You write it, we boost it. — As an official Medium publication partner, part of our role is to select and curate the best stories published in the Design vertical to make sure they receive a well-deserved Boost in the platform. “Boosted” stories are recommended to interested readers across Medium’s homepage, apps, and emails (which go out…

Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers. — It is estimated that 60% of the psychology and social studies are conducted on University Campuses, and their participants are Western, Educated, and from Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic Countries (W.E.I.R.D.). Before jumping to conclusions, we must understand that a W.E.I.R.D. population is easy to target in Universities and Research facilities…

Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers. — Since their invention in 1997, user stories have become ubiquitous. The simple format of “as X, I want Y so that I can Z” has helped countless software teams stay focused on the value they provide for their customers. In theory. The truth is: As a user, I don’t want…

Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers. — Researchers widely debate creativity, but they often recognise originality or novelty as one of its key elements. And this originality is a product designer’s super-weapon. A weapon that’s powerful yet elusive. Research shows creativity reduces as we go through life. We fixate on finding ‘the right’ answer (a.k.a convergent thinking)…

Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers. — Modern products often have a large amount of user research data from different sources: user research interviews, intercom conversations, customer e-mails, surveys, customer reviews on various platforms, and whatnot. Making sense of all that data is a challenging task. …

Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers. — Science fiction films love to show off huge leaps in technology. The latest Avatar movie features autonomous, spider-like robots that can build a whole city within weeks. There are spaceships that can carry frozen passengers lightyears away from Earth. …

Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers. — In the past decade, when looking at the level of individual companies, AI exposure has correlated with reduced hiring. Thanks to AI, firms are not only changing the job requirements for their roles — but they are also hiring less overall. We finally see the effects on “skilled” labor that…

This month marks our 10th anniversary on Medium and our 15th anniversary as a design publication. Here are a couple things that have been working for us. — We’re not accepting AI-generated text. We’re not accepting stories that could have been easily written by an AI. We encourage authors to balance factual (wikipedia-like) information with their own personal insights, anecdotes, and personality.

Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers. — “As a 70-year-old who has spent well over 30 years teaching Digital Media, speaking at conferences around the world, and conducting seminars to audiences and classes composed solely of that younger generation, I have been subjected to that last acceptable practice.” Ageism: the last acceptable prejudice → By Tom Green Editor picks …