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…3 min read·Mar 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…3 min read·Mar 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…2 min read·Mar 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…1 min read·Mar 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…2 min read·Mar 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…3 min read·Feb 25, 2021--1--1