As a product designer (UX/UI) and college dropout, I’ve had to develop my own tools and resources in my pursuit to become a UX/UI design expert.
Now more then ever, with the right attitude, anyone can learn to become a product designer (UX/UI) using free online resources and practicing it religiously.
Though it wasn’t easy, with the help of amazing online resources I’ve managed to land my first design job and enjoying a thriving design career ever since. And I love it.
Check out these 16 free online resources I’ve discovered that have helped me along my journey to becoming a product designer (UX/UI).
https://blog.prototypr.io/top-16-free-online-resources-for-ui-and-ux-designers-2018-ca82c5ebf571/
The education game market continues to grow rapidly, and mobile learning games are a dominant force in this market. Newzoo, an industry analyst that provides insight for the generic games market, predicts the overall mobile game market across all game types will grow 40 percent between now and 2020. That’s a significant growth increase.
https://www.td.org/insights/when-games-go-small/
Since digitization, prospective customers of a company or brand have better access to social media and online content and therefore good opinions from existing customers can sway their opinions and in turn affect sales. Today, customer experience has become imperative to scale business growth in a competitive economy. As of now, companies are heavily investing in technologies such as conversational chatbot, use of virtual reality in retail, machine learning to process customer feedback to tailor their strategies.
https://customer-experience-management.cioreview.com/news/the-driving-force-behind-customer-experience-nid-25775-cid-118.html/
When a small-to-mid-sized business first implements a new technology, it’s often only one person inside the company who owns the entire product. In the early ’90s when the web was in its infancy, my role included everything from copywriting to graphic design, coding, and basically everything that was needed to create a website. There wasn’t nearly the same focus or variety of roles working on the web as exists today, so I was the only one who knew how to do it.
https://venturebeat.com/2018/03/21/conversational-commerce-is-no-longer-a-one-person-show/
The phrase “it’s never too late” doesn’t relate to making a good first impression. You are at risk to lose users if they don’t like the app’s UI at first glance. That’s why user interface is getting so important. It’s literally the first thing users see even before they start interacting with a product.
According to Google research, 26% of all installed apps are used no more than once. The main reason for this is poor UI. To engage users into your interface, you should follow the most recent design trends.
https://uxdesign.cc/9-essential-ui-design-trends-you-should-stick-to-in-2018-26f33d1fe980/
UX has been a buzzword that bounces around the design world, endorsed and adopted by designers anddevelopers. In many cases, highly respected developers who claim to be talking about ”UX” in a product demonstration are in fact showing a large number of UI features. I doubt much that the vague definition may account for this kind of misunderstanding. We’ve heard of UI (User interface) and UX (User Experience). When you build an App or a website with Mockplus, we will talk to you about both. If UX is not UI, What is the exact difference?
https://codeburst.io/ux-is-not-ui-what-is-the-difference-between-ux-and-ui-design-4c330c5002e3?gi=16b2382e4b70/
One of the most important digital marketing tools for any company is a clean, well-designed website. This is especially true for e-commerce businesses: Your website is where business happens, so it's imperative to offer an excellent user experience.
With a few simple user interface tweaks, you can turn your brand's site into a well-oiled online store with maximum conversions. We asked a panel of Forbes Communications Council members for their best UI recommendations for e-commerce businesses. Here's what they had to say.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbescommunicationscouncil/2018/04/25/maximize-e-commerce-conversions-with-these-13-user-interface-improvements/
Many organizations are taking steps towards becoming compliant with the upcoming EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) before the May 2018 compliance date. But only a few are considering user experience (UX) aspects of GDPR compliance, which is of paramount importance in order to gain a competitive edge. A sound UX strategy tied with GDPR compliance will enable organizations to use personal data privacy as a differentiator in the market to attract new customers and retain existing ones. It is necessary to consider privacy as a key ingredient of your UX at the initial stages itself.
This webinar will cover best practices when applying GDPR into your product experience and user journey with the examples such as:
- User onboarding
- Privacy by design
- Managing user consent
- Adopting your software and user interfaces to ensure GDPR compliance
https://wso2.com/library/webinars/2018/05/the-impact-of-gdpr-on-user-experience/
"A few days ago was my 2 year anniversary at StatMuse (visit us) and subsequently also my 2 year anniversary as a UX/UI Designer! Although I am happy that we’ve shipped multiple responsive websites, a brand new iOS app, and a some platform bots, I do recognize that I’ve made a whole bunch of mistakes along the way."
https://uxdesign.cc/shhh-a-ux-designers-mistakes-efa20d93fcf7/
When it comes to website and app design, user interface (UI) is king. After all, your users see the UI first and they will continue to interact with it on a regular basis. Website users value the user interface so much, a typical visitor will form an opinion about your website within 50 milliseconds — and you can guarantee that level of expectation translates to apps, too.
https://www.cmswire.com/customer-experience/5-user-interface-mistakes-that-drive-customers-away/
