Turn UX uncertainty into confidence with curated insights

Hey folks,

Here are 10 things in the field of UX I recently found interesting:

1. “But beyond compliance and business incentives, designing for privacy is simply the right thing to do.” Use the 8 principles of privacy-first design from Matthew Stephens. Think through where privacy could fit in the 20 levers framework.
   
   

2. Based on their team’s experience building products such as marketing chat, model repo, playground, and more at Modular AI, Eve Weinberg shared resources and lessons learned to help designers craft meaningful UI patterns.
   
   

3. More effective planning can drive greater UX success, so try these: 1) UX capacity planning framework by Jeremy Bird, and 2) user research prioritization framework from Jeanette Fuccella. "You’ll likely determine what works best for your team through trial and error.”
   
   

4. A few very practical tools for designers that I recently came across: 1) Get actionable, real-time, usability insightsfrom an AI-powered Figma plugin called Usably by Hazal Ozturk, 2) create custom color scales with Tailwind CSS Color Generator, and 3) pixelate user faces with Pixelated Censor by Saranomy.
   
   

5. AI can make things more familiar, but can limit discovery. Michael Buckley examines this paradox of UX personalization. “This could mean offering an ‘Exploration Mode’, where users can temporarily suspend hyper-personalization and engage with a broader range of content.” I also recommend reading Service Design for AI by Ron Bronson and IDEO’s case against AI-generated users.
   
   

6. Webflow launched a powerful AI Site Builder that chooses and turns a design language into a V1 design system, builds the website, and offers deep design customization. Read a little bit more of the backstory from Bryant Chou.
   
   

7. Balancing exploratory and testing research based on business need and timing is tricky. If you need help advocating for research, try these: minimum viable ethnography by Erika Hall, making a strong case for UX research via Vitaly Friedman, or find something specific in this research practice directory by Gregg Bernstein.
   
   

8. Super intrigued by the recent launch of Adora. It captures every screen of your user journey and product experience, and overlays visual analytics and session replays to aide in understanding where to focus improving.
   
   

9. Foundational product strategy resources: Explore 4 elements of effective product strategy, a product strategy stack, and examples from companies like Google, Netflix, and OpenAI. Learn how to build impactful go-to-market strategies from scratch and follow 12 proven actions from unicorn companies. Break down product-led growth work and leverage 10 growth flywheel lessons.
   
   

10. If you’re working on case studies, use these helpful tips from Miranda Slayter to craft more impactful naming.

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Sincerely,
Gerren