Design Overflow, №5

The most interesting things the Stack Overflow Design team shared for the week of March 5th, 2017

Joshua Hynes
Stack Overflow Design

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“Writing Well”

by Julie Zhuo

Write for your reader. Know what you want to say and what you hope they take away. In those precious moments that they have given to you and your words, write so they might learn or feel something. Write so that it’s easy for them to remember your message in the days and weeks to come.

We’re big fans of Julie here. And again Julie provides some great, practical advice on how to develop a skill–namely, writing.

“Help! Is There a Cardiothoracic Surgeon in the Room?”

by Jared Spool

One of our early results is that roles don’t matter, skills do. It doesn’t matter if a team has an interaction designer or information architect. It does matter that interaction design and information architecture skills are present amongst the team.

CSS Protips

by Matt Smith

There were many facepalming moments reading through this list from Matt. A great resource!

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Joshua Hynes
Stack Overflow Design

Design Manager @ Dialpad. Formerly Stack Overflow. I love my family, design systems, music, and learning.