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Newsletter • February 9, 2024 • 5 min read
Hey folks,
Here are the top 10 things I found worth sharing and your UX tip of the week.
UX tip of the week
Leverage these cheat sheets from Julie Zhou to understand how PMs, Engineers, and Designers see each others’ work. They can be useful in generating ideas to improve collaboration.
Top 10 things worth sharing this week
Have you heard of Agentic UX? Kwame Nyanning gave a take on how agents will likely reshape the world of UX. The original concept can be traced back to Erika Hall’s 2018 book, Conversational Design.
Josef Cruz shared thoughts on leadership guiding team behaviors: “The important thing is for the team to produce and continue producing results. However, you cannot change others according to your will, people make mistakes, and being careful doesn’t scale.”
Download a sample pairings .AI file from MTW and brush up 3 secrets to Font Pairing: work with an anchor font, balance contrast vs similarity, and consider emotion vs job.
Jared Spool shared a simple diagram that shows the value of great UX which occurs when it anticipates user needs and exceeds expectations.
Did you know that AirBnB Design offers a free digital toolkit called Tyrus that can help freelance illustrators optimize their business?
Revisited the the polarized concepts of Illusory Superiority (makes us think we are way better than we are) and Dunning Kruger Effect (the tendency to doubt you are as good as you are). How do you walk the line between them?
In a case against boring design, Darren Yeo urges designers to rediscover and prioritize the often neglected aspect of beauty in their work with 10 practical steps. I enjoyed diving into the Vitruvian Triad (utility, beauty, stability).
Amanda Claypool shared how to show proof of value at work. Start with tracking your time on tasks to create an understanding of value delivered. Then, reallocate your time to higher-value work and start doing it ASAP.
If you’re work starts with creating moodboards, try this new AI tool called Moodboard Creator to create a simple starting point.
Do you think AI-summarized answers will eliminate SEO? Related: check out Luke Wroblewski’s AI-based AskLuke feature on his website and learn how it works.
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Sincerely,
Gerren