Don’t kill the modal

A much-maligned, but still useful, bit of interface magic

5 practical things about managing people

13 years ago I shifted roles from engineer to manager. I had a really tough time. As an…

TED is featured in Smashing Magazine’s new book, Design Systems

Pattern libraries are all the hotness…

When product development goes beyond the screen

Service design from within TED’s Tech team

Alexa, open TED Talks

The adventures and misadventures of teaching Alexa the entire corpus of ideas worth spreading.

Tame your inbox

As TED’s UX Architect, I like my inbox the same way I like my designs: simple, orderly, and communicating clearly what to do next…

From a fact checker: how to sort through news and fake news