Nov 17 2025

Slava Shestopalov - Designing Better Links For The Web

Why are “click here” and “by this link” poor choices? And is it acceptable to use “read more”? All these phrases have become so common that many people don’t see any problems with them. How many ti

Design Patterns , Best Practices , Tools , Accessibility , ux

Nov 17 2025

Lyndon Cerejo - Prompting Is A Design Act: How To Brief, Guide And Iterate With AI

In “A Week In The Life Of An AI-Augmented Designer”, we followed Kate’s weeklong journey of her first AI-augmented design sprint. She had three realizations through the process: AI isn’t a co-pi

workflow , ux , AI

Nov 17 2025

Victor Yocco - Presenting UX Research And Design To Stakeholders: The Power Of Persuasion

For UX researchers and designers, our journey doesn’t end with meticulously gathered data or well-crafted design concepts saved on our laptops or in the cloud. Our true impact lies in effectively co

ux , UX Research , Communication

Nov 18 2025

Frederick O’Brien - How Web Development Tools Are Helping Users Keep Pace With Rapid Change

This article has been kindly supported by our dear friends at Velo who offer a full-stack development platform that empowers folks to rapidly build, manage and deploy professional web apps. Thank

Tools , Apps , E-Commerce , Business

Nov 17 2025

Paul Boag - Pricing Projects As A Freelancer Or Agency Owner

Pricing projects can be one of the most challenging aspects of running a digital agency or working as a freelance web designer. It’s a topic that comes up frequently in discussions with fellow profe

workflow , Pricing , Business

Nov 17 2025

Vitaly Friedman - Meet Understanding Privacy, A New Smashing Book By Heather Burns

Privacy by design is possible, but over time, it has become challenging to build and deploy sites and apps that use personal information in practical ways that are safe and ethical. In fact, many of

Privacy , Smashing Books