If you look at companies like Dropbox, Google, and Twitter you'll notice that they each have their own unique aesthetic. Across all their products, both mobile and web, there is a sense of consistency and uniformity in their design. The way that companies and products achieve consistency is through styleguides.

Software product designers can take a lot of cues from great educators, because both groups work with information. Let's consider a user looking for information on jousting. We know three things: The user has a way of thinking about the information they want.

At Facebook, where we're working to make the world more open and connected, an inherent part of our mission is to share how we create the things we build. We recently decided to begin sharing a critical part of our process as a result: the design critique.

If you work on a product team you probably have heard of the saying that a prototype is worth a thousand meetings. I overall agree with this, meetings will still happen but there is definitely less back and forth between different stakeholders when there is a prototype for reference.

What do people do in their living rooms? What devices are present? What time of day are people in their living rooms? Designing meaningful products for Apple TV requires taking into account many more additional factors than when designing for a mobile device.

One of the following statements by influential designers was made this month and the other was made five years ago. Can you guess which statement was made when? "The web and its related disciplines have grown organically. And those of us who work here should have sophisticated, native tools to do our jobs."

What I wish I could tell everyone who's just starting out. If you're a student of design, I think you should feel super lucky and excited. Whether you're in school, or learning on your own, I hope you feel the sense that you're awakening a deep passion for a craft that will give you an endless, lifelong challenge.