Author: Brian Dys
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Bilas and feedback
This week, the UX design team is having our regular bilas (bilateral meetings) which, undoubtedly, is one of the most important part of Avaloq’s culture. Bilas serve a wide range of benefits from an unstructured kwentuhan to an avenue for the team to express what’s working and what could be better in terms of our…
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Contrast polarity
I have learned a new term today in terms of light mode – dark mode in user interfaces: contrast polarity. Basically, a positive contrast polarity is a light text on a dark surface (light mode) — just like the physical black ink on white paper. Negative contrast polarity, on the other hand, is the reverse…
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Reading List: Week 1, January 2021
Revolutions sometimes change the world to the better. Most often, however, it is better to evolve an existing design rather than throwing it away.W3C
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Reading List: Week 5, December 2020
Sure, you might be able to do the mundane aspects of your job, but you’re better off hiring someone else to do it so you can concentrate on your more important value: thinking creatively and strategically about your product and company’s future.Scott Belsky
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Reading List: Week 4, December 2020
Wesley Snipes on art, excellence and life after prison: ‘I hope I came out a better person’
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Reading List: Week 3, December 2020
Every human being is a miracle, and your superior in some way.David Brooks
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Extract and carry on
Spent this Friday afternoon combing my work inbox — taking notes and flagging important emails that I will take on at the start of 2021. Most of my work that involves team management are already churned in Figma. In other words, I don’t worry about forgetting everything behind because I’ve already managed to extract the…
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Reading List: Week 2, December 2020
The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.Daniel J. Boorstin
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Reading List: Week 1, December 2020
Designed to Deceive: Do These People Look Real to You? Is this humility or hubris? Do we place too little value in human intelligence — or do we overrate it, assuming we are so smart that we can create things smarter still? Kashmir Hill and Jeremy White The days are long but the decades are…