Better Designed
Subscribe
Sign in
Home
Archive
About
Latest
Top
Discussions
Apple's new HomePods still don't go far enough
There is no there there with this product line
Mar 1, 2023
•
Patrick Thornton
1
Share this post
Apple's new HomePods still don't go far enough
betterdesigned.substack.com
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Note
Other
February 2023
Paper prototyping: A primer
Many great designs, products, websites, and projects begin with paper. Your ideas should begin with paper too. Yes, it’s nice to start building a…
Feb 27, 2023
•
Patrick Thornton
1
Share this post
Paper prototyping: A primer
betterdesigned.substack.com
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Note
Other
Nothing survives first contact with users
Users can find many ways to use a product as you don't intend. Research, observation, and testing can help prevent this. But no idea or product survives…
Feb 24, 2023
•
Patrick Thornton
2
Share this post
Nothing survives first contact with users
betterdesigned.substack.com
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Note
Other
Better Designed Explains: How to conduct user interviews
User interviews are a core user experience method. They are a great way to gain foundational knowledge about the problems your users are facing. And a…
Feb 22, 2023
•
Patrick Thornton
1
Share this post
Better Designed Explains: How to conduct user interviews
betterdesigned.substack.com
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Note
Other
When will phone camera bumps stop growing?
Welcome to the first weekly Better Design roundup, where we look at the most interesting stuff in design, product development, tech, and policy over the…
Feb 18, 2023
•
Patrick Thornton
2
Share this post
When will phone camera bumps stop growing?
betterdesigned.substack.com
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Note
Other
The Homer Simpson car is an invaluable lesson in building products
One of the first things I do in all of my classes is show this clip of Homer Simpson trying to design a car. I’m serious. It’s a great lesson in how not…
Feb 17, 2023
•
Patrick Thornton
1
Share this post
The Homer Simpson car is an invaluable lesson in building products
betterdesigned.substack.com
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Note
Other
UX is more than just usability or look and feel
The Five Areas of UX
Feb 16, 2023
•
Patrick Thornton
1
Share this post
UX is more than just usability or look and feel
betterdesigned.substack.com
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Note
Other
August 2022
Let's not discourage focus with this quiet quitting talk
Quit quitting is the latest hot-take trend that news orgs and social media are discussing. What is it? As best I can tell it is doing your job as you…
Aug 26, 2022
•
Patrick Thornton
1
Share this post
Let's not discourage focus with this quiet quitting talk
betterdesigned.substack.com
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Note
Other
Better Designed Explains: What is an affordance
An affordance is not a feature.
Aug 23, 2022
•
Patrick Thornton
3
Share this post
Better Designed Explains: What is an affordance
betterdesigned.substack.com
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Note
Other
Tony Fadell on the pitfalls of A/B testing and how it's not product design
While A/B testing can be a powerful tool in the right hands, it can also be an incredibly dangerous tool in the wrong hands. Your hands are probably the…
Aug 21, 2022
•
Patrick Thornton
2
Share this post
Tony Fadell on the pitfalls of A/B testing and how it's not product design
betterdesigned.substack.com
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Note
Other
It’s important to get the survey responses/scales correct when doing a survey
Surveys can be a powerful tool when building and refining products and services, but they can also yield bad data and insights if they aren’t done well…
Aug 16, 2022
•
Patrick Thornton
2
Share this post
It’s important to get the survey responses/scales correct when doing a survey
betterdesigned.substack.com
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Note
Other
You can't A/B test yourself to product transformation
How does a product as big as Gmail from a company as big as Google come out looking like this?
Aug 11, 2022
•
Patrick Thornton
2
Share this post
You can't A/B test yourself to product transformation
betterdesigned.substack.com
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Note
Other
Share
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Note
Other
This site requires JavaScript to run correctly. Please
turn on JavaScript
or unblock scripts