WHAT THE HECK IS A BUSINESS DESIGNER? You could be the best UX designer and still work on a product that fails. That’s because a business fails to find product-market fit and lacks thoughtful business design. This article explains the need for business design as a skill and its follow up expands on required skillsets. Sounds like a great career … Read More

NEW UX SALARIES DATA (2018) MeasuringU put out an in-depth study of UX salaries in America. The top 3 factors that affect salaries are where you live (Silicon Valley still pays the most), experience level and company size/type. Highlight: “The median (U.S.) Salary is $95,000. Each year since 2005, the inflation adjusted median salary hasn’t changed much as it’s fluctuated … Read More

YUP, UX COURSES ARE ON SALE THIS WEEK Use code TAKEFIFTY for $50 off UX Fundamentals, UX Portfolio Course 2.0 and Master the UX Interview. Use code TAKE500 for $500 the entire UX School Bundle. Codes expire this Friday 9/21! HOW DID THE NUMERIC KEYPAD COME TO BE? The numeric keypad is perhaps one of the longest used UI conventions. … Read More

TUT is a UXBeginner publication, curating the best UX news & training worth reading. DESIGNING WITH DIFFICULT DATA This article is another great reminder to NOT use lorem ipsum and avoid what most designers do: picking data that “fit” your designs. Writing with real data helps account for edge cases, and create more flexible designs: Highlight: “When it comes to design … Read More

Small announcement: I’m redesigning the UXBeginner.com homepage. Try clicking that big button :) It leads to 5 new resources I’ve created to career transitioners. THE STATE OF LANDING PAGE DESIGN (2018) This cheeky-yet-insightful article covers new trends in landing page design, notably the use of abstract illustrations. I happen to be a huge fan of this style – it’s also a … Read More

HOW GOV.UK IS HANDLING VOICE INTERACTIONS  Read this fascinating article on voice search and what the UK’s digital arm is doing about it. It’s interesting that one of the big challenges is to make content more easily understandable by search engines, with schema.org structured data as a potential solution. The need to design for voice is on the rise! Highlight: … Read More

A DESIGNER’S JOURNEY INTO FACEBOOK DESIGN Garron Engstrom writes a detailed account of how he started at Mitchell International, then Intuit, and finding his way into Facebook Design. Some great thoughts about being a generalist versus specialized designer: Highlight: “What is your dream company? Find out about their hiring practices. Do they hire specialists or generalists? Whatever it is, become … Read More

ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM THE UXBEGINNER BLOG Thanks a TON to everyone who filled out last week’s UX Career Survey. I’m silently rebuilding UXBeginner and UX School from the ground up, and these responses are truly helping me shape the next wave of resources to come. The process of creating this survey came as a surprise to me. There were things I was … Read More

UX + CRYPTO = LOVE  When new technologies and platforms come online, that means new opportunities for tech workers…and UX designers are no exception. Read from Coinbase’s Design Director Why Design Is The Killer App of Crypto. I love how she relates the development a new technology – automobiles – to the same challenges that cryptocurrency now faces: Highlight: “The … Read More