OUTRO
Class Good Bye
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1
Remember, you are storytellers at core
Use art, design, technology and research as your storytelling tools.
Use them to tell compelling, passionate and impact-full stories
2
Present your work with pride
I wish you the best of luck when finding work. use me as a reference and
know that you all are well-qualified designers with many skills. Shine those skills
and present your work with confidence. Do this for me and more importantly
yourself — you deserve this!!!
3
Design is perseverance
Remember, what makes you comfortable will not always make you better.
4
When you don't know what to say
If you have nothing to say or don't know what to say, ask questions like: "what problem
does this solve, What value does this provide for our user (user needs)" or simply "what
is the goal?"
5
Your pencil
Use your pencil more. In fact, use it as much as you can. It is, and always will be your ultimate tool in the tool box.
6
Design entrepreneur mindset
We don't build products to make money. We build products to make people's lives better and improve the state of the world...and make money by doing it.
7
Our relationship going forward
I am no longer your teacher, this is not the end it's actually the beginning. I’m here to continue to support you and mentor you during your career. We'll stay connected on slack & don't forget about this site, as well as the google drive product design folder.
I wish you all a wonderful career. Go use your skills to touch people's hearts & make this world an amazing place!
I'll leave you with the principles of pivotal labs
BOOKS
Snag these books
UX for lean start ups by Laura Klein
Build Better Products by Laura Klein
Game Storming by James Macanufo, Sunni Brown
101 Design Methods by Vijay Kumar
Google Sprint by Jake Knapp
Communicating the UX Vision by Martina Schell
The Design of Everyday Things by Don Norman
Just Enough Research by Erica Hall
Writing Is Designing: Words and the User Experience by Michael J. Metts, Andy Welfle
Don't Make Me Think by Steve Krug
Hooked by Nir Eyal
Information Architecture: For the Web and Beyond by Louis Rosenfeld , Peter Morville
Everyday Information Architecture by Lisa Maria Marquis
Think Like a UX Researcher (2nd Addition) by Philip Hodgson