Tutorials
#communication, #education, #writing, #usability, #designI’m passionate about the intersection of technology, design and, most importantly, people.
Writing articles and creating tutorials gives me the freedom to research, explore and share my findings on topics that I find intriguing.
My goal as a writer is to break down complex topics and communicate them in simpler, more engaging ways, without losing the core concepts.
Below are a few I’m particularly proud of, and here’s a list of all of them.
Reproducing Popular iOS Controls
A 30-video course on how to reproduce animations and UI controls from the AppStore, Apple Maps, Robinhood and Snapchat, and why these design decisions work!
User Research for Mobile Apps
At Rent the Runway, we use many different user research methods to truly understand what our customers want, what they’re struggling with, and how we can make their experience, and the business, better.
In this article I condensed my experience, findings and thoughts on user-research methods and tools. I discuss why user-research is importat and what insights you can gain from it, with a specific focus on mobile: Honing Your Apps With Savvy User Research
UX Best Practices: Search & Filtering on Mobile
The UX of content curation on mobile apps is an interesting problem given the tiny space constraints, compared to the ever-growing amount of product attributes.
In these two articles, I focus specifically on search and filtering, and how you can improve your apps to help users find the content they want easier and faster: 20 Best Practices for Mobile App Search and 6 Best Practices for Mobile App Search Filtering.
HCI Resources
Nielson Norman Group
Baymard Institute
Content curation resources
Nielson Norman - Mobile Accordians
Nielson Norman - Mobile Faceted Search
Nielson Norman - Scoped Search
Nielson Norman - Search not Enough
Designing Search: UX Strategies for eCommerce Success
Search User Interfaces
Using Filters for Good UX
The Mystery of Filtering by Sorting
Giving Your Product a Soul
UX Flows: How to Help Users Search for What They Need on Your Site
Mobile Patterns - Search
Baymard - mCommerce Usability
UI Patterns - Live Filter
Filtering and Sorting Best Practices
Perfecting the Product Filtering Experience Across Mobile eCommerce Sites and Apps
Mobile UX Design: User Friendly Search
Designing Search Result Pages
iOS Tutorials/Articles
RayWenderlich
NSScreenCast
Objc.io
AppCoda
NSHipster
iOS Newsletters/Blogs
Realm Blog
iOS Dev Weekly
This Week in Swift
Little Bites of Cocoa