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Solid documentation of a project is important, especially if you’re working in a team. When all information about how to install, deploy, or contribute to a project is buried in only one person’s brain, you’re in trouble once you have to make changes and that person is on va...

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95. Martina Flor - Why Most Portfolios Don't Work (And How To Avoid The Pitfalls)

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Your portfolio is your presentation card and is an essential tool to make money as a commercial artist. Without it, no client or customer will hit the contact button and hire you. However, most portfolios don’t serve the purpose of attracting paid assignments. In this episode I’ll tell you why and how to avoid the pitfalls. Listen up!


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How To Avoid Bias in UX Research

Recently I stumbled upon the article How To Avoid Bias in UX Research, with pointers on how to anticipate, identify and overcome biases in your research by being more strategic about how you ask questions and how you run the test. A concise write-up by Genís Frigola. Here ar...

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Red Flags To Check In Your Design Interviews

Red flags to check in your design interviews. Photo by Carson Masterson. I’ve recently stumbled upon Red Flags To Check In Your Design Interviews, a quick guide on how to work out if a team is right for you, and what it's going to be like to work in that company, or wi...

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Navigating The UX Team Of One

Are you the only designer on the team? Navigating The UX Team Of One is a very honest article about the things to keep in mind in the open waters of technology-driven teams. Written by Jamie Ryan. Document everything, from your work to org charts. Ask a lot of questions,...

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94. Kevin Cantrell - Cracking The System Behind Your Style, Doing Business As An Expert, Partnering, Work-Life Balance & Building Cofidence As An Artist

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Today, I’ll be having a conversation with Kevin Cantrell. Head of his eponymous studio, Kevin functions as the creative director and design lead for all KCS client projects. Kevin has a deep understanding and love of lettering and typographical aesthetics.   Kevin ...

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Five Simple Steps For Better Autocomplete UX

Autocomplete! Their design seems to be almost obvious at first, yet there are some common usability issues that appear over and over again, preventing users from using them effectively. Let’s fix that — by exploring 5 autocomplete UX details where the design pattern can be i...

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Synthe Size Me

Leonie Watson just shared an interesting audio snippet on Mastodon: https://front-end.social/@tink/110007014963441869 What sounds like her speaking about accessibility is actually not Leonie, but an AI-generated synthetic voice, a cloned version of Leonie’s voice based on au...

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Synthe Size Me

Leonie Watson just shared an interesting audio snippet on Mastodon: https://front-end.social/@tink/110007014963441869 What sounds like her speaking about accessibility is actually not Leonie, but an AI-generated synthetic voice, a cloned version of Leonie’s voice based on ...

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93. Martina Flor - My Biggest Ahá Moment This Week

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In this short, solo episode, I tell you about this epiphany that I had a couple of days ago, when I was struggling to find a way to find a literary agent to help me publish my upcoming book.

For many, reaching out for help might sound negative because it would mean that you can't do things by yourself. But that's only natural, and accepting the fact that sometimes there is an easier way to achieve what you want by asking for help to your close circle is the first and most important step towards actually achieving it.

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Things I Wish I’d Known Earlier In My Design Career

Too often, our individual goals and plans are left far behind the company’s goals and product development roadmaps. That’s not right. Below are some of the tips around design career that I wish somebody had told me earlier in my career, and that I hope will be useful for you...

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Designing A Time Zone Selection UX

Designing a time-zone selection is hard. Not only are time zones difficult to scan and understand; they also change over time, with or without daylight saving at different times, and there is no universal way of organizing and displaying them. Time zones are hard, a wond...

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Seven Fantastic Design Systems

Nobody is surprised by design systems these days. A novelty just half a decade ago, they have become an established part of the design process, helping teams bridge the gap between design and code. I'd love to share with you some of the useful features of design systems that...

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92. Martina Flor - 3 Tactics To Attract Dream Assingments—Even If You Haven't Launched Your Business

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In this solo show, I share strategies and tactics that you can use to advance your career as a lettering artist or illustrator. Today I’ll be speaking about strategies to get out of your way, share your work and start attracting dream assignments.

Last week we released the episode with Ken Barber, and he inspired me to record this one.
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Designing Better Meetings

Meetings can be utterly exhausting and frustrating, but also valuable and productive. Here are some of the formats and guidelines that seem to be working slightly better, especially in large organizations. Best Practices For Meetings # There should be no surprises in a mee...

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Dig Deeper

After about a year of living in our new home, after waiting for our neighbors to finish their driveway (life lesson: don’t expect gratitude from strangers), after our wholehearted horticulturist recovered from an acute illness, and after thaw had set in in the southwestern p...

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Dig Deeper

After about a year of living in our new home, after waiting for our neighbors to finish their driveway (life lesson: don’t expect gratitude from strangers), after our wholehearted horticulturist recovered from an acute illness, and after thaw had set in in the southwestern p...

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91. Ken Barber - Secrets To Mastering A Skill, Finding Models & Mentors, The Importance Of Honest Feedback, Perfection, Acceptance & Patience

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Today, I’ll be having a conversation with Ken Barber Ken is a lettering artist, type designer, author, and educator. For 30 years, he's made distinctive logos for global brands and created dozens of fonts. He blames his obsession with letterforms on Don Martin comics, Santa...

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Expand and Stabilize, Explore and Craft

Dave wrote about what he calls The Feature Work → Maintenance Work Loop: he often finds himself working in cycles of Feature Work and Maintenance Work, “balancing the growth and health of a product with a cycle of building and repairing”. I’ve noticed the same both in design...