Weekend Reading – Service Burrito

Xavier Katana "The walkway is not spinning." Design Objective Steve Schoger In fact, if your UI looks like the database schema … 🔥 Don't be afraid to "think outside the database" — your UI doesn't need to map one-to-one with your data's fields

Weekend Reading — Silent GIFs

Emily "A visual representation of overthinking, anxiety, and paranoia" Design Objective Miles Skorpen When the UI element doesn't look like it's part of the UI: We saw the same issue with RedLaser. We made our "scan" button huge and different color from

Weekend Reading — 9 reasons why you should approve this PR

Pure CSS Francine This stunning image, in the style of 18th-century oil paintings, but hand-coded entirely in HTML & CSS. 🤯 Design Objective The Best Place for Error Messages on Forms TL;DR If you have time to implement error messages for both devices, opt for placing them to the right

Weekend Reading — Unexpected token < in JSON at position 0

Julien Kirch "When you discuss user stories points" Design Objective Kate Compton 💯 Bobby Laurie: PEOPLE: Listen to your flight attendants! ALMOST EVERYONE in this photo from @SouthwestAir #SWA1380 today is wearing their mask WRONG. Put down the phone, stop with the selfies.. and LISTEN. **Cover your NOSE &

Weekend Reading — Page 7

finestmarxman 🔥 🎙 FYI: I'm on vacation for the next couple of weeks, going to hang around England and Poland. Weekend Reading will be back April 28. Design Objective Here’s everything I’ve learned from designing 10,000+ UI screens as a lead product designer Nothing new, but very

Weekend Reading — Soul-Crushing Meeting

Fisher Price is getting it right 😭 Tools of the Trade There Keep track of who's working in what timezoe. Sasha Laundy 💯 "All code examples MUST work on copy-paste" was a core rule of Twilio docs in the early days. Played a huge role in successful developer

Weekend Reading — When the deadline comes too close

Franck D. Nijimbere "When the deadline comes too close" Design Objective A Guide to Information Architecture This: Having a single document that delivers a simple and understandable representation of how the application or website works is vital for developing new features, updating existing ones, and for seeing what

Weekend Reading — You need to buy a drink first

A literal world map A map of the literal translations for the names of the world’s countries. Design Objective Designing Jank-Free Apps How to design iOS apps with less (or no) visual glitches. Marc Hemeon: Design is not art Whether you're a designer, thinking of becoming one,

Weekend Reading — Get down with Paul Revere

Idea Software algorithms illustrated in the style of Ikea assembly instructions. Design Objective Good to great UI animation tips Simple and delightful animations for UI micro-interactions. The microcopyist: cancellation, confirmation, conflagration Writing microcopy for destructive actions. macOS 11 concept Yes, please. (h/t Christopher G) Tools of the Trade The