Year: 2025

The “AI-first” approach has caused controversy among users. Continue reading on UX Collective » Looking at a bigger picture together with the team, while solving problems, adds a strong motive to the process. The journey to problem solving is adventurous. (Freepik) Whether you are a designer, a product owner/manager or an engineer, you must have come …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Brace yourselves for a barrage of AI-assisted garbage made by people who don’t know an API from an IPA. Screen shot from the movie “Office Space” We’ve officially entered the age of “vibe coding” — what a ridiculous name. In this new digital frontier, anyone can prompt an AI with, “Build me an app that’s like LinkedIn meets Tinder — complete …

The ability to identify and frame problems is your most valuable asset. Engineering won’t be the most valuable tech skill for much longer. As no-code app building becomes commonplace, and vibe coding gets better, the important question changes from “how do we build this” to “what should we build”? Guess who’s great at figuring out what to build? …

An AI-assistant that enhances your designs without taking away your creative control Though I hate to say it, there are limitations to designs and prototypes created in Figma. A designer knows what the end-product should look like, but developers might have to make guesses on what is intended in small nuances the design missed (like how many …

An animated comic illustration of a Fortnite character looking up and to the right, while a city burns in the background. Credit: Me. Fortnite wasn’t a hit when it started. It was a totally different game back then. No battle royale, no millions of dollars in prize money, no Mariah Carey frozen in an ice block …