April 2, 2020Creating and building exceptional copy is easier said than done.Ask any UX writer. Creating UX copy is not about writing up short, meaningful sentences that are free of jargon. It is about crafting content that helps users navigate through a product seamlessly and successfully. And giving them just the information they need without overwhelming them with excessive details.But what goes into creating this seamless experience? How do you fix copy...
Django Highlights: Templating Saves Lines (Part 2) Django Highlights: Templating Saves Lines (Part 2) Philip Kiely 2020-04-02T12:00:00+00:00 2020-04-02T13:34:47+00:00 Some no-frills approaches to building websites require a developer to write every line of HTML by hand. On the other extreme, commercial no-code site builders create all of the HTML for the user automatically, often at the expense of readability in the resultant code. Templating is around the middle of that spectrum,...
Building A Web App With Headless CMS And React Building A Web App With Headless CMS And React Blessing Krofegha 2020-04-01T11:30:00+00:00 2020-04-01T14:46:03+00:00 In this tutorial, you’ll learn what Headless CMS is, and the pros and cons of Headless CMS. In the end, youll have built a shopping cart using GraphCMS (a (backend-only content management system). After that, you can go ahead and build any web app of your choice using...
What Should You Do When A Web Design Trend Becomes Too Popular? What Should You Do When A Web Design Trend Becomes Too Popular? Suzanne Scacca 2020-03-31T11:30:00+00:00 2020-03-31T11:35:23+00:00 I read an interesting article on Forbes recently about language saturation. Here’s the problem: Consumers don’t always understand the technicalities of what businesses do or the solutions they’ve created for them. So, copywriters use jargon that translates something like “Internet-connected devices with...
Stay Positive, Stay Creative (April 2020 Wallpapers Edition) Stay Positive, Stay Creative (April 2020 Wallpapers Edition) Cosima Mielke 2020-03-31T09:30:00+00:00 2020-03-31T11:35:23+00:00 In times like these where our everyday life is pausing and we’re trying to find strategies to cope with this situation we all find ourselves in at the moment, little routines can help give us a sense of security and familiarity — no matter if it’s having a cup of...
March 31, 2020This article demonstrates the potential that interactions have in shaping behavior patterns. And in order to do that we’ll be looking at an interaction that Facebook Messenger rolled out a few months ago. It’s possible that you’ve already seen the interaction. If you haven’t, do a long press on any of your chats on Messenger. If you don’t want to go through the pain, here’s a video of...
March 31, 2020Julie Mehretu at LACMAWhen I first moved to California at 23 years old, I was young, broke and living off beans & rice, but one indulgence I allowed myself was a membership to the SFMOMA. I could barely make rent and was struggling to find work, so my roommate called into question my $75 membership, but seeing the Chagall exhibit five times made it all worthwhile. I have...
Visual Design Language: The Building Blocks Of Design Visual Design Language: The Building Blocks Of Design Gleb Kuznetsov 2020-03-30T13:00:00+00:00 2020-03-30T15:37:22+00:00 “Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.”— Steve Jobs Like written words are to language, fonts, colors, shapes and icons are to visual design. An effective visual design language not only acts as a communication framework for all stakeholders on a...
Smart Interface Design Patterns Checklists PDF Smart Interface Design Patterns Checklists PDF Rachel Andrew 2020-03-30T09:30:00+00:00 2020-03-30T10:37:37+00:00 Sharing the things we have learned is at the heart of everything we do at Smashing. That goes for the team as well as our authors, and Vitaly has been working on a set of checklists to accompany his workshop, Smart Interface Design Patterns. The resulting PDF is 152 pages packed with useful information...
March 27, 2020Imagine you want to text a coworker that you picked up a cup of coffee for them at their favorite shop, but it’s getting cold, so you’d like to meet up with them in the next 15 minutes. How would you say that in five words? That’s kind of what UX writing is like: choosing just a few words to describe something when you could easily use 30.There’s...
