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METAL INJECTION LIVECAST #549 - Loose Hot Dog

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Published On :: Wed, 08 Jan 2020 02:22:14 +0000

We kick things off with our New Year's resolutions. Noa explains her future vision board. We discuss climate change and...

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METAL INJECTION LIVECAST #554 - Rob's Nolita

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Published On :: Wed, 12 Feb 2020 01:22:42 +0000

We kick things off talking about the Rage Against the Machine reunion. We then discuss the summer touring season and...

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WPCampus 2019 WP Rig Workshop

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Published On :: Mon, 29 Jul 2019 17:24:52 +0000

This post contains the slides for and links to all the things you need to follow my WP Rig workshop at WP Campus 2019, including a couple of verbose code examples for complex walk-throughs. WP Rig itself: WP Rig WP Rig Wiki Free LinkedIn Learning course on WP Rig VS Code extensions EditorConfig ESLint PHP […]

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2010 – 2019: Decade in Review

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Published On :: Wed, 18 Dec 2019 01:06:26 +0000

As the decade comes to a close, I thought it would be interesting to look back on the past 10 years. So, rather than posting my regular year in review, here’s an abbreviated trip through the past 10 years of my life, both personal and professional. 2010 The decade started for me in an almost […]

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9 Convincing Reasons Why Designers Should Pursue Personal Projects

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Published On :: Thu, 16 Apr 2020 14:06:24 +0000

Web designers have skills and expertise that open up a whole world of possibilities. Many designers and developers choose to pursue personal projects in their own time, which can be a nice change of...

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14 Visual Content Marketing Statistics to Know for 2019

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Published On :: Thu, 03 Oct 2019 21:54:22 +0000

Online marketing with visual content continues to grow and drive tons of traffic. The team at Venngage gathered together the latest data in the 14 Visual Content Marketing Statistics to Know for 2019 infographic and built it using their own tool.

From Nadya Khoja at Venngage:

Two years ago I asked 300 different online marketers to help me figure out how they were using visual content as part of their marketing strategies in 2016 and their predictions for 2017.

This year I wanted to see if there were any changes in how marketers were creating visuals, and what kind of content engagement they were seeing.

I also asked a couple of additional questions to see how the use of various visual formats impacted their blogging strategies.

Conclusion:

The data says it all–visual content isn’t going anywhere any time soon. Not only are more brands leveraging the use for of visuals for various social media platforms, but there is a lot of added benefit when it comes to SEO and organic rankings as well, particularly in Google’s image search results.

And of course, creating engaging visual content is a surefire way to resonate with your audience and communicate your ideas more effectively.

There are a few things to unravel here:

  • It’s good survey data, but take it with a grain of salt. Venngage is a visual design tool, sharing data about visual content marketing.

  • The infographic is a fantastic format to summarize the survey results and use in social media to draw in readers to the full article.

  • The infographic is built using Venngage, so it’s also a great way to showcase what their design tool is capable of. In fact, clicking on the infographic gives you the opportunity to use this design as a template for designing your own infographic.

  • Sections 5 & 10 are disappointing visually. There are no data visualizations, just a bunch of percentage values shown in text.

  • I’m not a fan of the bright color scheme, and it’s visually distracting from highlighting insights in the data.

  • The article still references 2018 data, even though the infographic has been updated with newer data from 2019.


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What's Inside the White House?

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Published On :: Mon, 25 Nov 2019 22:49:12 +0000

Visual explanations are a big part of data visualizations, and this video exploration of What’s Inside the White House? by animator Jared Owen gives viewers a great perspective of where the major rooms are located in context with the rest of the building. I would bet that most people don’t know that the Oval Office isn’t in the main, center building.

The White House is full of lots of interesting rooms. A lot of people don't realize that this information is public! Please join me as we take a walk through the different rooms and what they are used for.

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Get to Know COVID-19

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Published On :: Thu, 09 Apr 2020 16:03:07 +0000

Made withVisme Infographic Maker

Get To Know COVID-19 is an interactive infographic build on the Visme platform that allows for the inclusion of animation, URL links, interactive content and playable videos.

Of course it’s timely information, but this is also an experiment with embedding the fully interactive infographic here in the blog post. A designer can go overboard, but good use of animation can attract the reader’s attention to important information or better demonstrate data. Below is the static JPG image of the infographic.

I am disappointed that the data included in the infographic isn’t visualized. It’s just shown as text numbers. That doesn’t give the reader any context or visual cues on how to perceive those data values.

What is Coronavirus/COVID-19?

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), COVID-19 is a respiratory disease caused by a newly discovered type of coronavirus.

This new strain of virus, also known as SARS-CoV-2, has not been previously identified in humans. It can be transmitted from person to person via respiratory droplets, such as when an infected person coughs or sneezes within 6 feet of contact.

The WHO has declared the virus as a global pandemic and a crisis unlike any other in the 75-year history of the UN.


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DataViz Community COVID-19 Resources

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Published On :: Mon, 13 Apr 2020 16:07:55 +0000

Not an infographic today.

Free online classes, discounts on software, extended trial periods, free online data sources, etc. as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

As the Organizer for the DFW Data Visualization Meetup Group, I've started this publicly viewable Google Sheet for the local DataViz community listing various resources that companies are making available during the pandemic. Turns out, these are valuable to DataViz designers everywhere, not just DFW, so I'm sharing the link with all of you.

I’ll continue to update this list as I learn about new resources during the pandemic. Please use the submission link in the spreadsheet if you know of any DataViz-related offers or deals I should add!

-Randy


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9 Ways To Focus A Wandering Mind

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Published On :: Thu, 16 Apr 2020 16:39:51 +0000

As everyone has made the temporary shift to WFH (work from home), many are surrounded by distractions. The 9 ways to focus a wandering mind infographic originally from On Stride Financial in the UK and now published on Headway Capital, offers simple ways to help you refocus.

It’s probably no surprise that the human mind has a tendency to wander. Scientific research has discovered that this trait is almost ubiquitous among humans, and most of us experience it regularly..

Constant mind wandering is a source of frustration for many people. In their study “A Wandering Mind is an Unhappy Mind,” researchers found that that experiencing a regular lack of concentration has a negative impact on overall mood and state of mind. In short, people were less happy when their minds wandered.

Luckily, research into ways of combating this phenomenon is also plentiful. And while we may never be able to eliminate our mind’s propensity for wandering, there are lots of simple techniques that can help improve concentration and focus.

Next time you’re feeling a little distracted, try out some of these techniques and see if you can bring your mind back on task.

A little text-heavy design, but the illustrations help with each section. The comprehensive sources help establish the credibility of the information, and the infographic landing page includes clickable links to all of the source material. Nice touch!

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COVID-19 #Coronavirus Infographic Data Pack

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Published On :: Mon, 20 Apr 2020 23:08:47 +0000

COVID-19 (aka Coronavirus) has obviously been a hot topic recently, especially within the media. But how dangerous is this new virus?

The Covid-19 #Coronavirus Infographic Data Pack on Information is Beautiful gathers the current data around the world (version above is from March 31, 2020) and makes the virus more tangible to understand. The infographic makes comparisons to other diseases when it comes to incubation times and number of deaths, as well as reporting who is dying from it.

Created by David McCandless, Omid Kashan, Fabio Bergamaschi, Dr Stephanie Starling, Univers Labs

From Information Is Beautiful:

We made an infographic of the best COVID-19 / Coronavirus charts floating around, plus some of our own – all with the latest data

We’ll plan to keep it updated every few days.

They have also made all of their data accessible with a Google Sheet link: bit.ly/COVID19-DATA

With so many good and bad COVID-19 charts being published at a frantic pace, I can appreciate the design and effort here to gather some of the best data and the best visualizations together in one place.


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Humanity ‘Sleepwalking Towards the Edge of a Cliff’: 60% of Earth’s Wildlife Wiped Out Since 1970

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Published On :: Tue, 30 Oct 2018 20:36:31 +0000

By Julia Conley Common Dreams “Nature is not a ‘nice to have’—it is our life-support system.” Scientists from around the world issued a stark warning to humanity Tuesday in a semi-annual report on the Earth’s declining biodiversity, which shows that … Continue reading →


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Humanity ‘Sleepwalking Towards the Edge of a Cliff’: 60% of Earth’s Wildlife Wiped Out Since 1970

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Published On :: Tue, 30 Oct 2018 20:36:31 +0000

By Julia Conley Common Dreams “Nature is not a ‘nice to have’—it is our life-support system.” Scientists from around the world issued a stark warning to humanity Tuesday in a semi-annual report on the Earth’s declining biodiversity, which shows that … Continue reading →


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'And the award goes to...' How to avoid winning a Procrustes Award for bad UX

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Published On :: Mon, 1 Apr 2019 07:48:51 GMT

We're familiar with awarding prizes for excellence, from the Oscars to The International Design Awards. But what if we started giving prizes to shame bad examples of design? Enter the Procrustes Awards.


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The future of UX research is automated, and that's a problem

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Published On :: Mon, 5 Aug 2019 08:22:15 GMT

If you compare the UX research methods we use today with the methods we used 16 years ago, something interesting emerges. We see that UX research is becoming increasingly remote and increasingly unmoderated. In other words, we're moving to a world where UX research is becoming automated. We can learn a lot from automated research. But it comes at the price of understanding our users.


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The minimalist field researcher: What's in my bag?

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Published On :: Mon, 2 Sep 2019 08:11:19 GMT

When carried out in a lab, user experience research is gear heavy. You need technology to record audio, video and the screen of the device under test. In contrast, when carried out in the field, user experience research is more lightweight. Even so, there are a few non-obvious items of kit that I find essential on a field visit.


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Illustrations for Demetre's Winter Sweet Menu

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Published On :: Mon, 04 May 2020 04:00:46 +0000

Illustrations for Demetre's Winter Sweet Menu

AoiroStudioMay 04, 2020

It’s a bit of an old project by Sean Lewis but I thought it was perfectly suited for ABDZ. During these pandemic times, we had to find ways to be more creative with our daily lives. I think we all did somehow. For my case, now I am currently living in Switzerland, I still remember the simple walks that I would take with the family especially early in the morning. And I remember having conversations with my oldest kid who never saw huge mountains covered in snow, and he kept saying that it looked like ice cream (being a huge fan of ice cream). That’s why I thought about sharing Sean’s work, the little but simple memories that goes through your mind. Life is simple and filled with opportunities to be remembered. Thank you Sean.

 

About Sean Lewis

Sean is a fellow Canadian (hi!) and is an illustrator based in Toronto, Canada. Make sure to check out his work for more illustrations via his Behance profile.


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Mona Kuhn, AD 6309

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Published On :: 2014-10-15T12:47:51+00:00

Mona Kuhn
AD 6309, Joshua Tree, California, 2013/2014 (winter)
Website - MonaKuhn.com

Mona Kuhn is best known for her large-scale, dream-like photographs of nudes. Her work often reference classical themes with a light and insightful touch. Kuhn’s approach to her photography is unusual in that she usually develops close relationships with her subjects, resulting in images of remarkable naturalness and intimacy, and creating the effect of people naked but comfortable in their own skin.

Kuhn was born in São Paulo, Brazil, in 1969, of German descent. She received her BA from The Ohio State University, before furthering her studies at the San Francisco Art Institute in 1996. She is currently an independent scholar at The Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles. Kuhn’s first monograph, Photographs, was debut by Steidl in 2004; immediately followed by Evidence (2007), Native (2010), and Bordeaux Series (2011). Mona's upcoming book is titled Private (release 2014).

Mona Kuhn's work has been exhibited and/or included in the collections of The Louvre Museum in France, The J.Paul Getty Museum, The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Pérez Art Museum in Miami, The Museum of Photographic Art in San Diego, The George Eastman House, the Griffin Museum in Boston, Miami Museum of Art, the Cincinnati Art Museum, North Carolina Museum of Art, Georgia Museum of Art, The International Center of Photography in NYC. In Europe, her work has been exhibited at the Royal Academy of Art in London England, Le Louvre in France, Deichtorhallen in Hamburg Germany, Musée de l'Élysée in Switzerland, Centre d'art Contemporain at Musée Chaleroi in France, the Leopold Museum in Vienna Austria, and the Australian Center for Photography in Sydney. Currently, Mona lives and works in Los Angeles.


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Canada 2019

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Published On :: Tue, 15 Oct 2019 09:40:17 +0000

The yearly fishing trip, this year at the Bulkley river in British Columbia. Shot on the Panasonic GH-5, DJI Mavic 2 Zoom and some GoPro.


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9 Best Staging Plugins for Your WordPress Website (Compared)

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Published On :: Tue, 05 May 2020 07:06:53 +0000

Are you looking for a good staging plugin to test your experiments before it goes live? A staging site is a replica of your website where you can experiment with new features, plugins, and updates before you push them to your live website. That way you can find and fix bugs without having to worry […]

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Don't Let Your Diagnosis of TBI and/or PTSD Define You

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Published On :: Wed, 04 Dec 2013 00:00:00 EST

Adam shares a message of hope to those diagnosed with TBI and/or PTSD: Your life may be different, but you are still the driver and in control.


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10 On-Page SEO Factors You Should Consider [2019]

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Published On :: Wed, 22 May 2019 09:27:56 +0000

When you want to succeed in the organic search engine results today, you have to focus on your website and learn what you should do to optimize it. There are many factors that can help you with that, form the technical, off-page, and on-page. All these factors and parts of a website require updating and […]

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Website Inspiration: Barrel Recap 2019

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Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 14:14:29 +0000

Fun Annual Report One Pager (built using Webflow) by Barrel recapping their 2019 year. It’s busting with flavor from colorful changing backgrounds, cheeky thick-line illustrations and the playful bouncing social media icon footer. Also worth a shout is the responsive design, scaling up perfectly on huge screens while rearranging content well on small. Full Review


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Want to help the USPS and vets? Buy a 'Healing PTSD' stamp

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Published On :: Thursday, April 30, 2020 - 12:02pm

Support two entities with the price of one.


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McDonald's Workers in Denmark Pity Us

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Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 17:29:20 -0400

Nicholas Kristof: Before the coronavirus pandemic, I crept behind [expletive] Danish lines to explore: How scary is Denmark? How horrifying would it be if the United States took a step or two in the direction of Denmark? Would America lose its edge, productivity and innovation, or would it gain well-being, fairness and happiness?


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Video Shows a Man Screaming 'Fake Pandemic' at a Florida Officer

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Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 17:30:37 -0400

A nearly two-minute, profanity-laced tirade at a code officer at a Miami Beach grocery store is the latest example of mounting tensions in the US over wearing masks to stem the spread of the coronavirus.


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Judge Could Hold Up Trump Administration's Bid to Clear Flynn, Legal Experts say

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Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 20:51:52 -0400

The notoriously independent-minded federal judge who once said he was disgusted by the conduct of Michael Flynn could block the administration's bid to drop criminal charges against the former adviser to President Donald Trump, legal experts said.


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The DOJ's Lawless Reversal on Michael Flynn

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Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 21:30:10 -0400

Randall D. Eliason: The government's motion to dismiss the case against former national security adviser Michael Flynn is like nothing I've ever seen. It's a political screed dressed up as legal analysis, promoting the "deep state" conspiracy fantasies of President Trump. It epitomizes the politicization of the Justice Department under Attorney General William P. Barr. It is, in the truest sense of the word, lawless.


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Mysterious Sharks Dance Away Bethel's COVID-19 Blues

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Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 22:31:46 -0400

A couple of mysterious sharks have caught the fancy of the town. Maybe it's the cabin fever finally setting in, or perhaps this is what happens when you go too long without washing your mask, but Bethelites are going wild for two people in inflatable shark suits who pop up randomly around town.


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Trump Declares, 'I Learned a Lot from Nixon'

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Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 08:33:24 -0400

During an interview on "Fox and Friends," Trump explained why he chose not to go on a firing spree amid Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation a la Nixon's Saturday Night Massacre during the Watergate scandal. "I learned a lot from Richard Nixon: Don't fire people," the President said. "I learned a lot. I study history, and the firing of everybody ... .I should've, in one way," he continued. "But I'm glad I didn't because look at the way it turned out."


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Scientists Obtain 'lucky' Image of Jupiter

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Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 09:30:45 -0400

Astronomers have produced a remarkable new image of Jupiter, tracing the glowing regions of warmth that lurk beneath the gas giant's cloud tops. The picture was captured in infared by the Gemini North Telescope in Hawaii, and is one of the sharpest observations of the planet ever made from the ground.


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Roy Horn of 'Siegfried and Roy' Dies of COVID-19 Complications

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Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 10:32:26 -0400

Roy Horn, famed tiger handler and co-star of the magic duo known as Siegfried and Roy, died of complications from the coronavirus in a hospital in Las Vegas on Friday. He was 75 years old. "Today, the world has lost one of the greats of magic, but I have lost my best friend," Siegfried Fischbacher said in a statement. "From the moment we met, I knew Roy and I, together, would change the world." "There could be no Siegfried without Roy, and no Roy without Siegfried." This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.


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Why's it so hard to get the cool stuff approved?

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Published On :: Thu, 27 Feb 2020 00:00:00 -0500

The classic adage is “good design speaks for itself.” Which would mean that if something’s as good of an idea as you think it is, a client will instantly see that it’s good too, right?

Here at Viget, we’re always working with new and different clients. Each with their own challenges and sensibilities. But after ten years of client work, I can’t help but notice a pattern emerge when we’re trying to get approval on especially cool, unconventional parts of a design.

So let’s break down some of those patterns to hopefully better understand why clients hesitate, and what strategies we’ve been using lately to help get the work we’re excited about approved.

Imagine this: the parallax homepage with elements that move around in surprising ways or a unique navigation menu that conceptually reinforces a site’s message. The way the content cards on a page will, like, be literal cards that will shuffle and move around. Basically, any design that feels like an exciting, novel challenge, will need the client to “get it.” And that often turns out to be the biggest challenge of all.

There are plenty of practical reasons cool designs get shot down. A client is usually more than one stakeholder, and more than the team of people you’re working with directly. On any project, there’s an amount of telephone you end up playing. Or, there’s always the classic foes: budgets and deadlines. Any idea should fit in those predetermined constraints. But as a project goes along, budgets and deadlines find a way to get tighter than you planned.

But innovative designs and interactions can seem especially scary for clients to approve. There’s three fears that often pop up on projects:

The fear of change. 

Maybe the client expected something simple, a light refresh. Something that doesn’t challenge their design expectations or require more time and effort to understand. And on our side, maybe we didn’t sufficiently ease them into our way of thinking and open them up to why we think something bigger and bolder is the right solution for them. Baby steps, y’all.

The fear of the unknown. 

Or, less dramatically, a lack of understanding of the medium. In the past, we have struggled with how to present an interactive, animated design to a client before it’s actually built. Looking at a site that does something conceptually similar as an example can be tough. It’s asking a lot of a client’s imagination to show them a site about boots that has a cool spinning animation and get meaningful feedback about how a spinning animation would work on their site about after-school tutoring. Or maybe we’ve created static designs, then talked around what we envision happening. Again, what seems so clear in our minds as professionals entrenched in this stuff every day can be tough for someone outside the tech world to clearly understand.

    The fear of losing control. 

    We’re all about learning from past mistakes. So lets say, after dealing with that fear of the unknown on a project, next time you go in the opposite direction. You invest time up front creating something polished. Maybe you even get the developer to build a prototype that moves and looks like the real thing. You’ve taken all the vague mystery out of the process, so a client will be thrilled, right? Surprise, probably not! Most clients are working with you because they want to conquer the noble quest that is their redesign together. When we jump straight to showing something that looks polished, even if it’s not really, it can feel like we jumped ahead without keeping them involved. Like we took away their input. They can also feel demotivated to give good, meaningful feedback on a polished prototype because it looks “done.”

    So what to do? Lately we have found low-fidelity prototypes to be a great tool for combating these fears and better communicating our ideas.

    What are low-fidelity prototypes?

    Low fidelity prototypes are a tool that designers can create quickly to illustrate an idea, without sinking time into making it pixel-perfect. Some recent examples of prototypes we've created include a clickable Figma or Invision prototype put together with Whimsical wireframes:

    A rough animation created in Principle illustrating less programatic animation:

    And even creating an animated storyboard in Photoshop:

    They’re rough enough that there’s no way they could be confused for a final product. But customized so that a client can immediately understand what they’re looking at and what they need to respond to. Low-fidelity prototypes hit a sweet spot that addresses those client fears head on.

    That fear of change? A lo-fi prototype starts rough and small, so it can ease a client into a dramatic change without overwhelming them. It’s just a first step. It gives them time to react and warm up to something that’ll ultimately be a big change.

    It also cuts out the fear of the unknown. Seeing something moving around, even if it’s rough, can be so much more clear than talking ourselves in circles about how we think it will move, and hoping the client can imagine it. The feature is no longer an enigma cloaked in mystery and big talk, but something tangible they can point at and ask concrete questions about.

    And finally, a lo-fi prototype doesn’t threaten a client’s sense of control. Low-fidelity means it’s clearly still a work in progress! It’s just an early step in the creative process, and therefore communicates that we’re still in the middle of that process together. There’s still plenty of room for their ideas and feedback.

    Lo-fi prototypes: client-tested, internal team-approved

    There are a lot of reasons to love lo-fi prototypes internally, too!

    They’re quick and easy. 

    We can whip up multiple ideas within a few hours, without sinking the time into getting our hearts set on any one thing. In an agency setting especially, time is limited, so the faster we can get an idea out of our own heads, the better.

    They’re great to share with developers. 

    Ideally, the whole team is working together simultaneously, collaborating every step of the way. Realistically, a developer often doesn’t have time during a project’s early design phase. Lo-fi prototypes are concrete enough that a developer can quickly tell if building an idea will be within scope. It helps us catch impractical ideas early and helps us all collaborate to create something that’s both cool and feasible.

      Stay tuned for posts in the near future diving into some of our favorite processes for creating lo-fi prototypes!


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      So You've Written a Bad Design Take

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      Published On :: Tue, 05 May 2020 08:00:00 -0400

      So you’ve just written a blog post or tweet about why wireframes are becoming obsolete, the dangers of “too accessible” design, or how a certain style of icon creates “cognitive fatigue.”

      Your post went viral, but now you’re getting ratioed by rude people on the Internet. That sucks! You were just trying to start a conversation and you probably didn’t deserve all that negativity (except for you, “too accessible” guy).

      Most likely, you made one of these common mistakes:

      1. You made generalizations about “design”

      You, a good user-centered designer, know that you are not your user. Nor are you every designer.

      First of all, let's acknowledge that there is no universal definition of design. Even if we narrow it down to software design, it’s still hard to make generalizations. Agency, in-house, product, startup, enterprise, non-profit, website, app, connected hardware, etc. – there are a lot of different work contexts and cultures for people with “designer” in their titles.

      "The Design Industry" is not a thing, but even if it were, you don't speak for it. Don’t assume that the kind of design work you do is the universal default.

      2. You didn’t share enough context

      There are many great design books and few great design blog posts. (There are, to my knowledge, no great design tweets, but I am open to your suggestions.) Writing about design is not well suited to short formats, because context plays such an important role and there’s always a lot of it to cover.

      Writing about your work should include as much context as you would include if you were presenting your portfolio for a job interview. What kind of organization did you work for? Who was your client and/or your stakeholders? What was the goal of the project? Your timeline? What was the makeup of your team? What were the notable business rules and constraints? How are you defining effectiveness and success?

      Without these kinds of details, it’s not possible for other designers to know if what you’ve written is credible or applicable to them.

      3. You were too certain

      A blog post doesn’t need to be a dissertation. It’s okay to share hunches and anecdotes, but give the necessary caveats. And if you're making claims about science, bruh, you gotta cite your sources.

      Be humble in your takes. Your account of what worked for you and why is more valuable to your peers than making sweeping claims and reheating the same old arguments. Be prepared to be told you’re wrong, and have the humility to realize that your perspective is just your perspective. Real conversations, like good design, are built on feedback and diverse viewpoints.

      —

      Together, we can improve the discourse in our information ecosystems. Don't generalize. Give context. Be humble.


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      Best of 2019

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      Published On :: Thu, 26 Dec 2019 11:24:32 +0000

      Another year – and in this case another decade – coming to an end. I haven’t had many chances to go take photos this year. In fact my battery charger got lost for months… just so you know how little […]


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      Winterlichter Palmengarten Dec. 2019

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      Goals Scored Picks *** Tuesday *** 19 September 2017

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      Published On :: Mon, 18 Sep 2017 16:05:01 -0400

      We have a new preview on https://www.007soccerpicks.com/tuesday-matches/goals-scored-picks-tuesday-19-september-2017/

      Goals Scored Picks *** Tuesday *** 19 September 2017

      MATCH GOALS PICKS To return: ??? USD Odds: 6.27 Stake: 100 USD   Starting in   Teams   Our Prediction Odds Burnley - Leeds Soccer: England - Carabao Cup OVER 2.5 2.00 Schalke - Bayern Munich Soccer: Germany -…


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      Half Time Picks *** Tuesday *** 19 September 2017

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      Published On :: Mon, 18 Sep 2017 16:05:21 -0400

      We have a new preview on https://www.007soccerpicks.com/tuesday-matches/half-time-picks-tuesday-19-september-2017/

      Half Time Picks *** Tuesday *** 19 September 2017

      HALF TIME PICKS To return: ??? USD Odds: 6.93 Stake: 100 USD   Starting in   Teams   Half Time Our Pick Odds Crystal Palace - Huddersfield Soccer: England - Carabao Cup HALF TIME X 2.10 FC Augsburg - RB…


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      Asian Handicap Picks *** Tuesday *** 19 September 2017

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      Published On :: Mon, 18 Sep 2017 16:05:22 -0400

      We have a new preview on https://www.007soccerpicks.com/tuesday-matches/asian-handicap-picks-tuesday-19-september-2017/

      Asian Handicap Picks *** Tuesday *** 19 September 2017

      ASIAN HANDICAP PICKS To return: ??? USD Odds: 4.08 Stake: 100 USD   Starting in   Teams   Our Prediction goes for Odds West Ham - Bolton Soccer: England - Carabao Cup West Ham -0.5 1.55 Bologna - Inter Soccer:…


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      Double Chance Picks *** Tuesday *** 19 September 2017

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      Published On :: Mon, 18 Sep 2017 16:05:25 -0400

      We have a new preview on https://www.007soccerpicks.com/tuesday-matches/double-chance-picks-tuesday-19-september-2017/

      Double Chance Picks *** Tuesday *** 19 September 2017

      DOUBLE CHANCE PICKS To return: ??? USD Odds: 1.95 Stake: 100 USD   Starting in   Teams   Our Prediction Odds Bournemouth - Brighton Soccer: England - Carabao Cup 1X 1.20 Wolfsburg - SV Werder Bremen Soccer: Germany…


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      Fulltime Result Picks *** Tuesday *** 19 September 2017

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      Published On :: Mon, 18 Sep 2017 16:05:34 -0400

      We have a new preview on https://www.007soccerpicks.com/tuesday-matches/fulltime-result-picks-tuesday-19-september-2017/

      Fulltime Result Picks *** Tuesday *** 19 September 2017

      FULLTIME PICKS To return: ??? USD Odds: 5.40 Stake: 100 USD   Starting in   Teams   Our Prediction Odds GAIS - Frej Soccer: Sweden - Superettan 1 1.82 Bologna - Inter Soccer: Italy - Serie…


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