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

Weekend Reading — What if you didn't?

Real life charts Creatively made with real life objects. Design Objective 7 Practical Tips for Cheating at Design "Improving your designs with tactics instead of talent." 🤔 Designing Farrago Rogue Amoeba's new soundboard app, with its unique UI metaphor. Introducing C.A.R.E. – a simple framework

Weekend Reading — Cat just rang the doorbell

Lulu Cheng "I got 99 tabs but I generally know where things are" Design Objective Jules Forrest Brilliant. "Visual design crash course in roughly twenty seconds." 5 Rules for Designer-Engineer Collaboration Helping designers and engineers work together. OH no Type Co "EVERYBODY FALL IN LINE!

Weekend Reading — The tiger is out

hegemony snickett "...I think about how good this poem is at least twice a day." Design Objective meg "So here’s a thing I still have to remind myself basically every time I make an icon" Matt Adereth Pro tip: Radia Perlman told the perfect story

Weekend Reading — The importance of specificity

shley Mayer "We were promised flying cars, we got...a valuable lesson in the importance of specificity. 💁" Design Objective Laws of UX The core laws of UX, beautifully illustrated. How to improve your design process with copy docs How does your team manage copy? A copy doc is

Weekend Reading — Languages are bananas

From the amazing Miniature Calendar. Design Objective Dave Malouf 🤔 This notion that "it's all just a guess until we ship to production" flies in the face of decades of research in HCI, psych, etc. The point isn't knowing for sure, but increasing confidence as

Weekend Reading — Corner Computing

Chris Fralic "Once upon a time Packard Bell made a thing called a Corner Computer. To go in the corner." Design Objective Hawaii missile alert: How one employee ‘pushed the wrong button’ and caused a wave of panic Maybe not the best design choice: From a drop-down menu