CREATIVE TECHNOLOGISTS

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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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021

Published
December 3, 2018

Why Doctors Hate Their Computers

 

Digitization promises to make medical care easier and more efficient. But are screens coming between doctors and patients?

Source: The New Yorker
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Modal & Nonmodal Dialogs: When (& When Not) to Use Them

 

Modal dialogs interrupt users and demand an action. They are appropriate when user’s attention needs to be directed toward important information.

Source: Nielsen Norman Group
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Kill Your Personas

 

How persona spectrums champion real user needs.

Source: Microsoft Design
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The Problem With Feedback

 

Companies and apps constantly ask for ratings, but all that data may just be noise in the system.

Source: The Atlantic
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Cutting the Fat From Product Design

 

Time and time again we see teams creating designs that don’t get built or get built far from the intended design and experience.

Source: UX Collective
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Design & The Revolution of AI

 

VIDEO: A film by A/D/O and somesuch exploring the current state and future of A.I.

Source: A/D/O
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The Hidden Privilege in Design

 

Shouldn’t human-centered design consider all humans?

Source: Medium
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Why Fashion Brands All Seem to Be Using the Same Font

 

If the name belongs to a company that stands for heritage and quality, getting this right is serious business.

Source: Bloomberg
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What Web Designers Need To Know About Hick’s Law

 

Hick’s Law guides UX designers to create effortless user experiences. Here’s how to apply the law to your UX design.

Source: Just In Mind
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