Capture lightning lessons along the way

Hey folks,

Here are the top 10 things I found worth sharing and your UX tip of the week.

Top 10 things worth sharing this week

1. “Top 3 problems for designers: no research, no design strategy, and no career progression.” Matej Latin summarized a recent designer engagement report.
   
   

2. Helge Tennø wrote about how situations and needs — not customers — buy products. Perhaps focusing on top tasks is a way to frame our perspective and identify missing questions to ask.
   
   

3. “The ability to experiment and make changes is crucial to being sustainable.” Figma’s VP Noah. Levin shared insights on the collaborative design tool in this SAP Design Talk earlier in 2024.
   
   

4. Riikka Iivanainen made the case for why and how you should collect specific stories about past behavior in interviews.
   
   

5. Kim Scott share the in order to persuade others you’ve made the right decisions, you must address the audience’s emotions, establishing credibility, and sharing the logic of the argument. Check to Kim’s book Radical Candor.
   
   

6. Dive into how screen readers navigate data tables with Léonie Watson.
   
   

7. “Building an AI based on our diverse values and needs requires thoughtful design.“ Josh Lovejoy and Jess Holbrook of Google Design shared 7 steps to stay focused on the user when designing with ML.
   
   

8. Dive into designer’s guide to tree testing and explore this overview from NNG.
   
   

9. Enjoy this type trio: Fabriga by LuxTypo, Ecra by DSType, and Space Mono by Colophon.
   
   

10. “Start conversations about accessibility by visualizing it. I explain the different types of accessibility needs, ranging from permanent to temporary to situational — and I try to explain what exactly it actually means to our products.“ Vitaly Friedman shared tips on how to make a strong care for accessibility. 

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Gerren