Back to News Working in tech and design requires constantly keeping up with the latest techniques, tools, technologies, and industry news. Here are a few of the things our team found useful over the last week.
Design
Brand illustration 101: visualizing the narrative
toptal.com
A great read with actionable items on how to create a brand illustration system.
— Anne
Choosing the right level of fidelity for your wireframes
blinkux.com
It can be tricky choosing the appropriate level of fidelity for your wireframes. This little article breaks down the process quite nicely.
— Anne
How well discovery phases are performed in UX projects
nngroup.com
Nielsen Norman’s survey are always interesting insights into how other UX professionals are carrying out their work. This one is particularly interesting due to discovery being such a foundational element that impacts everything that comes after.
— Mark
Tech
Microsoft: we were wrong about open source
theverge.com
It’s amazing to see Microsoft’s change over the last few years from corporate monster to open source poster child. I’ve been incredibly impressed by their ability to make massive contributions to the open source world (some of which we use) while growing their business even further. It’s nice to see them being willing to admit their mistakes in public like this.
— Mark
Plexamp v3: the road to React Native bliss
blog.expo.io
A nice writeup by the Plex team on the tech they employed in their latest suite of apps. Spoiler alert – they use React Native Web! 👌
— Mark
The difference between system specs and feature specs
codewithjason.com
This is a handy little article for anyone who’s heard of system specs, but isn’t quite sure where or if they differ from feature specs.
— Ian