Category: Design
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Adobe XD vs Invision + Sketch Combo
Adobe has a exclusive mac preview of the much awaited designing + prototyping tool, Adobe Comet (now called Adobe XD). It is light and powerful and would be all that you need to quickly design a prototype for your mobile screens. It won’t replace illustrator or photoshop. You still need illustrator to create the graphics and…
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Designed to Deceive – Mobile and Web Dark Patterns
Newsletters – mostly from the brands desperately trying to make a sell have started to put “Re: lorem ipsum ” in the subject of the mailers. Unconsciously, I have clicked on these Re: mails only to close them without reading – knowing that I fell for it one more time. Is it ethnical to prey on the…
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Product Design Report – Invision
https://www.invisionapp.com/product-design-industry-report-2016 A great compilation of stats on the role of design in business today. If you are struggling hard to get your organization however small or big to be design-driven this report can help.
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GSMA mAgri Design Toolkit
The mAgri Design Toolkit is a collection of instructions, tools, and stories to help develop and scale mobile agriculture products by applying a user-centered design approach. http://www.gsma.com/mobilefordevelopment/magri-design-toolkit I started working on the mAgri project as UX Consultant for Dialog mAgri Product, Sri Lanka. The project is live in 6 countries Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Ghana…
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Adobe Project Comet
Like me, If you had started creating WFs (Wire frames) in Photoshop and then moved on to Visio and eventually end up hating it. Then excited by Axure with powerful interaction capabilities and realising it curtails your creativity. Adobe Comet would be something you would look forward to. We have all been there. Product managers wanting clickable prototypes for…
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Why OnePlus 2 is better than Nexus 6P ?
If you are one who was waiting for the launch to decide if you should buy a OnePlus Two or the latest Nexus. It is a simple decision. OnePlus is still pure value for money. In India, its even a simpler choice, get the OnePlus Two; Nexus 6P will not be able to match the…
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How to easily type in Tamil ?
Apps needed on your Android mobile device. I use a Samsung Note 8 and finally benefit from the stylus. Google docs Google Handwriting Input app and download your language; Tamil in my case. Create a new document on Google docs app on the tablet Change the keyboard(Change input method in Android) to Google Handwriting Input. You can…
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Google search – be mobile friendly
Google search changes favour mobile http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-32380223 All the more for small businesses to not put off the website revamp and go mobile friendly. For starters, if you decide to q uickly revamp. WordPress would be a beat way forward with plenty of mobile friendly themes on the market. Theme forest and creativemarket are great places…
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F1, Dashboards and UX
The first race of the season is going to start in 10 mins. My IPTV doesn’t have the Star sports HD4 (peo tv in Colombo) and i did what i did back in India. Got a subscription to their f1 for INR 500/year. Before that i went to f1.com and registered for the access as…