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Tame your inbox
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. Many…
Michael McWatters
Dec 1, 2017
TED is featured in Smashing Magazine’s new book, Design Systems
TED is featured in Smashing Magazine’s new book, Design Systems
Pattern libraries are all the hotness right now. Every org that values quality UX has one. Except us.
Michael McWatters
Oct 22, 2017
Don’t kill the modal
Don’t kill the modal
A much-maligned, but still useful, bit of interface magic
Michael McWatters
Oct 8, 2017
Some thoughts on the experience design implications of rating systems
Some thoughts on the experience design implications of rating systems
Last week my colleague, Emily McManus, Managing Editor of TED, wrote How to rate complicated content? It’s a fascinating piece that ponders…
Michael McWatters
Oct 2, 2017
When product development goes beyond the screen
When product development goes beyond the screen
Service design from within TED’s Tech team
Ladan Wise
May 16, 2017
Alexa, open TED Talks
Alexa, open TED Talks
The adventures and misadventures of teaching Alexa the entire corpus of ideas worth spreading.
thaniya
Apr 3, 2017
From a fact checker: how to sort through news and fake news
From a fact checker: how to sort through news and fake news
When I started fact checking professionally, I had a lot of fun (really, more like a growing nauseating fear) starting to realize how…
Diana Enríquez
Nov 16, 2016
Do Not Cancel: Hacking co-worker connections
Do Not Cancel: Hacking co-worker connections
How I used my TED hack week to imagine new ways to connect with colleagues
Sarah Schoengold
Sep 9, 2016
On TED, it’s you, not me
On TED, it’s you, not me
A recent story on Medium, Is this my interface or yours?, reminded me of a debate that raged within our team during the redesign of TED a…
Michael McWatters
Aug 16, 2016
Dogfooding my way to better UX
Dogfooding my way to better UX
Why I spent a week as a gopher at TEDSummit 2016
Michael McWatters
Jul 8, 2016
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