The five best design links, every weekday

Date: 2016/09/08

apple.com

iPhone 7

iPhone 7 now has the best performance and battery life ever, as well as new finishes, water resistance, and stereo speakers.

medium.com

Considering the future of automotive UX

Take a moment to consider the state of the world today. We face a world of dire and complex challenges. From violent social divides and extreme poverty to climate change. There are many socially motivated initiatives that are taking on these challenges.

hackernoon.com

The 100% correct way to validate email addresses

Congratulations. From this day forward, you will no longer squander your time trying to work out the perfect regex to validate email addresses. You will also never again run the risk of rejecting what is, in fact, a strange, valid email address. The trick is to first define what we mean by 'valid'.

appleplugs.com

Apple Plug: Our lightest product ever.

Upgrade to iPhone 7 with Apple Plug. When we made iPhone 6 and 6s, the world wasn't ready for the future. Now, it is. Plug yourself into the future.

medium.com

Tech's Diversity Problem Isn't Only in the Hiring Numbers

Finding diverse representations of people to use in mockups is hard, really hard. The most time consuming part of creating diverseui.com was not on the technical front - it was the hours spent combing through Google image results, filtered for reuse.

thedesignteam.io

How to pretend you're a great designer

Practical tips and principles to trick people into thinking you're an industry thought leader. Don't know how to justify your excessive use of animations, clever copy, or generic cute illustrations? Just throw the word "delight" in the mix! Talk about how you understand the user's psychology-how you're creating an experience people will love.