I don’t plan on being Evil, but I found this list of Design Patterns from Hell to be useful.

I don’t plan on being Evil, but I found this list of Design Patterns from Hell to be useful.

Yes, there is such a thing as Unethical UX Design.  Here are things to avoid.

https://uxdesign.cc/10-evil-types-of-dark-ux-patterns-f5a408c43c62

Tania Vieira provides an explanation of Hick’s Law in regards to UI/UX.

Tania Vieira provides an explanation of Hick’s Law in regards to UI/UX.

Named after psychologist William Hick, the rule state that the more choices you provide a user, the longer it takes, by a factor of Log2().

https://uxdesign.cc/how-to-create-simple-and-clear-user-experiences-with-hicks-law-b1ccc8627536

This has been argued since the CompuServe days (late 80s), now a Peanut maker is getting into the argument on how you pronounce GIF (gif or jif).

This has been argued since the CompuServe days (late 80s), now a Peanut maker is getting into the argument on how you pronounce GIF (gif or jif).

How do you pronounce the abbreviation for Graphics Interchange Format? Hard G or soft g?

https://www.businessinsider.com/jif-campaign-settle-debate-pronunciation-of-gif-2020-2

ps. If anyone finds the link to buy it on Amazon, please send it to me.

A dozen talks from dotSwift 2020, a recent Swift conference in Paris.

A dozen talks from dotSwift 2020, a recent Swift conference in Paris.

It is always great when a conference puts up their videos to share.  Thank you!

https://www.dotconferences.com/conference/dotswift-2020

The YouTube channel with all the videos, including past dotSwift conferences: https://www.youtube.com/user/dotconferences/featured

UXDetails examines Tempo, and the innovative ideas that this Mail Client uses.

UXDetails examines Tempo, and the innovative ideas that this Mail Client uses.

Using animation and interactions, Tempo takes the novel approach that mail comes in batches, not individual emails.

https://www.uxdetails.com/tempo/

Christina Koehn leads us through the evolution of various Microsoft’s Icons.

Christina Koehn leads us through the evolution of various Microsoft’s Icons.

I especially like the montage of Mail icons, over the years.

https://medium.com/microsoft-design/iconic-icons-designing-the-world-of-windows-5e70e25e5416

Even if you are not using Java, the language ability to Annotate the source and compiled code is worth knowing.

Even if you are not using Java, the language ability to Annotate the source and compiled code is worth knowing.

Ben Weidig article is a good introduction for those of us who are unfamiliar with the Java feature.

https://medium.com/better-programming/java-annotations-explained-f1c26580b839