Nate EmbersonIcons in the worldOur lives are not the typical experience for most of human history in a lot of ways. If we want to get perspective on that, we can look at…Mar 22, 2021Mar 22, 2021
Nate EmbersonSetting the bar low: AliExpress user flow and design patternsSo today I was looking at my phone. Specifically my phone case, and I got annoyed with it. It’s amazing how beat up they get in short…Mar 15, 2021Mar 15, 2021
Nate EmbersonAutoplay in YouTube, a dark patternWhen Google bought YouTube in 2006, it was very young. And I mean young by the standards of tech startups. It went from being founded in…Mar 10, 2021Mar 10, 2021
Nate EmbersonPerfect Information Architecture?Years ago, a I read a blog post by Jeff Atwood reflecting on creating a login, there he introduced me to a concept that has stuck in my…Mar 9, 2021Mar 9, 2021
Nate EmbersonGoogle’s legacy of failureGoogle has a legacy of killing off its products customers are using. I was using Google Reader daily when they were in the middle of…Mar 1, 2021Mar 1, 2021
Nate EmbersonProduct Design over timeWhen thinking about the frontiers of User Experience, it’s easy to get wrapped up in amazing possibilities. One day a totally uneducated…Feb 25, 20211Feb 25, 20211
