Behavioural Design 101: Psychology mechanisms in persuasive design
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Behavioural Design 101: Psychology mechanisms in persuasive design

Today’s companies employ techniques from psychology and neuroscience to increase engagement of their apps. Sometimes it can benefit users, and at other times, like with Instagram latest immersive feed, it preys on our paths of least resistance to suck us into their app longer.

Naima Dahbar

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It’s Ugly, But It Works: On Designing for Usability
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It’s Ugly, But It Works: On Designing for Usability

When an app ‘just works’, it matters less what it looks like, but how it helps solve a problem.

Graeme Fulton

I connected Stable Diffusion with my smartphone camera. And here's what I learned.
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I connected Stable Diffusion with my smartphone camera. And here's what I learned.

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Seungmee Lee

Still can’t get a UX job? Give up.
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Still can’t get a UX job? Give up.

Before I switched to private mentoring, I had loads of 1-on-1s with juniors with the same problem: The inability to get their first job in UX.

Melody Koh

Sticking to UI/UX trends is a losing strategy
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Sticking to UI/UX trends is a losing strategy

If you have been following my blog for a while, you might feel a bit perplexed at seeing this title. After all, I do have an extensive article about UI/UX trends...

Maria Reznichenko

About teaching UX design
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About teaching UX design

It’s very important for a teacher or mentor to have a passion for it, as much as teaching or mentoring is not just about the teachers themselves. Instead, it’s about the students, mentees or participants. To clarify, the term...

Windyasari Septriani

Color, Intensity, and Purpose
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Color, Intensity, and Purpose

I was experiencing this for a few years now but it took me quite a while to notice the subtlety and a little more time understand why it was designed...

Vikrant

The Dark Psychology Behind Social Media Addiction
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The Dark Psychology Behind Social Media Addiction

Social media platforms provide a convenient way for people to connect with friends and family and stay in the know of current events, but although...

Medha Mupalla

Your hand as a mouse - exploring hand gesture interaction (1)
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Your hand as a mouse - exploring hand gesture interaction (1)

Building a hand gesture interaction design tool, Handzplay, and learnings from it. I recently built and released a website where you can try and...

Seungmee Lee