The five best design links, every weekday

Date: 2017/03/21

medium.com

The linguistics behind chatbots

I've been working as a UX designer for more than 5 years now, but I actually graduated in Applied Linguistics before I ended up where I am now. Though I didn't turn it into my profession, linguistics still interest me.At iCapps we are noticing the upcoming trend of chatbots.

blog.intercom.com

Design principles: what to do when nobody is using your feature

When we released our new messenger last year, we added the ability for customers to create rich, personal profiles so their users would always know there's a real person on the other end. The problem? Nobody was using the feature. Shortly after release, only 13-15% of customers had fully completed their profiles.

deardesignstudent.com

Ethics can't be a side hustle

In the last few months I've had a lot of designers ask me "Where can I do good work?"And they don't mean "good" as in quality. They mean good as in "on the side of the angels." They look at the world...

medium.com

"Blockframing" and 31 Free Sketch-Ready Layouts Using Auto Layout by Anima App

Sketch Tutorials Note from Jon: There's a free file you can download near the bottom of this post, but if you can spare 7 minutes (according to Medium), I think you'll learn a thing or two! Enjoy! Real Talk The only time I ever create "real" wireframes is when I'm trying to show a cool process shot on Dribbble...

blog.codepen.io

CodePen Projects Is Here!

What is CodePen Projects? If you're familiar with the term, you can think of it as an IDE (Integrated Development Environment) for building websites. Like all of CodePen, you use it right in your web browser. You have a sidebar with all your files. You can create new files and folders there (even by drag ...