CREATIVE TECHNOLOGISTS
A bi-weekly hand-picked grass-fed locally-sourced list of the industry articles our creative technologists are currently reading. Topics include customer experience, design, marketing, business, finance, technology, media, and storytelling.
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2018
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Understanding how Design Thinking, Lean and Agile Work Together
Instead of focusing on applying a process, teams ought to challenge how they think and try new things, embrace the things that work, and learn from the things that don’t.
Source: Mind The Product
The Divisiveness Of Design Thinking
In this article, I want to explore the split between the value of design thinking and the backlash, and see if there’s room to reclaim the value of this powerful way of working.
Source: ACM Interactions
How my son’s disease made me rethink UX
Adam Wolf’s son was born with a condition that restricts his movement, so for the past 20 years he’s been on a mission to make voice UI more accessible.
Source: FastCo. Design
Apple Accessibility
Technology is most powerful when it empowers everyone.
Source: Apple
Cards and Composability in Design Systems
Structure, Content, Style & Behavior of Composed Components.
Source: Medium
Say hello to – Airbnb Cereal
A new typeface that takes us from button to billboard. Explore its character, function, and scale.
Source: Airbnb Design
How LEGO run Design Sprint’s at scale
A case study about how LEGO scaled Design Sprints throughout its organisation.
Source: UX Planet via Medium
Good to great UI animation tips
Practical suggestions to improve your UI micro-interactions.
Source: UX Collective via Medium
Growing up Lean: Lean Strategies for Maturing Products
Building an MVP and launching a product is actually the easy part. It’s much more difficult to manage a product in its maturity or decline stages.
Source: Mind The Product
Why China’s Payment Apps Give U.S. Bankers Nightmares
The future of consumer payments may not be designed in New York or London but in China.
Source: Bloomberg
Bias on the Web
Our inherent human tendency of favoring one thing or opinion over another is reflected in every aspect of our lives, creating both latent and overt biases toward everything we see, hear, and do.
Source: ACM
Introducing kepler.gl, Uber’s Open Source Geospatial Toolbox
Our solutions enable us to embed maps with rich location data, render millions of GPS points in the blink of an eye, and, most importantly, derive insights from them.

