Sitemap - 2022 - Data & Design by Kai Wong
The three most important lessons I’ve learned as a UX Designer in 2022
Creative pursuits will not die because Silicon Valley has created a cool new AI
How to endure being a UX Designer or Researcher during rough times
Why are we not thinking of Data Visualization as a design pattern?
My daily design process has changed— yours should too
Time management is an essential skill Designers need to learn
Designing something complex? Use smart defaults
How to practice synthesis, the most important User research skill for any UX Researcher or Designer
People don’t always fully understand UX. Here’s how to address that.
Integrating accessibility into your designs is easier than you think
Mobile onboarding looks nice, but it’s often a bandaid for poor UX
Don’t have time to create formal personas? Build rough ones and iterate
Intimidated by Google Analytics? Just learn the shape of the graph
Wizards may be an ancient design pattern, but they still have some uses
Three questions to ask when designing statuses beyond the happy path
Learning to measure UX writing allows you to create better designs
Design debt is often a hidden killer of consistency. Here’s how to resolve it.
Understand a user’s happy path to create a great overview page
Don't fear metrics: they offer amazing benefits if you can tolerate them
Should you use pagination or infinite scrolling? Your edge cases can help you decide
Competitive research is a powerful tool if you understand the risks
How to better familiarize yourself with projects when starting a redesign
Here are three techniques to help you justify your use of white space
How a record from the 1960s can teach us the right way to re-use design assets
How to address some of the most common development issues around design
If your user research feels incomplete, try talking with your customer support team
3 design patterns for navigation that are better than hamburger menus
Home pages are vulnerable to content mistakes: here’s how design can help
How to start designing when you can't understand the words being used
Create ‘design blueprints’ to make sure your redesign is effective
Using responsive design? Re-visit user research questions for better results
Most users are intermediate users. Here’s how you can support them
How I landed a senior designer role after two weeks during a recession
Learning to design “About Us” pages can teach you how to establish trust and credibility
The last fifteen seconds of an interview are sometimes the most insightful
Three questions to help you design better community pages
How to get started with UX writing when your project really needs it
Trying to recruit specialized users? Focus on finding one person first
Three ways that UX designers can gain insight from the Marketing team
Designing “above the fold”? Try the reciprocity principle
Three competitive analysis questions to help jumpstart your understanding of a new field
To make authentic personas, consider how your user is feeling
Think beyond the happy path to make sure your user’s needs are addressed
7 tips to help you uncover the "Why" of your project more easily
Use sketch copy instead of lorem ipsum to save yourself some headaches
How thinking about hierarchical grids helps you take a content-first approach to design
How user story mapping helps teams stop relying on old designs
To create an excellent design system, treat it like a collaborative process
Three questions to ask yourself if you’re facing a mid-career design crisis
To improve legacy systems, sometimes you need to take a restoration mindset
Make sure your own project will have stellar UX before helping others
Match the visual fidelity of your design to your progress addressing the UX
To design great internal apps, you probably need to do more user research
How to deal with your design getting harshly rejected
How user stories can help make design documentation easier
How to test for navigation flaws if you have limited UX resources
How making UX more visible can save you a whole lot of effort