Five on Friday #17: HomePod, words, drop, microcopy & neon
Welcome to edition #17 of our Five on Friday, a weekly roundup of links to articles, videos or products that are interesting, inspiring, fun or simply beautiful. Grab your fresh cucumber infused water, sit back, and enjoy.
Gadget: Apple HomePod
Couldn’t have missed that the release of the Homepod is coming closer. I’m really invested in Google, and very happy with the Assistant helping me out from the Google Home speaker while having Siri disabled on my iPhone. The design of this thing is top notch though.
Write: How to design words
The gist is that you should design with real content, and try to tailor it to your product and situation. People don’t read anything from your interface, and they often flow through it from muscle memory or patterns they tend to recognize from their past experience. Here are 7 tips.
Learn: Drag and Drop for Design Systems
I have bookmarked this article for later use, whenever I do something with drag and drop, as this article contains it all.
Write: 8 Quick Ways To Write Microcopy That Turns Visitors Into Customers
Another one on writing. This article focuses on writing to increase your conversion. Nice read for small things with big impact.
Cool: Opera Neon — Browser Concept
Don’t let the word concept fool you, it’s actually working and you’re able to download it. It’s nice reinvention of how a browser should work. That said, it’s a bit out there.
