Scaling a Design Team, Episode #1: feat. Billy Kiely, VP Product at Invision
In this episode we talked with the amazing Billy Kiely, VP Product of Invision. Billy was the first designer at Invision, and he scaled the company alongside Clark, the CEO, with design thinking as one of it’s core values. We talk about the structure of Invision’s product team, about how Billy made hiring decisions, what it’s like to work at Invision on a daily basis, and more.
This is our first episode, so we would love to hear your feedback! Write us in the comments!
Hacking UI event in New York – Sign up is now open and limited
New Yorkers – We’re in town, and would love to meet you in person! When? Tomorrow – Tuesday, November 24, 2015 from 7 PM to 9 PM Where? WeWork Soho, 175 Varick St, New York, NY 10013, New York, NY
Running a Google Design Sprint from start to end
“This was A productive and fun day. Everyone that attended, said they really enjoyed the process, the option of being a part of the thinking process and the general atmosphere. There is a consensus we need more sessions like these and with additional team members.” – Etay Geller, VP product at 90min This is the […]
Hacking UI event in San Francisco – Sign up is now open and limited
As some of you already know, I’m traveling to SF and NY, and we (Hacking UI) are throwing meetups in both. Today, I am excited to say that we have teamed up with Design&Startups to provide you with a (free) Product Design Panel event in San Francisco! In the panel we will be discussing product team structures, responsibilities, and workflows. we’ve got 5 […]
How to make a Sketch plugin without knowing code
This weekend I made the Sketch Any Icon Fetcher plugin. A plugin that with a simple shortcut can fetch you ANY favicon, iOS app icon (from the App Store) or Android app icon (from Google Play). In this post I will share how I did it, what I learned in the process of doing so, […]
Pure CSS for multiline truncation with ellipsis
A few days ago I had to truncate a multiline block of text. It’s a common problem, but I was a disappointed because we still don’t have a simple, cross-browser CSS solution for it. I tried a few ideas, but each time I found that the ‘…’ wasn’t quite right. Sometimes it appeared far from the end of the text or fell over to the next line.
The all new Hacking UI facebook group
It took us a while, but we realized that we actually have a great community around Hacking UI, so why not create a place where everybody in the community could share and learn from one another? We are thrilled to present to you – the brand new Hacking UI facebook group! Join the discussion So, […]
Our fears as designers, and 3 methods to conquer them
Let’s start with a question. How many times have you had one (or even all) of the following thoughts? – ”What if they won’t like my design?” (near future fears) – ”What will be of my career in a year from now?” (not so close future fears) – ”What will be of my career when I’m 50 years old?” (far […]
A Year Using Sketch – An Honest Review
A year ago I made a big move, and switched to using Sketch as my primary design tool instead of photoshop. When I wrote my article about moving to Sketch it received tons of feedback and you could say it went pretty viral. Some comments were supportive, and some were very disparaging. I remember one […]
Squid.ink Giveaway Winners & Gift for All HUI Readers
The Squid.ink Giveaway has ended. Out of 113 comments in the past week we had to choose just three. Let’s give a round of applause to the winners:
