Tips, tricks, and the latest updates

Prototyping for Work

We chatted with Matan, a Product Manager that recently expanded his skill set to include UX. His project serves as a way to demonstrate his newly learned UX and Axure skills, as he explored new employment opportunities.

The Convenience of Components

Whether you have a quick and simple low-fidelity prototype, or a complex prototype that you'll be working on for some time, revisiting components can be a great way to enhance your prototyping experience.

Easily Maintain Designs Across Prototypes

Easily maintain designs across multiple prototypes with custom widget libraries! Take advantage of the ability to create your own widget libraries to ensure that the widgets and design patterns that you commonly use are always readily available to your team and up to date.

A Few Quick Notes

We chatted with Luke, who is a long-time Axure RP user and UX designer of 10-years about his Axure prototype. His project serves as a tool to help Anglo concertina players learn scales and chords. Learn more about how Luke built his working prototype in Axure RP.

Know It All

Your job is to come up with the perfect solution that users will love while taking into account the needs and constraints of sales, marketing, support, design, development, QA, IT, and every other part of the business that has a stake in the product. Oddly enough, getting to the right solution requires proving that you're NOT a know-it-all.

No Respect

One of the toughest conversations to have with a product manager or UX designer is pointing out that they're losing the respect of the developers. It's tough because frequently it comes as a surprise. With that said, there are actions you can take to foster a harmonious relationship with the developers on your team.

Top 5 UX Articles from 2021

Throughout the year, we've shared numerous UX and industry related articles with you across our social media platforms. As we wrap up 2021, we bring you the 5 most popular UX articles we shared and why they stand out to us!

Connecting the Dots

Have you ever worked on a project that seemed to shrink at every turn? There are any number of reasons stakeholders and managers cut the scope of projects. Sometimes these things are out of our hands, but other times, connecting the dots between the proposed solution and the business objectives can save the project… and your sanity.