Choosing the right UX tool for the problem Imagine you are a homeowner, and you need to renovate your kitchen. You do your research and hire a contractor. On day one, he shows up with a big trailer behind his tough-looking truck. You’re excited. But something weird happens. Every time you see him working, he’s only …
Month: April 2025
When users change their behavior to game the algorithm
How our awareness is breaking the social media algorithm. It is said that the eyes of the Mona Lisa (Leonardo Da Vinci) follow you around the room, an illusion now known as the ‘Mona Lisa Effect’. There was a time when social media was simple. You followed people, liked posts, and as a result you got …
Testing your UX ideas with vibe coding
How UX designers can use AI app builders to their advantage As AI continues to disrupt many industries (particularly software development), it’s critical to continue to stay up-to-date with new tools that change traditional processes–making them more efficient and opening opportunities to more people. UX designers have historically been constrained to creating high-fidelity wireframes or limited …
Writing the onboarding experience
How to help a product introduce itself. Digital product design is about teaching users what to do. This is the interface. Here’s how it works. Go over there and you’ll find what you’re looking for. It happens right from the beginning. The first screen of any product will set expectations and introduce interaction patterns. A combination …
Humanity has an empathy problem
User Experience is paying the price. An AI tool generated this approximation of a kitchen in a home I once visited. Several articles with provocative titles starting with “User Experience is Dead…” started appearing in my feeds. I’ve read about a dozen of these and will summarize them for you at the end, BUT there’s something deeper …