Pixels of the Week – May 1, 2022
Every day, I share on Twitter and LinkedIn a list of curated articles I read, resources and tools about UX Design, User Research, UI and mobile design, HTML, CSS, the web industry, some process, some inspiration, etc. This is an archive of everything I shared this week.
#Now – what I’m up to
I designed my first mobile wall paper! I also discovered a really strange interface this week. My friend Myriam said “Heart surgeons use checklists. You are NOT better than them.” and I loved that some much I turned it into a little picture. I also think this applies to other fields, like UX and accessibility as well.
Also, from my blog’s archives in case you missed it: How to Facilitate a Remote Workshop on Cognitive Biases
TL;DNR the one you should not miss
#Cognitive Biases
Here is a list of cognitive biases explained with awesome little sketches by @sketchplanator
Interesting article
#TaskAnalysis
A great article on task analysis, I really like the GATOR method at the end to map those: Goal | Activity | Task | Operation | Result
#Enterprise UX
2 interesting articles on challenges and user research in enterprise UX part 1 and part 2
#Carousel UX
A long and super detailed article by Vitaly (@smashingmag) on how to make carousels better if you really want to keep your, and alternatives to that UI pattern
#Design
A beautiful animated way to define what design, as a job is by @ralphammer
#Accessibility
“I’m Deaf And I Have ‘Perfect’ Speech. Here’s Why It’s Actually A Nightmare. Pointing at the menu, I accidentally let the word “soup” slip out to the server and our delightful meal goes straight downhill.”
#Excel
Excel is your most overlooked design tool. I use excel a lot for reporting and data analysis but I did not know you could go up to that level of customization for data viz. Love it
#Arguments
How To Argue – The Hierarchy of Disagreement
#NPS
Another interesting case study: The Ugly Truth About Net Promoter Score Survey
Inspiration, fun experiments and great ideas
#Virtual Travel
virtualvacation.us, a website that lets you experience the world from home, if you miss traveling, this can be fun. I tried the City guesser and I have to confess that I am really bad at this game ^^
#Typography
A fun experiment with typography and animations
#Fun
I love that this exists: the Chinsekikan (which means Hall of Curious Rocks) houses over 1700 rocks that resemble human faces.
#Typography
Ho, hello beautiful Schotis Display font
Useful tools and resources that will make your life easy
#Typography
To help with your fluid and responsive typography needs, here is a nice generator that uses CSS clamp
#Meme
A fun tool to create memes using middle ages images. Also a fun way to learn about the Middle Ages at the same time ^^
#Movies
If you don’t know what to watch and are lost in the amount of choice, this could help: Highly rated movies and shows 🍿 – curated by real people
#Accessibility
Edge has a very useful read aloud mode, and it also works on Android. The voice is nice, less robotic than most, I just wish I could do faster than x2
#Loaders
If you need some loaders for your project or loader inspiration, here you go
Videos and Conferences
#Data Analysis
A short video explaining the “rainbow sheet” technique that can help you quickly analyses qualitative data from user interview, usability tests, etc.
#UXResearch
Learnings from International Research, a super interesting 30 minutes talks on what you need to be aware and careful about when conducting user research in different languages and for different cultures
#UXResearch #Talk
Great talk by Julia Bastian on Lean UX and the challenges of working on a SaaS enterprise product. I relate a lot with part 5 about how lean UX is pain driven, and how we need to ask the why behind feature request.
#Psychology
Why do we dream? An interesting video with a few theories on the subject
News in the industry
#WhiteBoard
This is fun, some washi tape in FigJam
Elon Musk Once Tweeted “Pronouns Suck.” What Could Go Wrong When He Owns Twitter?
