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Attitudinal vs. Behavioral Research in UX: What People Say vs. What They Do

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Ever wondered why users say one thing but do something entirely different? 🤔 Understanding this gap...
Ever wondered why users say one thing but do something entirely different? 🤔 Understanding this gap is the key to designing seamless user experiences. UX research is divided into two major approaches: attitudinal research, which captures what users think and feel, and behavioral research, which observes what they ac...

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Designing with Constraints to Fuel Creativity in UX/UI

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In UX/UI, constraints can often feel like obstacles. Limited screen space, accessibility requirements, strict branding guidelines,...
In UX/UI, constraints can often feel like obstacles. Limited screen space, accessibility requirements, strict branding guidelines, tight…Continue reading on UX Planet »

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Building Your Personal Brand as a UX/UI Designer

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Explore strategies for showcasing your skills, experience, and unique perspective as a designer.Continue reading on UX...
Explore strategies for showcasing your skills, experience, and unique perspective as a designer.Continue reading on UX Planet »

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What is Usability Testing? Methods, Types & Usability Research Explained

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Written by Mary MooreHave you ever had the experience that after pouring your heart and soul...
Written by Mary MooreHave you ever had the experience that after pouring your heart and soul into a design, it simply does not connect with users? Grrr, I know. But! When you look behind the scenes at how real people interact with what you make, you may get an incredible superpower known as usability testing.From my...

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Vibe Coding with Cursor AI

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Even in 2025, there is a gap between design and development in product design. What we...
Even in 2025, there is a gap between design and development in product design. What we design in tools like Figma and what is implemented in code are two different things. Depending on how good design handoff is handled and the skills of both designers and developers, this gap can be subtle or huge. It’s possible to...

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Bridging the design-to-code gap: Anima Playground

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Digital product design landscape is changing rapidly. In the last decade, to be successful in their...
Digital product design landscape is changing rapidly. In the last decade, to be successful in their role, UI designers had to create pixel-perfect mockups perfectly aligned with business intention. Apart from doing design handoffs, UI designers rarely dived into the actual code. Many organizations had a dedicated ro...

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No 16. Some AI Learning Resources & Insights

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While my journey may have started with some initial struggle, certain resources helped me go from...
While my journey may have started with some initial struggle, certain resources helped me go from a complete beginner to a confident product manager working in the AI space. These resources provided deep insights into how AI could be applied to product development and business strategy.1. People + AI Guidebookhttps:...

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Pinterest’s Personalization Playbook

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In today’s digital landscape, personalization isn’t just a feature — it’s the foundation of user experience.Nowhere...
In today’s digital landscape, personalization isn’t just a feature — it’s the foundation of user experience.Nowhere is this more evident than on Pinterest, where billions of Pins are curated into unique feeds for over 400 million monthly users worldwide.Pinterest, positioned uniquely as a visual discovery engine, ha...

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Why stakeholders don’t vibe with user research

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Taylor Swift — image via Wikipedia CommonsI’m a big fan of user research. I like testing...
Taylor Swift — image via Wikipedia CommonsI’m a big fan of user research. I like testing things with users. I love gathering data, analysing it and using it to justify design decisions. To paraphrase Taylor Swift: me and research vibe like that.But not everyone vibes with user research.Stakeholders can be particular...

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The 3 boring secrets to writing great UX copy (that converts)

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Design is a Courtship of Commitment

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Image of young lady reading Lady Whistletown’s Design Society Paper generated by Imogen 3TL;DR in Lady...
Image of young lady reading Lady Whistletown’s Design Society Paper generated by Imogen 3TL;DR in Lady Whistledown’s Style:Dearest Gentle Reader,Much like a proper courtship, design is an affair of commitment. Business leaders, like well-meaning suitors, often hesitate at the altar, fearful of taking the final decis...

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How Touchless Interaction is Changing UX/UI Design

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The Future of Gesture-Based Interfaces.Continue reading on UX Planet »

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Design Chronicles #2: Pixel Pusher or Problem Solver ? The design dilemma you can’t ignore 🎨 💡

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How to navigate this terrible job market? Niche down.

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After over four years of working freelance/contract, I entered the full-time job market for the first...
After over four years of working freelance/contract, I entered the full-time job market for the first time this year. I had seen the layoffs, the astronomical applicant counts, and the barrage of pessimistic takes about the state of product design all over LinkedIn. I braced myself for a painful, prolonged process.T...

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Measuring the success of product design: OKRs and KPIs

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In product design, measuring success is essential to ensure that design decisions lead to meaningful improvements...
In product design, measuring success is essential to ensure that design decisions lead to meaningful improvements and align with business outcomes. OKRs (Objectives and Key Results) and KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) are two common approaches, each serving a different purpose. What do these metrics mean? How are ...

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Why you should NOT design for your users

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Countless articles and books about design stress the importance of designing for real users. The concept...
Countless articles and books about design stress the importance of designing for real users. The concept of user-centric design is rooted in putting the user front and center and designing a product that will make the user happy.What if I tell you that this all is wrong?You probably won’t believe me because this con...

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Innovative Design: How To Design Something That Doesn’t Exist

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Innovation is by far one of the most difficult areas of product design. Unlike conventional design,...
Innovation is by far one of the most difficult areas of product design. Unlike conventional design, which basically all about iterating existing solutions available on the market, innovative design is about creating a brand-new thing. Something that doesn’t exist before. Something that can potentially change the cou...

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HiPPO Effect in Product Design

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No, this article is not about hippopotamus. It’s about Highest Paid Person’s Opinion (HiPPO), how it...
No, this article is not about hippopotamus. It’s about Highest Paid Person’s Opinion (HiPPO), how it affects product design decisions, and how product designers can overcome the potentially dangerous impact of this behavior.True nature of the HiPPO effectHiPPO effect occurs when a senior executive or influential sta...

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Product Redesign Proposal: Structure & Tips

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Image by Tamanna RumeeProduct redesign is an inevitable thing. No matter how good your original product...
Image by Tamanna RumeeProduct redesign is an inevitable thing. No matter how good your original product is, you will likely decide to redesign it at some point in time. Maybe your audience’s preferences shift so you will need to adapt to the new market demand, or maybe you decide to embrace a new visual style to mak...

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Framing the Most realistic persona of an enterprise healthcare users

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The hospital’s fluorescent lights flickered overhead, casting long, eerie shadows on the sterile white walls. As...
The hospital’s fluorescent lights flickered overhead, casting long, eerie shadows on the sterile white walls. As I sat hunched over my laptop, the rhythmic beeping of heart monitors became an almost constant companion, a steady reminder of the high-stakes environment around me.My missionTo design a SaaS product that...

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The productivity trap: why busyness feels so good

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Busyness is satisfying because it tricks us into feeling accomplished. But activity isn’t the same as...
Busyness is satisfying because it tricks us into feeling accomplished. But activity isn’t the same as progress. You can be extremely efficient at clearing your inbox, organizing files, or attending back-to-back meetings, but none of that matters if you’re not being effective.Efficiency is about doing tasks right, ef...

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The Untapped Billion-Dollar Market Airlines Are Sleeping On — UX Case Study

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A few weeks ago, I urgently needed to send a mobile phone (with a lithium battery)...
A few weeks ago, I urgently needed to send a mobile phone (with a lithium battery) to a friend in another city. Traditional courier services typically avoid transporting mobile phones by air due to potential safety restrictions and airline guidelines. At the same time, I noticed that almost all prominent low-cost ai...

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UX Case Study: How We Slashed Enterprise Procurement Time from 6 Weeks to 48 Hours

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Market Gap: Enterprises waste 40% of IT budgets on mismatched solutions due to fragmented procurement processes...
Market Gap: Enterprises waste 40% of IT budgets on mismatched solutions due to fragmented procurement processes (Gartner, 2024). Users face decision fatigue when navigating siloed service catalogs and lack the tools to align technical specs with financial constraints.Core Challenges:Reduce time-to-solution from 6 we...

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I Reviewed 250+ SaaS Landing Pages— Avoid These 10 Common Design Mistakes

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You can have the fanciest design and animations possible, but that means nothing if the website...
You can have the fanciest design and animations possible, but that means nothing if the website copy is trash.You will not convert traffic into users/sales.A prospect must understand what your business does as clearly as possible and as soon as possible.Don’t use gargantuous words that can only be understood by lite...

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