Issue 51: Post quantum-led growth
Tips for transferring design to development; The role of UX design in the "Product-Led Growth" strategy and so much more!
Hello, dear readers! 👋
In this issue, among other things:
Tips for transferring design to development
The role of UX design in the "Product-Led Growth" strategy
Comparison of Shape builder vs Pathfinder tools in Illustrator
Simple but important idea about the key role of constant practice
How interaction with real-world objects can be implemented using AR
Templates for creating user personalities
Webflow and Microsoft announced AI assistants
Interactive website about the basic principles of animation
Tools for generating patterns
How Quantum Computers Break The Internet
Enjoy reading!
📌 This is worth noting
Coffee illustrations by Alessandra Olanov from Brooklyn.
🗞 News and articles
Designing A Better Design Handoff File In Figma
Ben Shih has prepared tips for transferring design to development, which will reduce misunderstandings between the designer and the developer. It describes the process of communication, layout and prototype design, export, documentation, as well as the use of plugins and other subtleties.
Designing A Better Design Handoff File In Figma — Smashing Magazine
NNGroup was told about the product strategy of attracting and retaining customers "Product-Led Growth", which is aimed at increasing the number of users due to the quality of the product itself. As a rule, as part of this strategy, users are offered to try and evaluate the product before buying it.
The authors of the article described the pros and cons of the strategy, its varieties and performance indicators, and also explained why UX design plays a key role in its success and why UX solutions need to be linked to the key metrics of this strategy.
A cool motivational article by Paul Jun, editor-in-chief at the Collins Agency. Paul analyzes a simple but important idea about the key role of constant practice in the career of any person. As examples, he cites the stories of famous choreographers, athletes and writers who, thanks to their perseverance and consistency, have achieved significant results.
In addition to the importance of daily practice, Paul points out the main obstacles that prevent us from practicing and gives advice on how to overcome these obstacles.
Main obstacles:
Internal resistance arising from the fear of failure
Perfectionism and the desire to make everything perfect right away
Lack of ritual, habits
Lack of love for your work (it's hard to practice what you don't like)
⚡️ Briefly
Comparison of Shape builder vs Pathfinder tools in Illustrator. The author of the article analyzed different scenarios and usability, and also described the pros and cons of each of the tools.
Augmented Reality UI Speculation. Luke Wroblewski reviewed the main scenarios for using augmented reality and told how interaction with real-world objects can be implemented using AR.
LukeW | Augmented Reality UI Speculation
User Interviews has compiled a selection of 54 templates for creating user personalities, as well as for using Jobs to Be Done and other mental models.
54 Templates for User Personas, Jobs to Be Done & Other Mental Models
Calm Referral Strategy: Drive Viral Growth With Simple Rewards. Growth Design analyzed the system of achievements and referral links in the Calm meditation application and talked about how it helps to increase the number of users.
Calm Referral Strategy: Drive Viral Growth With Simple Rewards
New technologies
Microsoft announced Windows Copilot, a personal assistant based on Bing AI and GPT—4, which will be built right into Windows 11. In addition to the usual AI functions, the assistant will be able to perform tasks within the operating system itself. For example, you can ask him why an error occurs, and he will help you fix it. The beta version of the assistant will gradually become available to Windows 11 users from the beginning of June.
The company also introduced a library of AI models and APIs that will help developers create their own applications for Windows with artificial intelligence.
Webflow has announced the launch of new AI-based features in the coming months. New AI tools will allow:
Perform a smart search for tips on the database of lessons directly in the editor
Create custom templates based on a text query
Generate code snippets, styles, components and parts of interfaces
Create and edit content, including dynamic content in CMS
Perform SEO optimization
Automatically generate alt tags for images
Translate content into different languages
Generate images
Bringing the power of AI to Webflow | Webflow Blog
A group of German researchers together with Google has developed a method for editing generated DragGAN images. It allows you to flexibly adjust the objects in the picture, changing poses, position, emotions, environment and other details. Works with animals, people, cars, landscapes and other objects.
At the time of publication, the technology is at the stage of closed beta testing.
Drag Your GAN: Interactive Point-based Manipulation on the Generative Image Manifold
🧘 Inspiration
Branding
Infinite Love Marathon Concerts. A pleasant style of music festival with unusual abstract illustrations of flowers and modern typography.
Beams. The brutal identity of the art space for events with unusual procedural typography. Especially for the project, the authors have made a generator that allows you to flexibly adjust the effect of text repetition.
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