer collaboration.

10 min readMay 12, 2020

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A diagram conceptually showing a criticality of UX/PM/engineer collaboration.

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Not so fancy (but meaningful) enterprise UX work

Aspiring to-be-UX designers tend to focus their attention on fancy, shiny user interfaces of popular products and services from Apple…

13 min readMay 9, 2020

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An image of AppAssist mobile app on Apple’s iPhone.

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How to create a low-fidelity prototype in Google Sheets

Google Sheets is a spreadsheet, just like Microsoft Excel.

5 min readMay 1, 2020

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A conceptual diagram of a low-fidelity prototype created in Google Sheets.

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Prototype Resource Map: a comprehensive guide to 8 popular prototyping tools

An analysis of today’s 8 popular UX prototyping tools: Sketch, Craft, Axure, Adobe XD, InVision Studio, Principle, Framer X, and Figma.

20 min readApr 17, 2020

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A diagram of “stitch screens with wires” interaction model and transition dropdown menu, with logos of 8 prototyping tools.

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What I Learned From COVID-19 Data Visualization

Designers have tremendous power and responsibility to handle data, and communicate the message visually through various media. The way…

14 min readApr 4, 2020

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What I Learned From COVID-19 Data Visualization

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How I see a lesson from Flash holds a future of prototyping

Prototyping is critical part of UX process. Obviously, prototyping tools play significant roles, and we have seen various software…

11 min readMar 25, 2020

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A collage of major prototyping tools’ logos placed on a rough timeline from 1987 to 2018.

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Ryu Sakai

Ryu Sakai

An experienced UX designer, who wants to help aspiring to-be-UX designers who don’t know where to start. Ryu is a founder of https://products.realworldux.co.

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