Results & Analysis of The 2017 Tech Education Survey
We just published the results of The 2017 Tech Education Survey.
In this survey, we wanted to understand what designers and developers want to learn about, what is worth investing time in learning, and how much time you should be investing in your professional development.
The Falafel Method for UI Design
If you’ve ordered falafel from a proper Israeli falafel shop, you’ve seen ultimate productivity at play. It’s not an art, or a learned skill: it’s just getting the thing done. In the following article, I’ll be sharing a method that I came up with that helps me enjoy my work more and be more productive as […]
Git for designers is here – Meet Abstract
After months of anticipation, Abstract app is finally released and our life as designers and product people are going to get much better. Git for designers… is here!
Take part in the 2017 Professional Development Survey
We’ve partnered with Udemy, a global marketplace for learning and teaching online, to create this survey to better understand the state of the industry and get a clearer picture of what people working in tech want to learn about.
How to Create a Responsive Landing Page with Sketch – Launchpad 101
Could you believe such a day would come, when you would be able to deploy a website from within Sketch? Well, yes, that day has come sooner than expected! On this tutorial we’ll make a simple landing page using the plugin. In this quick tutorial we will: 🙋 Create a hero image 📱Design artboards for Mobile, Tablet […]
Sensing the world in VR: an overview on the state of VR in UX (and introducing a new term to the game)
Note: This is a guest post written by Ayelet Batist, who is giving a Master Class (which you should definitely sign up for) on avatar embodiment in VR on June 7th. Sign up for the Master Class (it’s free & online) → Standing in a crowd of excited Chinese visitors at the 798 Art Zone […]
Use this microcopy exercise to improve your newsletter sign up form (+bonus download)
This is a guest post written by Kinneret Yifrah, Nemala – Microcopy Studio Note: This is chapter 5 of the book Microcopy: The Complete Guide (Hacking UI readers get it for 15% off with the code HackingUI15). To you, sending out a newsletter is great both for your brand and for your users: It delivers value […]
Master Class #5: Why we should care about avatar embodiment in VR (w/ Ayelet Batist)
Coming up on Wednesday June 7th, 1pm EST: Virtual embodiment has been an exotic research topic for years, propelling neuroscientists to study the mechanisms behind successful body illusions in the lab.
Now, with the rise of VR experiences, their findings are more relevant than ever. It’s time to take these findings out of the lab and introduce them to our UX and design workflows. Enabling us to create compelling immersive experiences, a convincing embodiment in a virtual avatar is a desirable goal to aim for, yet a powerful state we should consider with care.
Master Class #4: The Soul in The Machine – Developing for Humans (w/ Christian Heilmann)
Coming up on Monday April 24, 4pm EST: Christian Heilmann, HTML5/Open Web Evangelist at Microsoft, will talk to us about using machine learning to build interfaces that help humans do the tasks they came for.
Win a Ticket to any An Event Apart in 2017
We are excited to share that we have partnered up with the premiere interaction design conference – An Event Apart, and are giving away 2 FREE TICKETS to any AEA event of your choice in 2017! Announcing the winners of the An Event Apart tickets giveaway! And the winners are: Hila Chezy Crystal Gardner Thanks for everyone […]
