Sketchnotes and thoughts from a talk on JTBD framework.
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In the event Design User Experience Driven by AI, Paul Lambert (Product Manager) and Annika Crowley (Interaction Designer) from Google gave us great talks on how Gmail designed the Smart Compose feature, and five strategies to create great user experience with AI (see sketchnotes).
Continue readingContinue readingWhen prototyping, always try wackier/quirkier stuff first. The deeper you get into a project, the more conservative it tends to get. Stranger ideas are more at home earlier in the process. Jason Fried
Celebrate Lunar New Year – Chinese Zodiacs Papercutting!
This is the third year in a row that I hosted a craft event in my company, in celebration of the Lunar New Year. We had such a fun time!
Continue readingBook Notes: It Doesn’t Have to Be Crazy at Work
Get Compliant with ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act)
Here’s a presentation I gave to my coworkers in a brown bag session. It’s a while ago, but still holds true. My goal was to help all of us better understand accessibility, its impact for users as well as how we could better build our software for users who have disabilities.
Continue readingEvent Notes: Don’t Start with Data
Behzod shared a 4-step research framework on how to decide on what/how to research: DECISION -> EVIDENCE -> DATA -> APPROACH.
Continue readingModified Delphi Card Sorting
Out of all the different types of card sorting I’ve learned, this modified Delphi card sorting method is the most interesting one.
Continue readingVisualize Ideas, Even If They Could Be “Bad”
As designers, our intuition and judgement take a big part when it comes to evaluating our own design ideas.
Sometimes, I kill ideas when they’re still in my head.
The problem with that is several fold.
Continue readingBe Your Own Creative Director
How to expand your design explorations? How not to explore just “safe” design options?
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