Hollywood UI, lessons of design, love letter to Figma, the UX of ADHD
Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers.
Science fiction films love to show off huge leaps in technology. The latest Avatar movie features autonomous, spider-like robots that can build a whole city within weeks. There are spaceships that can carry frozen passengers lightyears away from Earth. In James Cameron’s imagination, we can download our memories and then upload them into newly baked bodies.
All this wildly advanced tech is controlled through touch-activated, transparent, monochrome, and often blue holograms. Just like a thousand other futuristic interfaces in Hollywood.
Why all of Hollywood UI looks the same →By Daley Wilhelm
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Editor picks
- UX for ADHD →
Software accessibility for users with Attention Deficit Disorder.
By Eva Katharina Wolf - From foe to friend →
The many ways AI is transforming products.
By Valentina Berois - Another death knell for Twitter →
How Twitter’s decision will affect important accessibility tools.
By Robert Stribley
The UX Collective is celebrating its 15th anniversary as an independent design publication. Here’s a letter from our editors about what we’re not doing.
Lessons of Design →By Fabricio Teixeira
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Make me think
- Less money and more fear: what’s going on with tech →
”Currently, Netflix is focused on maximizing its revenue, which explains why there’s now an ad-funded version of a Netflix subscription. It also explains why Netflix is cracking down on password sharing: it desperately needs more free cash flow, says Charles Kane, a senior lecturer at MIT Sloan.” - What does it mean to be strategic? →
”It all begins with intention. There’s something in our environment that we would like to change. Formulated in terms of motion, this intention emerges as a question of ‘Where do we intend to go?’” - Productive procrastination →
”However, I will say this about me: I do a pretty good job of channeling my procrastination into adjacent creative tasks which, in the end, influence, shape, and improve the chunks of work I do complete. And that looks like productivity from the outside.”
Little gems this week
A love letter to Figma (and all my exes) →By Nicole Gallardo
How I use Figma to craft better presentations →By Patrick Morgan
To sketch or not to sketch? →
By Darren Yeo
Tools and resources
- Onboarding tutorials vs. contextual help →
Who wore it better? - Bite-sized accessibility →
Learn something new with short posts. - Formulas for optical adjustments →
Balancing the relative scales of elements.
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