UX Design

After years of designing for adults, I jumped at the opportunity to design for kids which proved to be a challenge. With the help of my nieces, here's what I learned along the way.

In user interface design, we want to create a sense of rhythm and proportional consistency in the same way that the “beat” works for a composition of music.

What’s the best way for a UX designer to join a project that's in progress? There are actions that UX designers can take to help create a smooth process when joining a project already in progress.

As pressure to create leaner timelines mounts, how do we continue to deliver great work that requires listening to user feedback?

It may sound surprising to hear about brand consistency from a back-end developer. Nevertheless, brand consistency is a powerful trend that’s affecting how we architect content APIs.

Marissa relates some of her favorite Deep Thoughts to intermediate lessons about the user experience project process.

This article is a follow-up for "Debugging PHP email with MailHog." It documents an alternative way to set up MailHog, a debugging SMTP server, in a way that does not involve Docker.

Resources for designing user experiences for virtual reality. Marissa shares a high-level view of her design process during her first foray into VR.

Usability testing doesn't have to be costly or time-consuming. Invision App and ScreenFlow have helped us make gathering feedback an inexpensive, user-friendly and fast process.