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The devil’s in the detail, Spotify

This week Spotify finally updated the look of their Android app. But have they improved the user experience?

Somewhat.

Most notably, they got rid of the hamburger menu (praise be) and generally improved the usability…

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The problem with Strava

It’s hard not to get addicted to Strava, especially if you have a GPS watch that syncs all of your activities automatically.

It’s so satisfying to log on and see that weekly goal chart fill up — because damn you’re smashing your goals this week you champ — and…

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Consider all user journeys when writing a website pop-up

I was reading an online article that linked out to a book. The book sounded interesting so of course I clicked the link. This is the page I was sent to:

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Home valuation flyer

What’s wrong with it?

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Spotify on desktop vs. on Android

I’m guessing they’ve got one team working on the desktop app, a different team working on the…

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The paper cup on Ryanair flights

What’s wrong with it

  1. “No more need to bring your kettle on-board” — Did…
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Deconstructing Product Copy
Deconstructing Product Copy
This collection is where I play with copy that isn’t useful and usable or just doesn’t make sense. Heads up — there will be a lot of UI copy as that’s my area of special interest.
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