Weekend Reading — Voldetort

Katie McLaughlin "I rated all the bee emoji. 🐝" Design Objective Building the Google Photos Web UI The design details that go into a user interface. Improving the usability of multi-selecting from a long list TL;DR When it comes to unfamiliar items it’s better to visually expose

Weekend Reading — Myers Briggs type HDMI

Glenda Adams "This took nearly 6 months, working on and off- so many little pixels to stitch." Tools of the Trade Christine Love So Vim ported to run in the browser: This is by far the best version of vim because they finally implemented the one feature that

Weekend Reading —  Highlight the Remarkable

Persian Rose "Animals who look like they’re about to release a chart topping single" Design Objective How to add product features without making it more complex Interesting idea. Is your design "default valid" or "default invalid"? The conversion rate for this version ended

Weekend Reading — Find and Regret

Fobski "my new stock photo for depicting hacking" Design Objective Greg Greiner The difference between materials (left) and tools (right): Left: Long term investment. Right: Don’t get too attached. A Beginner’s Guide to Rapid Prototyping Overview of the current crop of wireframing / rapid prototyping tools. Amazing

Weekend Reading — Office Classics

allad8 Office classics. Design Objective Brianne Kimmel Keep on innovating! 6/ As a founder, you may never know the impact you have on the lives of individual users. There is so much more to life than curing cancer. Anything that makes someone smile & feel better about their current situation

Weekend Reading — Defeat the baby

Michael Margolis "Alexa: remind me to feed the baby" Design Objective Iván "This is what person with low vision sees (2008: 45m people in the US alone) Supporting dynamic type in iOS is not a nice to have. It’s a must." Ha Phan 🤔 Is that

Weekend Reading — Sonder

@GidgetNomates "Real footage of everyone who buys a raspberry pi" Design Objective Luke Wroblewski A good design doesn't need guided tutorials. Read the thread, or watch the talk: The initial tip was all about getting people to the core value of the app. Which required adding

Weekend Reading — Change my name and move to Alaska

Kevin Kuchta “Waiting for Cloudfront” Edgar Degas, 1880–82. Pastel on paper. (For more check out #ArtofAWS) Design Objective Luke Wroblewski "how to find usability issues: look for the 'band-aids'" Designer Challenges Himself To Create Logos With Hidden Meanings For A Year, And Result Is Amazing

Weekend Reading — Waffles!

Dean Alexander Amazing photo campaign for the Hong Kong Ballet (h/t Ohyo) Design Objective Robin Rendle "This is a seasonal reminder that http://codepen.io/patterns is the best resource if you happen to be researching a new design pattern." Hidden Sheep and Typography Archaeology Unpacking the