Color contrast is an important aspect of accessibility. Good contrast makes it easier for people with visual impairments to use products, and helps in imperfect conditions like low-light environments or older screens. With this in mind, we recently updated the colors in our user interfaces to be…

Bayes Theorem provides a principled way for calculating a conditional probability. It is a deceptively simple calculation, although it can be used to easily calculate the conditional probability of events where intuition often fails. Although it is a powerful tool in the field of probability, Bayes…

John Ball 18 min read· Jun 11, 2019 -- Press enter or click to view image in full size Device interactions need conversation, not keywords The inability to accurately recognize human language is a problem with state-of-the-art science. In part 1, we looked at the difference between language…

These map and summary are obviously selective/biased by my personal interests and familiarity with the topics discussed, so if you notice anything wrong or mis-represented please (i) go back to the actual tweets and (ii) send me a message 📨 🏎 A crash course on Lexical Meaning & Semantics If you…

New research from UC Berkeley suggests that language acquisition between birth and 18 is a remarkable feat of cognition, rather than something humans are just hardwired to do. (Courtesy image iStock) Learning one’s native language may seem effortless. One minute, we’re babbling babies. The next…

Ryan Hoover 4 min read· Jan 27, 2019 -- I built my first website with Dreamweaver, a WYSIWYG site builder that became popular during my teenage years. I was so proud of my creation. It was ugly, but I made it. Although my silly website didn’t take off as I had dreamed, it was a gateway drug to…

Julia Kho Oct 9, 2018 This article serves as a quick guide on one of the most important theorem that every data scientist should know, the Central Limit Theorem. What is it? When can you not use it? Why is it important? Is it the same thing as the law of large numbers? Central Limit Theorem vs. Law…

You can soon, if you insist, talk to your microwave — and it will listen. Amazon recently announced a $60 voice-activated microwave , along with 10 other new products using its Alexa voice assistant. Roll your eyes if you’d like, but it’s the latest example of Amazon’s obsession with making Alexa —…

Priya Dwivedi Sep 22, 2017 Doing cool things with data! This project is second phase of my popular project - Is Google Tensorflow Object Detection API the easiest way to implement image recognition ? In the original article I used the models provided by Tensorflow to detect common objects in youtube…

Making is a Kind of Thinking and Thinking is a Kind of Making Photo by Justine Hand When the ground shifts, the next chapter begins. Making things can expand one’s understanding of what it means to be human. Once, I made a series of drawings with my eyes closed that terrified me. After much…

Many designers don’t work with data directly. So why should they care about the General Data Protection Regulation, Europe’s far-reaching new privacy law? In short, GDPR will make privacy a mandatory design principle–and, in doing so, may redefine the profession. To prepare for the GDPR’s May 25th…

Pinterest Engineering 7 min read· Jul 20, 2018 -- Zack Argyle | Engineering manager, Core Experience The idea of building a “Progressive Web App” (PWA) is not new, but its definition has changed with the emergence of key technologies like service workers. Now it’s finally possible to build great…

Press enter or click to view image in full size A framework for communicating (or designing) any project For those interview presentations, website portfolio projects, or just to improve your own process designing solutions.. Weston Karnes 5 min read· Jun 1, 2018 -- As a product designer who’s…

Carlos E. Perez 5 min read· Mar 12, 2018 -- Press enter or click to view image in full size Photo by Quino Al on Unsplash In my most recent post, I offered the idea that the purpose of Artificial Intelligence should be to support this idea of Ikigai (生き甲斐): A reason for being. Press enter or click…

Design system: a series of components that can be reused in different combinations, allowing companies to manage design at scale. Every company — big and small — is building or planning on building a design system for its SaaS offerings. It makes sense. Having a design system in place is an…

Wabi-sabi embraces imperfection, impermanence, and the passing of time. It's the acceptance of what is, and the appreciation of the impermanence of what is.

As we look ahead into 2018, the team at Adobe Stock has been tracking the visual conversation around the world — from shows and galleries, to brand campaigns, and our own stock collection — to put together a list of the biggest visual trends to watch in the coming year. Our trend forecast is…

Ever linger over an image of a quiet landscape, or long for a moment of solitary contemplation? You’re not alone. In a chaotic digital age, silence is in short supply. And artists and brands are responding with escapes into Silence and Solitude — our first visual trend for 2018. We’re seeing a…

A few months ago, while dining at Veggie Grill (one of the new breed of Chipotle-class fast-casual restaurants), a phrase popped unbidden into my head: premium mediocre. The food, I opined to my wife, was premium mediocre. She instantly got what I meant, though she didn’t quite agree that Veggie…

Theory & Practice Paying it Forward: Stuart Franklin on teaching the next generation of photographers The Magnum photographer, author and educator explains what there is to gain from studying photography, and offers an insight into his own compulsion to produce work Stuart Franklin Stuart Franklin…

Theory & Practice Tips for Long-term Photographic Projects Five lessons in developing and sustaining a long-term photographic project from Magnum and industry insiders Matt Black Homeless camp. Fresno, California, USA. 2014. © Matt Black | Magnum Photos Documentary photography projects may develop…

The sudden death of many apps is now inevitable. And this is why I think it will happen.

To make this transition from UX Designer to…. “Product Designer”, there are 3 things you’ll need to understand: Product Strategy, Growth and Marketing.

John Accent talks to an acclaimed designer and influencer about the importance of inclusion, the future of design, and the open web. Maeda (Automattic) Share Tweet Pin it Link “Designers’ role will be to support the social conscience of the product” ANNA SAVINA Author LIA BEKYAN Photographer John…

Illustration: Madeline Rawlings Personality is the new UX. Jess Thoms May 29, 2017 C onversational interfaces have reduced user experience down to a few lines of text. With bots, UX becomes conversational, products talk back, and persona’s now go both ways. Every bot has a voice — which means every…

The best guess is that humans currently speak about 6,900 different languages. More than half the global population communicates using just a handful of them—Chinese, English, Hindi, Spanish, and Russian. Indeed, 95 percent of people communicate using just 100 languages. The other argots are much…

This post shows just a few of the many ways in which design choices can enable different kind of privacy approaches, focusing on informing users and giving them better control. Privacy is shaped by more than law, policy or technical capabilities. Coming from a human rights background, I have become…

These days, talking to a bot is commonplace. Think Siri, or your chatty banking app. But you wouldn't talk to your toaster like you talk to a friend — unless your toaster had a great sense of humor. RYGERSZEM/Getty Images/iStockphoto "My daughter has known the difference between right and wrong…

What is Artificial Intelligence? Sam DeBrule Apr 5, 2017 Quick note before you dive in: This post (largely based on recent McKinsey Global Institute and Executive Office of the President reports) includes some doom and gloom about the negative impacts artificial intelligence may have on your life…

In this article I’ll show you a case study describing an entire process of designing a conversational UI for a B2B website.

Digital platforms (...) must bear some responsibility for the lack of awareness of the importance of narrative in visual storytelling.

We are looking forward to how UX will evolve in 2017. Here’s our take on looking at the past, understanding the present, and anticipating what the future holds.

The numbers paint a bleak picture for native app success rates that teams need to be aware of when they make important decisions about how to build a new app.

From now on, I won’t be building any more native apps. All my apps going forward will be progressive web apps.

You are still free to fuck up any way you like, but at least you can now avoid the exact same ways I’ve fucked up :)

Object Detection using Deep Learning for advanced users (Part-1) Prologue :This is a three part series which will elaborate on Object Detection in images using

My journey to becoming a web developer from scratch without a CS degree, 2 years later (and what I learned from it)

Like everybody else, I recently came across Jose Aguinaga’s post “ How it feels to learn JavaScript in 2016 ”. It’s clear that this post hit a nerve.

In its lack of concern to look comfortable, Brutalism can be seen as a reaction by a younger generation to the optimism and frivolity of today's webdesign.