5-Card Friday
A Bi-Weekly Update from the ITS UX Team
Ultimate Guide for Designing UI Cards
Tips, tricks and best practices for designing better cards.
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Ultimate Guide for Designing UI Cards
Cards are universal — from social media sites like Instagram and Facebook to E-commerce stores like Amazon. Card layout has quickly earned popularity.
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4 Lessons from Airbnb’s Brian Chesky
Over the last 20 years, I’ve worked on or invested in many companies that scaled to 100 million users or more. And just about every entrepreneur I meet with has that ambition as they get started. But here’s the thing: You don’t start with 100 million users. You start with a few.
And in many ways, the best way to begin is to stop thinking big, and start thinking small. Hand serve your customers. Win them over, one by one. And don’t stop until you know exactly what they want.
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4 Lessons from Airbnb’s Brian Chesky
That’s what Brian Chesky did. As co-founder and CEO of Airbnb, Brian’s early work was more akin to a traveling salesman. He went door-to-door, meeting Airbnb hosts in person, taking photographs of their space, and learning what they did and didn’t like about his product.
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Mobile Design Essentials: Cart Summary Page
With more and more people shopping on smartphones, its important to design smooth checkout experience.
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Mobile Design Essentials: Cart Summary Page
Here are eight practical recommendations for the cart summary page.
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You’re Not Still Using “Read More” Are You?
It’s probably not the first time you’ve heard that using links like “Read More” or “Click Here” is bad practice. This topic has been widely discussed and the internet is packed with information about why it sucks.
If you’re still making links like “Learn More” in 2020, it’s really time to kick this habit to the curb. If you’re not, you can probably stop reading… But, are your alternatives that much better?
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You’re Not Still Using “Read More” Are You?
For those of you who want to make your links more accessible, let’s take a closer look at the underlying issue behind uninformative links.
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Diversity in Design Leads to Great User Experiences
Diversity and inclusion initiatives have real depth now. They are not about ticking boxes, rather they are core business strategy for organizations.
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Diversity in Design Leads to Great User Experiences
Diversity and inclusion make perfect sense for a tech company. Diversity leads to equitable employee experiences and it drives innovation. Research from Boston Consulting Group shows "the relationship between diversity and innovation is positive and statistically significant."
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