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Handtrack.js: Hand Tracking Interactions in the Browser

Handtrack.js library allows you track a user’s hand (bounding box) from an image in any orientation, in 3 lines of code.

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Certainty Theater

We often reward Certainty Theater (a not-so-distant relative to Success Theater).

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Gestalt-Driven UX: The Patterns That Drive Our World

It's incredible to think where we've come in the last 30 years.

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Why does Apple's 3D Touch fail miserably?

Last week Apple revealed their new offerings for their most successful product and brand, the iPhone.

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Dieter Rams 10 Principles of Good Design

In the later stages of Dieter's life he began working more on the principles of design, and less on designing consumer products.

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The Power of Flex-Grow

Let's face it, laying out a website can sometimes be challenging, especially when some of the content may be dynamic.

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Attention hacking is the epidemic of our generation

What are the techniques used by advertising giants to keep us coming back for more?

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How To Build A Notification That You Won't Hate

Notifications suck. I mean they really, really suck.

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Dear Apple, please fix notifications

I love my iPhone. The details and user experience are mostly delightful. However… about 2-4 times a day, a moment of intense frustration pops in.

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What data visualisation has taught me so far

Since I dived into data visualisation I've learned so much that sometimes it's difficult to explain every little detail.

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Look at your product from a new perspective

In 2015 we redesigned and rewrote our Flights application completely.

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I'm harvesting credit card numbers and passwords from your site

The following is a true story. Or maybe it’s just based on a true story. Perhaps it’s not true at all.

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"username or password incorrect" is bullshit

There's a security best practice where sign ins aren't supposed to say "password is incorrect".

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Finding MissingNo

Growing up in the 90s was pretty great.

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Dive into the details of iOS 11: Is Apple still detail-oriented?

The unfinished feeling in iOS 11 mostly comes from UI and animation.

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11 Ways I Visualize Product Development Work

Whenever you're thinking high level, someone will bring you down to earth and ask you to get into the weeds.

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Web fonts: when you need them, when you don't

I think there should be some sort of guidelines to help people decide whether or not to use web fonts.

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Blockchain and Design

An Interview with Matt Storus, Lead Designer at 21.co.

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Samsung's Bizarre Emojis

I have no idea what the creative process at Samsung was like while they were designing emojis. Did the children of employees draw them? Had the designers never seen or used emojis on other platforms? Were they simply running low on time?We may never know the answer to these questions.

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Commoditisation of UI

A lot of designers overestimate the value of unique UI design for the success of a product. The truth is that it's actually hardly important at all. It doesn't matter how unique your UI is, competitors will eventually copy it and it will end up commoditised.