Adding Ethics to Design Sprints at The Zebra
An article I wrote for The Zebra on how we’ve added ethics into our design process. You can read the entire article on Medium:
How to Conduct a Design Ethics Heuristic Evaluation
An article I wrote for The Zebra on the practical implementation of design ethics.
Read the article here: How to Conduct a Design Ethics Heuristic Evaluation
Here’s an excerpt:
Without reflection, we go blindly […]
The Cost of Running Design Sprints at The Zebra
An article I wrote for The Zebra around quantifying the cost of design sprints.
Read the article: The Cost of Running Design Sprints – The Zebra – Medium
An excerpt:
At […]
How The Zebra Runs Remote Design Sprints Effectively
An article I wrote for The Zebra about overcoming the challenge of distance in product planning. You can read the entire article here:
How The Zebra Runs Remote Design Sprints Effectively
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New Freebie: Printable iPhone X Templates
Updating my printable templates to include the iPhone X.
Source: Free Printable iPhone X Templates by Matthew Stephens – Dribbble
Great Article: A Designer’s Code of Ethics – Dear Design Student
Rarely do designers take a step back and ask themselves about the human impact of their work. Are we doing good? How do my designs fit into the larger fabric of society? This article does a good job of addressing this.
Great Article: Gamification in UX. Increasing User Engagement. – UX Planet
A nice summary of gamification, a few examples, and how these concepts can be applied to the UX of your app.
Source: Gamification in UX. Increasing User Engagement. – UX Planet
Great Article: Creating Usability with Motion: The UX in Motion Manifesto
A well-written, comprehensive assessment of motion in UX.
Source: Creating Usability with Motion: The UX in Motion Manifesto
New Dribbble Post: American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network Booklet
I’ve been happy to volunteer my time at the American Cancer Society’s Cancer Action Network. This is a booklet I designed for Texas senators and representatives to share their cancer stories. Learn […]
New Freebie: Adobe Creative Cloud Asset Library – Google Material Design
I needed a quick way to access the most common colors and fonts for Google’s Material Design and figured others could use this. Download or subscribe here: http://adobe.ly/2eiKTmf
Source: Free Adobe […]
New Freebie: Printable iPhone 7 Templates (iOS 10)
Updating my printable templates for iPhone 7 and iOS 10. Download here. Enjoy! 🙂
Source: Free Printable iPhone 7 Templates (iOS 10) by Matthew Stephens – Dribbble
Great Article: Dealing with UX Disagreements
Often during meetings or client interviews, I’m asked how to solve the problem of disagreements among stakeholders in a project. My short answer is always “Listen to everyone, test the different options, […]
Great Article: When and How to Create Customer Journey Maps
Well-organized breakdown of customer journey maps and when/how to use them in your product design.
Journey maps combine two powerful instruments—storytelling and visualization—in order to help teams understand and address customer needs.
Source: […]
Great Article: Beyond onboarding: ramping up your users from novice to expert
Nice, in-depth article that explores the psychology and behavior behind not just onboarding but the entire user lifecycle.
Source: Beyond onboarding: ramping up your users from novice to expert — Medium
Great Article: Mobile UX Design: The Right Ways to Ask Users for Permissions
Good, short article on best practices for progressively asking users for permissions.
You know that the average app loses 80% of its daily active users within the first 3 days post-install? Most people […]
New Dribbble Post: Initial version of the onboarding process…
Working on the onboarding process for the Ateamo iPhone app. Animation is next.
Source: Initial version of the onboarding process… by Matthew Stephens
Great Article: 6 things that take your UX from above average to world class – InVision Blog
Solid blog post from Joe Toscano with some good suggestions for app designers.
It’s the UX designer’s job to make the best experience possible—including all the parts of the experience that nobody thinks […]
Great Article: “How to choose the right UX metrics for your product” — GV Library — Medium
Great breakdown of the HEART framework and how to determine UX metrics based on it.
Source: How to choose the right UX metrics for your product — GV Library — Medium
Great Article: “We Categorized 327 User Onboarding Experiences Into 9 UI Patterns (Find Out Which You Should Use)”
My friends at AppCues have collected and catalogued hundreds of user onboarding experiences, along with links to resources that will help you create them. Definitely worth exploring!
There are several common UI patterns […]
Great Article: “How To Integrate Motion Design In The UX Workflow – Smashing Magazine”
Great article and collection of links for adding animation to your UX workflow. Very comprehensive and worth reading.
Mark Di Sciullo shows how motion can be a key utility in helping your users achieve […]
New Project: Artful DNA – Your personal genome as art.
Been experimenting with data visualization and my personal genome lately. I’d like to see if there’s a market for personalized artwork based on your DNA. Sign up if you are interested and […]
Great Article: “The Future of Conversational UI Belongs to Hybrid Interfaces — The Startup — Medium”
Great article I found about the past and future of conversational UI.
2016 is the year of everything conversational. Messaging apps are taking over the world and app store rankings with incr…
Source: […]
New Dribbble Post: Tennis App Data Visualization
Working on a new dark version of the Cizr UI. Timeline data visualization allows the user to jump to important points in the match. Size of the dot represents the significance of […]
The future of motion in UX design
Really good article on how motion is the next logical step after minimalist design.
Design is coming to life in ways never seen before. That’s according to Kharis O’Connell, the CEO and founder […]
New Dribbble Post: Mashboard Customer Journey
Putting together the customer journeys for Mashboard. Thinking about providing this as a template in the near future.
The State of UX in 2016 — uxdesign.cc
This is a great “State of the Union” type website for UX. Great to see where we are and where we are headed.
Uideo: A collection of hundreds of design talks
If you like TED talks, then you will love this site. It’s a huge gallery of really compelling talks related to design, UX, UI, etc.
Misused mobile UX patterns — Medium
UI patterns are the best way to make sure your conventions will be understood by your users, but many of these patterns are being used incorrectly.
New Freebie: Heatmap Gradient Presets for Photoshop
I do alot of data visualization these days and heatmaps are often a big part of that. I couldn’t find any good presets, so I decided to create my own. Hope you […]
A Playbook for Improving Customer Journeys | Adaptive Path
As the field of Customer Experience begins to take shape, guides such as this will become more and more crucial for new designers, marketers, product managers, etc.
Source: A Playbook for Improving […]
A Redesign of Tesla’s Dashboard UI — Medium
Teslas + Dashboard UI + Awesome design. Can’t beat it.
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New Dribbble Post – SpokeFly Search
Spending some time today fixing up the search screen for SpokeFly.
New Freebie: Animated Switches (PSD + AE)
Designed a switch for Mashboard and figured I’d share it with everyone.
Source: Dribbble – Freebie: Animated Switches (PSD + AE) by Matthew Stephens
Privacy is UX | A List Apart
As an avid privacy advocate and outspoken Edward Snowden fanboy, I thought this article was both timely and relevant. Good UX should always include security and protection against data theft.
It’s time for […]