This is a*Thinking In Progress* article. It is recommended to share *Work In Progress* early and often, so it must be okay to share *Thinking in Progress* early and often, yes? Let’s be real: Being a solo designer isn’t the career path I’ve planned for myself. …

Choose good clients, treat projects seriously, expect some difficulties and never sell yourself short — Intro I have been engaging with various NGOs for design projects since my junior year in undergrad. I do the pro-bono work for a variety of reasons: I believe in their work and mission I want to give back to community I want to level up my design skills In the…

…the things I am learning — A few months ago, I joined a startup as the second UX designer right after finishing an HCI program. Since then, I have been enjoying and reflecting my journey. Now it’s time to share those reflections. Yet another article talking about learning? There are quite a few articles about what it is like to work as…

Like many psych folks who are transitioning to product design, I thought psychology is an essential part of product design (because there is a “human” in the term “human-centered design”, right?). When learning HCI formally and working on side projects, I struggle to see my strength as a product designer…

This relates to something very central in psychological research: measuring the observables against the operational definition of a concept. And yet I never link it to the concept of impact we always mention in Human-Computer Interaction and Product Design — which by itself, might be an indicator that these concepts…

Constrain the challenge space, broaden the solution space — Stanford d.school — Context: As the project manager (or coordinator, I prefer) for my CMU capstone team, I am facing the challenge of “determining the scope of the project”. …

Design for growth, persuasive design, and UI design You might be experiencing an increase in stress in this time of uncertainty. To find peacefulness during COVID-19 time, a lot of people have chosen to start meditation to help ourselves get through. Headspace is one of the most successful health (not…

It’s official — team synchronized will operate remotely for the rest of the capstone project 👏! But wait, what now? How can we transition into online with as little friction as possible to support team collaboration? This article will describe the methods and procedures we used to support online collaboration…

Authors: Yu Zhao, with AnnaB, Miaojun Xu, GyuEun Park Where are we in the design process? We are now in the final design phase! Lo-fi Prototype and Usability Testing-1 Prototype: Based on the learning experience map, we created a black and white prototype and printed it out for prototyping testing.