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What is not SEO, or black hat. https://lnkd.in/eiJzCsRJ Some practices are frowned upon by the search engines and may even receive punishment. So to make sure your site/blog has no problems here are some tips on what not to do. Check the article

Tips of the week: Designer to follow - Kritika Oberoi She is a LinkedIn top voice and she shares valuable content very often. I would go there and follow her. Book to read On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction By William Zinsser On Writing Well has been praised for its sound advice, its clarity and the warmth of its style. It is a book for everybody who wants to learn how to write or who needs to do some writing to get through the day, as almost everybody does in the age of e-mail and the Internet. Whether you want to write about people or places, science and technology, business, sports, the arts or about yourself in the increasingly popular memoir genre, On Writing Well offers you fundamental priciples as well as the insights of a distinguished writer and teacher. With more than a million copies sole, this volume has stood the test of time and remains a valuable resource for writers and would-be writers.

The 4 C's Essential for the 21st Century https://lnkd.in/dPFGSKP8 Some skills were pointed out as essential for the 21st century that should be developed in the classroom, preferably since childhood and now within distance learning. It is called the 4 C’s because due to the following: critical thinking; collaboration; communication and creativity, they were designated by the National Education Association (NEA), as being the most important for Basic Education.

4C’s for Social Media – Strategies to interact with your customer online https://lnkd.in/e-fCqCfP The digital world offers so many opportunities and different techniques that are commonly overlooked. However, every company that wants to succeed in the digital world needs to be present on social media to connect with its customers, engage them and create new solutions collaboratively. Numerous social networks such as YouTube, Instagram, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Facebook (Meta), Twitter (X) and many others media are guided by relationships and the exchange of professional and personal experiences.  As the numbers and importance of social media have increased over the last years, some scholars have adapted the 4Cs of marketing and applied them to social networks and that’s exactly what I am going to show you in this article. Companies must apply the 4Cs to participate in social media: Content Conversation/communication Community  Connection Check the article out to understand it better. Ana Carla Soane

4 Basic concepts of Graphic Design https://lnkd.in/dBuMbbx3 1 - Alignment 2 - Proximity 3 - Repetition 4 - Contrast Check the full article for more details.

AI for product design: https://lnkd.in/e2f8fTDJ In the dynamic field of product design, artificial intelligence (AI) is starting in a transformative era, extending beyond human capabilities to automate tasks, analyze huge amounts of data, make predictions, and generate designs. This symbiotic relationship doesn’t replace human designers but enhances efficiency and optimization. Fernando Bortolato

Tips of the week Designer to follow: Peter Merholz He is an experienced design and product management executive with 20 years in digital media. In 2016, he co-wrote Org Design for Design Orgs with Kristin Skinner, the first book on building and managing in-house design teams. From 2017 to April 2018, he was VP of Design at Snagajob, leading its rebranding to Snag. He left after being laid off, despite loving the job. In 2001, he co-founded Adaptive Path, a premier user experience firm that grew into an international consultancy. He later led the global design team at Groupon, growing the team from 30 to 60 and overseeing the first redesign of Groupon.com. He is passionate about design's impact on improving lives and continues to engage in user experience practice, focusing on strategy, research, and conceptual design. He has been a dedicated thinker, writer, and public speaker about user experience for over 15 years. In 1999, he coined the term "blog," which is now in the OED. Book to read - Emotional Design: Why We Love (or Hate) Everyday Things By Don Norman Emotions are inseparable from how we humans think, choose, and act. In Emotional Design, cognitive scientist Don Norman shows how the principles of human psychology apply to the invention and design of new technologies and products. In The Design of Everyday Things, Norman made the definitive case for human-centered design, showing that good design demanded that the user's must take precedence over a designer's aesthetic if anything, from light switches to airplanes, was going to work as the user needed. In this book, he takes his thinking several steps farther, showing that successful design must incorporate not just what users need, but must address our minds by attending to our visceral reactions, to our behavioral choices, and to the stories we want the things in our lives to tell others about ourselves. Good human-centered design isn't just about making effective tools that are straightforward to use; it's about making affective tools that mesh well with our emotions and help us express our identities and support our social lives. From roller coasters to robots, sports cars to smart phones, attractive things work better. Whether designer or consumer, user or inventor, this book is the definitive guide to making Norman's insights work for you.

Free guy: A perspective about the future of design and technology. https://lnkd.in/eeAQ7jd9 I was watching the new Disney’s film “Free guy”, and some of my colleagues advised me to watch it with a designer’s eye. However, at the end of the movie, I started wondering if some scenes that seem to be completely unrealistic, are not far away from our reality. This article is not a critique, because that is not the aim of this website. I will try to not give you any spoiler, although it could have. One small and not so relevant scene intrigued me a lot, two characters were talking and then one of them grabbed an extremely small device that was able to reproduce any screen size. Have you ever imagined something similar to your phone (even smaller) reproducing a touch cinema screen in your bedroom? I firmly believe that in the near future we will stop being worried about screens, because they will not exist anymore. Oculus, now developed by Meta, has a similar concept “A world without screens”, but it is different from the device shown in the movie. Another thing that made me think a lot is the principal character, he is an AI, but during the film he became famous some people were buying his outfit even falling in love, can you picture yourself asking Kratos or Chun-Li to go out? I know right now some people unfortunately are creating a fantasy online world and forgetting about real life, which is dangerous, if you are doing it please go get help. Just to conclude, the developers of the game that the movie is placed in realized they had created the most advanced AI, in reason of a video game character has some human feelings. Do you reckon that in some years science will be able to develop an artificial intelligence, which could have feelings, pain, hunger, diseases, and etc.? I strongly recommend you to watch it with a designer eye. It is definitely not an Oscar movie, however, it is a nice piece of fun. Tell your thoughts about those ideas in the comments. Rafael Basso

Soul: Connecting Pixar and Picasso https://lnkd.in/dWazGf2a As UI Designers we need to have some understanding of art, even though design and art are different disciplines. Knowing about Picasso, Da Vinci, Dali, and Frida among another genius could increase the quality of your UI work. Everybody knows that in terms of Easter Eggs Pixar is a masterpiece, however this year the company went far from beyond again, or we can properly say it went to the Great Before.

Tips of the week: Designer to follow - Davar Azarbeygui He shares almost daily brilliant insights about print production methods, UX, corporate identity, typography, brand content / on-line design management, video storyboarding/directing, photoshoot direction and brand team management. If I were you I would follow him. Book to read - UI is Communication: How to Design Intuitive, User Centered Interfaces by Focusing on Effective Communication By Everett McKay User interface design is a challenging, multi-disciplinary activity that requires understanding a wide range of concepts and techniques that are often subjective and even conflicting. Imagine how much it would help if there were a single perspective that you could use to simplify these complex issues down to a small set of objective principles. In UI is Communication, Everett McKay explains how to design intuitive user interfaces by focusing on effective human communication. A user interface is ultimately a conversation between users and technology. Well-designed user interfaces use the language of UI to communicate to users efficiently and naturally. They also recognize that there is an emotional human being at the other end of the interaction, so good user interfaces strive to make an emotional connection. Applying what you learn from UI is Communication will remove much of the mystic, subjectiveness, and complexity from user interface design, and help you make better design decisions with confidence. It’s the perfect introduction to user interface design.