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Feb 19, 2016

Don’t get mobile first confused

There’s a misconception that mobile first means building the mobile app (iOS/Android) first. Mobile first is about prioritizing the mobile web experience for your product or service. Let me explain… Your beautifully styled web application is responsive so the design flows well from desktop sized browsers down to mobile sized…

Design

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Don’t get mobile first confused
Don’t get mobile first confused
Design

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Nov 19, 2015

Welcome to our Holodeck

As designers, it’s our goal to clearly communicate ideas. To do so, we lean on tools to help convey our thoughts and opinions. In making…

Design

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Welcome to our Holodeck
Welcome to our Holodeck
Design

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Nov 13, 2015

Cerca

I’m working on a new app, here’s what I have so far. Feel free to jump in with ideas, suggestions, or questions. — Cerca is a mobile app to help manage lists of places you’d like to go, or have been and love. The goal of the application is to make the decision process on deciding where to eat, or drink a lot easier. Cerca helps by: Giving you a place to curate…

UX

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Cerca
Cerca
UX

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May 13, 2015

Apple Watch Keyboard Concept

Here’s a quick exploration into how a full-fledged keyboard might work with the new Apple Watch. It’s based on a smart sensing canvas, a few simple interactions, and hand writing recognition — no small feat I know. Layers Based on what you write, the output shows what is being rendered. As…

Apple Watch

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Apple Watch Keyboard Concept
Apple Watch Keyboard Concept
Apple Watch

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May 4, 2015

Co-Working & Productivity

Sometimes being surrounded by folks like me is beneficial with practical work stuff. I can ask questions. Hire them to help. Other times, it’s more about empathy. If I’m bitching about something that’s really specific to my kind of work, it’s nice to be around someone who can relate. …

Community

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Community

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Mar 2, 2015

A Better Interface for TV

Shouldn’t the content you care about come first? Right now you’re navigating through a DVR menu, or through apps like Netflix, Hulu or HBO Go to get to the content you want immediatley. Instead, swap the order. Put your content first, and your applications second. …

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Feb 2, 2015

My Design Principles

As we build a new interaction and experience design firm, I’ve begun to re-evalutate my own design processes and principles. Here’s what I stand for as a designer, and the questions I have yet to answer … Mechanism verse Outcome Do we provide discovery or innovation? One feels like the actual thing required…

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My Design Principles
My Design Principles

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Dec 1, 2014

Joining Mu/Dai

Since leaving Starter League just before Summer, I’ve worked with teams in multiple capacities, from UX/Interaction to production front-end. Working with such a variety of domains has helped shape my process when approaching new clients and new projects. …

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Joining Mu/Dai
Joining Mu/Dai

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Nov 7, 2014

Weekend Reads

A collection of stories and articles I came across this past week. The kindest cut: my journey into the nether regions of male birth control Given the massive market for contraception, why is there no medicine for men equivalent to the birth control pill for women? …

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Weekend Reads
Weekend Reads

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Nov 5, 2014

Starter League Prepared Me Well

I will never look at joining a new team the same way again. Starter League’s culture, when I first joined, was very much a meme culture. We used animated GIFs a lot to really express how we felt about things. And that was really big for me. It was the…

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Starter League Prepared Me Well
Starter League Prepared Me Well

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Arvin Dang

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