Living in Information: Structure

The structure of our environments has a substantial effect on our ability to perceive information. The key to understanding structure is recognizing that we perceive things as being composed of interrelated elements: parts that make a whole.
Growing a Design System

The Zendesk design team had a growing library of patterns and as I started to wonder about canonizing those as working bits of code, I knew we could be on to something: a system that could be used by developers to achieve intended designs with pixel perfection. We didn’t arrive here in one go. Growing Garden happened as a series of fits and starts, and I learned a thing or two along the way.
Growing a Design System

The Zendesk design team had a growing library of patterns and as I started to wonder about canonizing those as working bits of code, I knew we could be on to something: a system that could be used by developers to achieve intended designs with pixel perfection. We didn’t arrive here in one go. Growing Garden happened as a series of fits and starts, and I learned a thing or two along the way.
Code of Conducts Matter

Reputable conferences and organizations create and promote a code of conduct not because it may be legally required but because it values its members and participants and wants to build a safe and welcoming space. The code of conduct and its enforcement is a public declaration of the organization’s values and principles.
Better Usability Testing on Landing Pages and Lead Forms

Usability research on single-intent website pages can sometimes feel daunting. A single-intent landing page is a page that contains one form or a single CTA, often with a request for a user’s personal information in exchange for something. An optimized landing page acts on predictable patterns to both meet the users’ needs and reach the business’s goals.