Victor Loux Bookmarks

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The economics of vending machines

thehustle.co/the-economics-of-vending-machines/
[…] Ibanez’s YouTube channel, which chronicles his life as a vendor, boasts 362k subscribers and now earns more than his machines.

VimeJS

vimejs.com/
Vime is a customizable, extensible, accessible and framework agnostic media player.

Meet Alva

meetalva.io/
Create living prototypes with code components. Design with the same components your engineers are using for production.

A Better Code Review | Gilad Peleg

giladpeleg.com/blog/better-code-review/
"Everyone gets the experience. Some get the lesson." T.S. Eliot Contributing to a project is not an easy task, especially if you're new to the project, new to…

People expect technology to suck – kbps

kilobitspersecond.com/2020/09/22/people-expect-technology-to-suck/
A few jobs ago, I was helping someone with a small tech issue, standing over their shoulder at their computer. The screen was unbelievably dark; I’m not exaggerating when I say it looked to be near 0% brightness. For all I knew, this person had some vision sensitivity or just a basic personal preference that […]

UX Hiring: The Power of the Screening Question | by Jared M. Spool | UX Strategy Playbook with Jared Spool | Medium

medium.com/creating-a-ux-strategy-playbook/ux-hiring-the-power-of-the-screening-question-3ba4855b6ea1
We use a tailored form of this question when we’re helping clients with their UX hiring. While the specific question we ask candidates will vary, it does the same thing each time: It tells us which…

Disrespectful Design—Users aren’t stupid or lazy – Somehow Manage

somehowmanage.com/2020/09/13/disrespectful-design-users-arent-stupid-or-lazy/
It's a common narrative in tech to design products with the assumption that users are stupid and lazy. I think that is both disrespectful and wrong. The idea is rooted in a lot of research around product usability, but it has been bastardized. Thing of it as a perversion of the Don't Make Me Think…