May 7

What is a UX Audit anyway?

You may have heard of a user experience (UX) audit and wondered if this is something your company should look into. Or you may have noticed that your website isn’t performing as well as it should and are considering if an audit could help you to locate and fix the problem. Here are my answers to the most common UX Audit questions asked by clients.

This post was originally written for and published on the Make it Clear blog.

Don’t fancy a long read? Here is a three-minute podcast I recorded for Purr Tech Tip Tuesday summarising this article 🤘

What is a UX audit?

Also known as a UX review, this is an in-depth analysis of the usability…

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·Mar 15

Three reasons why I stopped using design mockups to present my work

This is a short post reflecting on some of the recent changes in the way I present my UX design work.

I remember the time I discovered design mockups — these handy and oftentimes free assets that allow you to drop your designs into a simple template and see it instantly come to life. …

A data driven approach to living your best life

Five time-tested methods that help me stay on track with personal goals, build new habits and enjoy myself in the process.

For as long as I can remember, I have been interested in strategic approaches to personal development. …

Case study: MyParkrun app

As a UX designer and an avid runner, I took on a personal challenge to enhance the digital experience of Parkrun events.

Parkrun is an organised series of free weekly sporting events taking place on a Saturday morning in more than 2,000 locations around the world. The grassroots organisation brings together runners and walkers of all abilities and relies on volunteers for most of its operations. …

Coping with detraining: five ways to enjoying relearning a skills

The term detraining (not “leaving the train”) is commonly used in sport to describe a drop in performance after a long break. …

Seven principles of web development every digital designer should know

No matter your stance on the famous debate about whether or not designers should code, there are some fundamental principles of web development every designer should understand.

A career path into digital design is often winding, meaning many practitioners come from adjacent fields as diverse as graphic design, web development, research, or even anthropology. …

Are you good enough at your hobby?

Leisure has been a status symbol throughout modern history. While the poor worked all hours, the wealthy spent time reading, enjoying art and taking their tortoises for a promenade (fact). Now this paradigm has been reversed, and the time-poor businessmen eagerly turn what little free time they have left into yet more work. But why?

Have you ever worried if you are good enough at something you do for pleasure? …

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Apr 2, 2019

Better Social app case study

The number of social media users worldwide has been estimated to reach 2.5 billion by early 2018, meaning 1 in 3 people will be connected via one or more social media networks. Better Social is a personal project re-thinking the ways we socialise online.

User Research: Identifying Key Pain Points

Despite the widespread use of social media platforms, not everyone finds the experience entirely satisfying. The benefits of connectivity often outweigh the inconveniences, but the growing frustration with the online networking platforms goes beyond mere usability issues. Regular users are prone to an increased level of stress and social anxiety…

Building a dashboard for busy GP doctors

This project was created in response to Artiom Dashinsky’s Product Design Weekly Challenge. It was made over a couple of days as a brainstorming exercise and shows my thinking process, not a polished design product. Previously, I designed an app to aid busy teachers in memorising their students’ names and a tool for helping people to relocate to a new country. Today’s challenge is to design a desktop app dashboard for a general practice doctor.

First things first, what is a dashboard and how does one go about designing it? I found this article by Taras Bakusevych packed with useful advice, including a spot-on definition:

A dashboard is an at-a-glance preview of crucial information important for the user at the moment they are looking at…

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Jan 17, 2019

Bucket list: four questions that will help you do it right

Bucket lists get a bad name. Outside of a small fan group they are often seen as eccentric whims of spoilt Millenials sipping avocado smoothies on their gap year. Could you be doing your bucket lists wrong and, more importantly, is there a way of doing it right?

I created my first bucket list when I turned 27. Called 30 before 30, it listed all the things I wanted to do, try and achieve before I enter the fourth decade of my life. Over the next three years, I talked to numerous friends (and strangers) about the idea…

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What is a UX audit?

This is a short post reflecting on some of the recent changes in the way I present my UX design work.

Five time-tested methods that help me stay on track with personal goals, build new habits and enjoy myself in the process.

As a UX designer and an avid runner, I took on a personal challenge to enhance the digital experience of Parkrun events.

No matter your stance on the famous debate about whether or not designers should code, there are some fundamental principles of web development every designer should understand.

The number of social media users worldwide has been estimated to reach 2.5 billion by early 2018, meaning 1 in 3 people will be connected via one or more social media networks. Better Social is a personal project re-thinking the ways we socialise online.

User Research: Identifying Key Pain Points

Bucket lists get a bad name. Outside of a small fan group they are often seen as eccentric whims of spoilt Millenials sipping avocado smoothies on their gap year. Could you be doing your bucket lists wrong and, more importantly, is there a way of doing it right?

Tina Remiz