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Define the default: good design is about impact and responsibility

UX Collective

I was in a Zoom call with a group from Climate Designers a few months back and designer Sarah Harrison (one of CD’s co-founders) told us an anecdote about carrots that originally sparked the thought in my head that would become this essay. I don’t want to call it an organic carrot. I want to call it a carrot.

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Dear (future) designer: don’t learn how to code

UX Collective

Learn terminology, and become a better communicator Photo by Yancy Min on Unsplash Dear (Future) Designer, Let’s dive straight into it — the world of design often dangles the coding carrot in front of you, promising a brighter future if only you could become the master of all codes. Should Designers Code?

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Smart CSS Solutions For Common UI Challenges

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Another fantastic article on the topic comes from Josh W Comeau. In Grid Garden , you’ll become the proud owner of a carrot garden. Each of the challenges is dedicated to a specific topic like visibility , display , transition , or z-index. Regular vs. irregular shadow. A subtle change creates more depth. Large preview ).

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Top 10 Motivational Books to Ignite Your Creative Fire

Inkbot Design

Buy on Amazon At over 500 pages, the book covers many topics, including neuro-linguistic programming, visualisation, anchoring, building rapport, modelling successful people, and more. Buy on Amazon “Drive” is full of fascinating studies and real-world examples that reveal flaws in carrot-and-stick thinking.

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Google anti-trust trial: Android deals might be Department of Justice’s smoking gun

UX Collective

Google’s answer is the set of contractual “carrots” and “sticks” that empower Google to “[o]wn the ecosystem” and help thwart any alternative mobile ecosystem from developing that could support a different search provider. Every week, I publish one deep-dive analysis on a current tech topic / product strategy in the form of a 10-minute read.

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How to navigate the insanity of behavioral science

UX Collective

For example, take “Carrot and Stick”. If not, I urge you to explore the science surrounding this topic. We carried out research on dark patterns and how behavioral science backfires–a topic so taboo, that some informants feared reprisals for speaking with us. Beyond their principles, these systems do not explain behavior.

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10 eCommerce Marketing Design Principles for the Digital Age

Inkbot Design

They allow you to provide valuable and informative information and advice on various topics. Analytics and design go together like peas and carrots. Podcasts – Podcasts are audio or video content recorded and published to a website or podcast app. They are beneficial if you're looking to reach a younger audience.

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