Nolan, who's been leading a lot of our product design decisions, shared this idea in our Slack channel the other day as we reviewed our next product design iteration: Familiar is good. This couldn't be more true.

Last June one of Canada's largest real estate search websites Zoocasa.com was shut down by its then owners. Seeing potential where others saw loss, the site's assets were purchased by a small, visionary group of Toronto-based investors. Zoocasa was saved and given a second chance at reshaping Canada's real estate industry.

With the popular rise of Material Design, ' cards ' have become a common part of modern web design. Especially when it comes to archive pages where you want to only offer a summary of information. A card is a sheet of material that serves as an entry point to more detailed information.

I saw this tweet by Rasu Shrestha. I interpret it as a challenge to healthcare stakeholders to consider the importance of user-centered product and experience design in our work. Using a regular glass ketchup bottle is a poorly designed experience.