Day 90 - Cognitive Load

What's cognitive load?  It's the amount of mental processing power needed to use your product, app, or service.

• Minimize cognitive load by keeping it simple.
• Minimize cognitive load by removing non-essential content and elements
• Minimize cognitive load by breaking the experience into smaller, easily-understandable segments controlled by the pace of the user.

Day 87 - Designing with Empathy

Millions of people world wide have a disability so remember to design with empathy.

1. Pay attention to color for people with color blindness
2. Learn how screen readers work
3. Label everything usefully
4. Put yourself in the customer's shoes
5. Talk to people with disabilities

Day 86 - Ten Typography Tips

1. Don't be trendy.
2. Don't use too many fonts.
3. Choose different typefaces that work together.
4. Don't forget about serifs.
5. Be consistent.
6. Create a hierarchy.
7. Legibility is important across all devices, sizes, and experiences.
8. Don't crowd the typography.
9. Create equal 'Perceived' space between letters.
10. Less is more.

Day 69 - 5 Mobile Design Tips We Sometimes Forget

1. Lead the user toward the next step.
2. Match your interactions to your platform.
3. Use clear and simple icons.
4. Less is more.
5. Not everyone speaks English; remember your international users and see number 3 above!