Curated Clicks – December 2024

A compilation of links I found particularly interesting or helpful during the past month. These are mostly related to UX design or research but can include other things that inspired me or I found fun. 

Insightful Articles

AI’s Transformative Impact On Web Design: Supercharging Productivity Across The Industry
Discover how AI is reshaping web design, boosting productivity in design, coding, UX, and copywriting while amplifying human creativity.

How Ladder Onboards and Keeps Users Engaged
Ladder is a fitness app I love and continue to go back to. It’s a great example for learning about engagement. When I saw this article, I had to share. 

The European Accessibility Act – Get Ready!
Learn about the European Accessibility Act – see who must comply, what it covers, and when it goes into affect.

Data-Informed, NOT Data-Driven
The article says it best. “Use data to inform decisions. Don’t blindly take the results at face-value….Data should increase your decision quality, but it’s not a silver bullet (you might realize nothing is!)”

How to Help Your Team Navigate Product Discovery and Work With Executives
Discovery is the time designers should be asking questions to frame the right problem and inform the visual design. This article dives into what these questions are and why they’re important. 

Top 10 UX Images of 2024
Jakob Nielsen’s top 10 AI-generated images of 2024 and why tools he used. 

My December Articles

Designers Should Know About Code, Not How to Code
A designer’s “study plan” to learn coding constructs in HTML, CSS, and Javascript.

Why Designers and Developers Don’t Always See Eye to Eye
Understanding differences between designers and developers with strategies to bridge the gap. 

Resources

Storyset
Free illustrations with the option to change their colors

Adaptive Data Tables by SeaLab
A responsive date table kit for Figma. This kit has many features like light and dark theme and is highly customizable. 

Design Systems For Figma
A collection of design systems available in Figma 

Sneak Peek Design
A look inside the design files of top designers in these video walkthroughs. This does require an email sign up but the content is worth it.  

Tools

The Perfect Type Scale
Create flexible, harmonious, and responsive typography scales with ease, complete with documentation, text styles bound to variables, and code ready to share with your developers.

exactly.ai
Train an AI model to create on-brand illustrations for your brand. 

For Fun

Citizen Science – NASA Science
Contribute to real projects alongside scientists.