UX links roundup

How to test UIs, why less is better, deconstruct design thinking workshops, create non-addictive products, listen to endless acid and watch two bots find a time to meet.

April 26, 2021

Articles

How to actually test UIs – Techniques used by leading engineering teams to test UI components.

How to make use of typographic refinement in macOS – There’s a lot of typographic functionality buried in macOS, here’s how to use it.

Ethical anti-design – What if we design products that people can’t get addicted to?

Stakeholder analysis for UX projects – Recognising who your stakeholders are and how they impact your work is the first step to building good relationships.

Less but better – Applying Dieter Rams’ core principle to product design.

Cool tools

Uncut.wtf – A catalogue of open-source contemporary type.

Design Lobby – Cloud-based digital asset manager for design teams.

FigJam – Watch out Miro, Figma finally launch their new whiteboarding tool.

Cards for Humanity – A practical tool for inclusive design: deal two cards, a person and a trait, and work out how to meet their needs.

Cool stuff

The endless acid banger – infinite randomised acid, surprisingly listenable. Also check out the automatic chiptune tracker.

Things are a little crazy rn – Two GPT3 bots try and find a gap in their schedules.

UX Gigs – Weekly newsletter for remote freelance and contract UX jobs.

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