Text readability is often an accessibility obstacle in both real and digital worlds. I once got an invitation to an event that looked like Figure 1. Figure 1. Low-contrast text: Hard to see, hard to ...

Imagine it’s 7:00 a.m. Your phone, lying quietly on your bedside table, suddenly lights up, and your alarm rings. You sit up, turn off the alarm, and pick up your phone. Before you fully awaken or ...

Curiosity is powerful. Psychologists tell us that curiosity enhances intelligence and increases perseverance. Being curious propels us to deeper engagement, superior performance, and more meaningful ...

Recently, I worked with a health insurance company to build a custom solution for care managers. Our key stakeholder (product owner) at the company had a nursing background and was excited to work ...

We invite you to visualize the story in the above graphic (Figure 1). You answer your house door to find your friend sopping wet from a surprise rainstorm. Would you act as if the situation were ...

Political Design is the framework that determines what gets built, how it functions, and who benefits from it. It exists at the intersection of individual values, team dynamics, and industry ...

Machine learning (ML) practitioners face a growing problem: Products and services increasingly generate and rely on larger, more complex datasets. As datasets grow in breadth and volume, the ML models ...

If you are a UX designer, you have likely felt the industry shifting beneath your feet. The culprit? Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI). It’s the topic in every team meeting, the subject of ...

In a broad sense, artificial intelligence (AI) uses computers and machines to simulate human decision-making and thinking. More modern definitions of AI describe it as the ability of a machine to ...

In Asian countries, especially in Southeast Asia, user experience or UX until relatively recently has been thought to be just focused on the look and feel of an interface. Not only did the majority of ...

Augmented reality, or AR, is becoming mainstream. Sources from TechCrunch and ABI Research to Business Insider state that the industry of AR and VR (virtual reality) combined will reach more than $100 ...

A DoGo map is a lightweight tool that provides an overview of the information architecture (IA) of a website or system. By blending a site map with a flowchart, a DoGo map creates an efficient way for ...