UI/UX Articles And Interesting Tidbits Of The Week
November//6//2020
Here are some interesting finds on UI/UX of the week!
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Websites and Privacy Laws. Data protection, privacy laws, terms and conditions, are all topics that Designers need to consider when embarking on Product Design initiatives. GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) and CCPA (California Consumer Privacy Act, both of which are highlighted in the article, address privacy laws that directly impact how products are conceived, in terms of information gathering, storing and utilization. With all the issues surrounding data mining, breach of information that have plagued so many technology organizations, this is a very pertinent article well worth a read. Highlight of the article includes:
“Data minimization is an important principle embedded in GDPR. Data minimization itself is a pretty straightforward concept: organizations should limit how much personal data they collect and only process the information necessary to accomplish their business purposes. Once the data is no longer useful, it should be deleted. For web developers, this means several things. When it comes to building websites, forms, cookies, and other methods should only ask for essential information. For example, if you are creating a pop-up to collect email addresses, don’t ask for their location unless it’s relevant to the email list and better serving their needs.”
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Visualizing Upcoming Tech Solutions. Interesting article from TechCrunch and author Eric Eldon. This reflection focuses on venues and paths that technology should focus on during the upcoming decade, in order to not only satiate the demands that are being felt on the market, but also anticipate them. It’s a particularly pertinent article, since it also marries this prognostication and insight, with topics such as the current pandemic, and how that has had a profound impact on habits, both from the perspective of product creation but also from product consumption. Highlight of the article includes:
“Data may be ubiquitous, but it’s amazing how much work it can still be to calculate an LTV, or the return on an advertising campaign. No-code tools solve some of these problems, but what we need is a whole revolution in our data tools. We need to be able to sketch out lines of inquiry and have our tools augment our thinking from data. What are we missing? What gaps in our thinking should we be filling in? What data am I lacking to make a fully-formed decision? Am I overly biased toward one statistic versus a more holistic depiction of my situation? From personal decisions to business strategy, we need better tools to abstract the complexity of today’s modern society. We also need better thinking around how to network knowledge. Roam Research and some other tools are starting to get better at helping users think in terms of a knowledge graph, but there is an incredible amount of potential if these ideas can be democratized and packaged into easier-to-use interfaces. How do we handle the increasing depth of most fields of knowledge and allow more people to get to the frontiers as quickly as possible?”
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Roadmaps Types. Another relevant article hailing from the Nielsen Norman Group, this time around focused on the different types of Roadmaps that exist in Product Design. The article succinctly outlines Product, Field and Specialty Roadmaps, detailing Ownership, Benefits and Challenges associated with each one of them. It’s as usual, a well documented and thoroughly engaging article that educates and sheds light on how these artifacts can and should function within Design and Product disciplines. Highlight of the article includes:
“In a world where our personal data is owned and accessed by dozens of companies, people are, rightfully concerned about their privacy. Some countries even have strict laws surrounding how websites and companies access their users’ personal data. As a result, you should be extremely careful while preparing your privacy policy and it should be listed on a spot that people can easily find it. As almost every website places their privacy policy on their website footer, visitors will most likely search for it there.”
