Figure 1. So many ways to greet a person—multi-language design. Multilingual design is a complex undertaking, but it is crucial for making websites accessible to international markets. You need to ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Figure 1. There’s much more to the user experience of a library than navigating the stacks. (Credit: Mauricio Lazo/UH Libraries) Libraries may not be the first thing that comes to mind when thinking ...

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 ...

Education for the UX field has exploded. There are more and more offerings for UX certification programs from online learning platforms like Udemy, Coursera, CareerFoundry, and edX. There are also ...

When trying to solve a business problem, many corporate teams rely on one type of logic. The result: instead of collaborating, the members end up in a power struggle over whose idea will win. It’s ...

A good reference for Methods/How-To Primary audience: Designers who are new or have some experience with the topic Writing style: Matter-of-fact Text density: Mostly text Learn more about our book ...

Analysts predict that by 2020 there will be as many as 200,000 billion connected digital devices in the world. We are rapidly saturating every aspect of our lives with digital technology, from huge ...