When tasked with creating products that provide meaningful and relevant experiences to users, UX designers must consider usability and function, as well as design and branding. And the only way to ...

Valued at more than $3 billion dollars with more than 600,000 paying customers at the start of 2016, Slack is on a mission to simplify how teams communicate–a philosophy echoed in the company’s own ...

When juggling all the responsibilities of a freelance web designer, it’s common to worry most about things like writing a contract, getting paid, and actually building the website. Sometimes, however, ...

You may be all too familiar with the drill by now: applications and services need to be pushed out the door yesterday, and everyone is racing against the clock to get everything done. Today's digital ...

Editor's Note: This article has been updated on August 28, 2023 to include new data and information. In the digital age, the way a product or service feels to users can make or break its success. At ...

Task analysis is a step-by-step analysis of the users' task, from their perspective. Taking this approach to user research and task analysis will help you discover unmet opportunities to leapfrog your ...

New York City noise blares right outside Tumblr’s office in the Flat Iron District in Manhattan. Once inside, the headquarters hum with a quiet intensity. I am surrounded by four dogs that employees ...

“No product is an island… it is a cohesive, integrated set of experiences.” This quote from Don Norman, the originator of the phrase "user experience" (UX), demonstrates just how vital design is to ...