Articles

Notes on how people use interfaces

Writing on UX and UI: attention, perception, and the design decisions that follow.

1. UX 13 min read

   Human brain is not lazy →

   Users aren't lazy, they're efficient. Device inertia, momentum behavior, tunnel vision and selective attention, and what designers can do about them.

2. UI 5 min read

   What is shadow anyway? →

   What a shadow actually is, how light shapes it, and practical tips for designing convincing shadows in UI.

3. UI UX 9 min read

   Design on a big ass screen →

   What changes when you design for a smart TV: viewing distance, lighting, overscan, D-pad navigation, focus states and input.

4. UX 6 min read

   Banner blindness →

   Why users ignore anything that looks like an ad, what eye-tracking research shows, and how to keep real content from getting skipped.