Text inside buttons can do so much — Similar to the fashion industry, button styling changes all the time. Designers continue to tinker with what looks current and how they can get users to click or tap. What has remained somewhat stagnant over time is information inside buttons — that being true until the last year or so…

And other UI copy decisions for application access — Intro (optional) The most popular article I have written to date is this one, which is a UI copy guide about Remove vs Delete & Add vs Create. Even though this was the second article I ever wrote (and was published way before I took my first UX class) it garnered more…

Make it easy for your users to input data — One might think keyboards are a trivial component to mobile UX design. I mean, what’s to talk about? If a user clicks on a field then show them the keyboard. Simple, right? Unfortunately, this must be the mindset for a lot of dev teams because a lot of apps leave…

With my idea on how to improve it — Strava is a fitness app that tracks and shares your activities, e.g. running, hiking, etc. More simply, think of it like Instagram, but instead of posting a photo you post your activity. I consider Strava to be one of the best apps out there from a UX perspective. It has…

What the general public wants to see in 2021 — Around this time of year, plenty of articles start to circulate about “Design Trends” for 20XX. Although these articles are nice to browse through, they serve more as inspiration (like Dribbble) rather than a checklist or guide. I wanted to take a different approach to this. I came up with…

A redesign of an OKR solution — Background My current company was searching for a Performance Management system early last year and landed on Leapsome — a new, yet highly-rated tool. The solution initially seemed to live up to its reputation as onboarding was a breeze and their support team was pleasant to interact with. Unfortunately, my first…

As I am sure all designers have picked up on, confetti has become a popular method of (positive) feedback inside mobile and desktop apps. I will discuss the viable scenarios where you can implement confetti and will even provide some corny examples 🌽 Scenarios when you can use confetti 🎉 Confetti is congratulatory in nature, but in…

How the evolution of card design affected my redesign — Intro I was recently tasked to redesign the results of the following filters: Filtered results for users (creatives)

Redesigning personal and group chats for a social collaboration app — Intro + Project Objective I became Connective’s first designer at the start of 2020, and one of my first projects was to redesign their chat interface. The initial goal of this project was just to provide a face lift, but after several discussions with the CEO we added the following functionality improvements: For 1v1…