— Design
STAR Interview Method for Product Designers
STAR interview method is a powerful tool that product designers can use to showcase skills during job interviews.
Atomic Essays
Opinionated, short-form narrative writing.
— Tool
iA Presenter is impressive
The execution of iA Presenter is fantastic! I believe they will go much further soon.
— Career
How to prepare for your Facebook product design interview
Highlights from Lily Konings’s sharing on how to land a product design job at Facebook
— Writing
Write first, present later
Writing first and presenting later is one of the best pieces of advice I get in my career.
— Tool
The best ideas haven’t been created yet.
There are always better ideas.
Many people think all the ideas were already created. But here are some examples that
— Career
I was laid off, here are some thoughts
On this page
Well, I got laid off.
This is the first time I have left a company without intention,
— User Research
🍓 4 User Research Lessons for Beginner Product Designers
Personal reflection after doing the first usability testing abroad.
— Tool
🍓 Keep track of any habit inside your Obsidian
Do you know that you can create your own 🌱 The Seinfeld strategy — Don’t break the chain inside Obsidian to
— Mindset
Find a way to raise your voice
Today I have a tough conversation with my head of product design. Yes, it’s about the performance review.
— Mindset
The day I become a better designer
The day I become a better design is the day I start writing.
— Code
A complete guide for Lottie animation with GatsbyJS
Lottie animation is easier than you think. In this post, we will create a Lottie animation, from After Effect to prototype to export handover files for developers.
— Mindset
Systems vs Goals
I’m always failed at exercising regularly. It usually starts with passion, the first week is awesome and motivated. But the next week, it becomes less and less.
— Mindset
Essential skills for product designers
For designers, only good design skill doesn’t guarantee success. We need more skills to be better and succeed in your career.
— Mindset
Every skill you acquire doubles your odds of success
I’m reading ‘How to fail at almost everything and still win big’ by Scott Adam. There's one idea that enlightens me and I think everyone should know about it.
— Writing
You’re saying sorry too much
Saying sorry is a good habit, but saying it too much is the contrast. Sometimes, we apologize too much and it affects your presence. Replace sorry with a better phrase will make your ideas more compelling and show up stronger.
— Mindset
To be a good designer
One of the biggest lessons I learned this year is the power of confidence, for a designer.
— Career
Things I wish I knew when I started designing
5 years in the design field is not too long. But it gives me many lessons that if I knew about it before, it will be a better designer than I am today.
— Career
Get a job as a product designer whithout going to design school
I got my job as a designer without going to design school. This is a guide to teach yourself design.
— Mindset
Generalist vs Specialist
When you hire a person to solve a problem. Do you want to hire a person who knows many things or a person who great dept in one thing?
— Code
Designer’s guide for designing for performance
Performance is a shared responsibility and everyone on your team impacts it. Considering performance when making design decisions will have an enormous impact on your users.
— Design
The function of beauty
We got so carried away with the idea of functionality, we lost sight of who we were designing for in the first place, humans
— Creativity
Keep a hero file and steal like an artist
How to find your own design style at the early stage of your design career.
— Psychology
Best chapters and lessons from “Sapien, a brief history of humankind” by Yuval Noah Harari
A look at the history of humankind from a very new perspective, and surprised.