Design and a Half

Are Agile and UX really compatible ? Does a workflow involving Agile exclude or include UX ? What are some of the pitfalls ? Video Version: Is Agile good for UX? - YouTube If you enjoyed this episod...

Trust is the buildingblock of all business relationships. Coincidentally, it's also the building block of well-functioning teams. Trust enables people to focus on the work instead of regulating the re...

As a Junior, I would've benefitted so much from someone telling me what I'd be facing, going into my design career. That said, I thought of a couple of things that I really wished someone told me abou...

2020 is over, and Design and a Half is back in black, with a mean attack. What about ? Stats. They seem to be everywhere, and everything seems to be measured and quantified against stats. But are stat...

Sometimes people say things we don't agree with. Sometimes, we say those things. Whichever the case may be, there is a definite need to express one's disapproval with a situation, conversation or stat...

Leaders, managers, leads and CEOs everywhere. But not a leader in sight. Well maybe that's not entirely true. There's plenty of leaders out there. But they might be buried knee deep in work, menial ta...

Did you ever try to use what you made ? Probably one of the simplest things to do, yet for some very difficult. The concept of dogfooding is something widely used in the tech industry nowadays when ta...

Games games games! It seems like they are everywhere and are part of our lives! They are here to stay! But are they useful? Are they more than just a waste of time? Is it more to gaming than meets the...

Since Black Friday is just around the corner, it seemed natural to pick out this topic for today's episode, and explain a little bit about the effects of FOMO, as it is so endearingly called among peo...

Constraints are part of our everyday lives. We're constrained by budget, tech, availability, and most importantly time. We need to learn that perfect designs don't exist except within the realm of the...

Ever wondered what the best design tool is ? Ever wondered how to choose between them ? Today I'm debating over how to properly chose design tools within your organisation and why a design budget is q...

Whenever we're talking about a project, we're talking about stakeholders. Project manager, designers, developers, Architects. You name it ! But each of them has their own agenda, their own objectives ...

Just why ? What is it that makes companies not want to add juniors on to their rosters ? Why do they keep adding additional hurdles on them, when they know perfectly fine that a junior does not have a...

Is there such a thing as too much collaboration ? Well, as a matter of fact, YES. There is. Every person out there is an individual, and while, some thrive on just having endless conversations and ide...

Or the challenges of creativity. Problems, own experiences, battle scars... Stuff that is wrong about design right now, and stuff that I would have benefitted me know before diving into design. Every ...

We as consumers, can drive and steer the behavior of product companies towards something that adds value and brings change, rather than overselling and underdelivering. Oftentimes, we fall prey to our...

In this episode I'll talk about the 5 why technique and its use cases, origin as well as some tips related to UX interviews. This technique along with a lot of other popular concepts in IT nowadays ac...

This episode talks about the drawbacks and the advantages of early adopters, applied to the current case of the newly released iphone. I'm not going to debate specs, since there are lots of ways peopl...

We've all been there. Beating ourselves up for not finishing something on time, trying to squeeze in those extra work hours to finish something up that needs to be polished juuuuust a little bit more....

Thinking about today's status quo, and the economic situation we find ourselves in, it might not be that farfetched for education to become fully online and more accessible to people that would otherw...

Today's episode covers an aspect oftentimes overlooked in Design School, and design classes, which is Business. Understanding how a business operates, as well as understanding business concepts, today...

In today's episdoe we're talking about what a roadmap is, and how it can help you, as a designer, plan out work and align with the overall plans of the company that you are working for. It is part of ...

Woop woop ! It's weekend ! And that means tech time on Product Hunt !Here are today's top 5 most popular producthunt items:1. Saucy 3D iphone mockups from Bemore:https://www.bemore.graphics/?ref=produ...

In today's podcast I'm going to talk about things like dark patterns used in products, as well as services, strategies some people are using to attract attention onto their products as well as debatin...

We'll be having a look at the concept of "Critical Thinking" as well as what it means, how it can be useful and why it's become so popular lately among the skills that employers ask for.If you like th...

Welcome to this week's ProductHunt Friday ! In this episode we're going to go through a series of apps that range from funky elevator music, a statistic of how much time you've spent chatting with you...

In today's episode, we'll take a look at the eternal struggle happing in most organizations that employ developers and designers, main friction points, tips on how to better work together as well as a...

Today's episode talks about the types of digital designer's you'll find around in ocmpanies as well as some of the more or less subtle differences between them. I'll be covering UX Designers vs UI des...

In today's episode we're talking between some major differences between Android and iOS but instead of just looking at the obvious things, we're also going to talk a bit more indepth about subtle cust...

We'll be having a look at the present situation of the gig and freelancing market as well as how it impacts companies in a positive way and how it impacts the workers negatively. Would love to know wh...

In today's episode I'm going to talk about Design tests and challenges. A surefire way to turn designers away, and a very profitable habit for a lot of companies looking to make design hires. We'll be...

Starting this Friday, I'll be doing a review of the 5 most popular producthunt items for that specific Friday, live, without having any prior knowledge about them. Sort of like a live User Testing Ses...

The new facebook desktop website redesign has been slowly rolling out, and ever since I became a beta tester for it, it just annoyed the ever living daylights out of me. Initially I was intrigued, tri...

I really don't like talking about myself usually because I am not keen on bragging, but I realised I never properly introduced myself, and how I came to do UX design in the first place, and so, in tod...

In this episode, we're going to be looking at the difference between design in smaller vs larger companies. We're going to look at what makes them different, why and what would best fit you. ...

Why is communication important ? How can I communicate better and what are some good books on communication I can read to improve the way I communicate with others ? These are some questions that are ...