Published in UX Collective·PinnedToo many meetings will (slowly) kill youThe inevitability of online meetings and how it affects the way designers work. — I bet I am not the only one who feels that working from home (WFH) is more exhausting than working from the office (WFO). Of course, I can’t deny the fact that it is more productive, more efficient, more effective, and it saves so much time in between. Usually, I…Design6 min read
Published in UX Collective·Updated May 17To resign or not to resignDemystifying resignation: when to stay and when to let go. — Today marks three years of working in my current company — an OTA (Online Travel Agency) startup that helped me in building my career in UX. I was only planning to work there for maximum 2 years and ended up staying for more than 3 years. …Career Advice6 min read
Published in UX Planet·Mar 21Conducting and scheduling a more effective online meetingand hopefully, reducing unimportant ones. — Have you ever checked your daily upcoming schedule in the morning and felt demotivated even before you started your day? …Productivity5 min read
Published in UX Planet·Mar 8How to improve your design when user testing is not viableQuick and dirty way to improve your design quality In design discourse, sometimes it’s hard to define the quality of a design. There are no certain standards that can be used to weigh or measure visual quality as well as the creativity and thought process. Nevertheless, product design defines its…UX Design5 min read
Published in UX Planet·Feb 105 common mistakes during a design interviewFrom interviewer’s point of view: avoid doing these at all cost. — For the past months, we have been looking for a couple of new design head counts for the team that I’m working in. As I was interviewing some designers (whether they are in medior or senior stage), I found several common mistakes that some designers did during each steps of…Product Design6 min read
Published in UX Collective·Feb 3Mastering time management as a designerHow to manage the hustle and bustle of working in a tech company — In my previous article about the inevitability of online meetings, I realised that our working environment during and post-pandemic is far from slowing down. When the world is trying to fight this COVID-19 disease and many of businesses hit their lowest, tech companies thrive. With the surge of healthcare businesses…Productivity5 min read
Jan 25Career progression for (Senior) Product DesignerA food for thought about career path, contribution, and growth. — If you started out as junior designer, evolving and earning your way up into mid-level and eventually a senior designer, you probably are familiar with the feelings of going through each day outside your comfort zone. I remember exactly how it felt. From feeling clueless of not knowing what to…Product Design4 min read
Published in Bootcamp·Jan 175 things I wish I knew before being a product designerI thought UI/UX was about digitalizing an experience. I was wrong. — 2.5 years ago, I left my career and my own business in digital advertising and started a new path. With no formal education in UI/UX, computer science, or engineering, I turned into a self-taught product designer in a medium-size OTA (online travel agency) start up. 2.5 years and two promotions…Product Design4 min read
Published in UX Planet·Jan 11Re-defining Hotel Booking JourneyIn-depth assessment of intentions as design foundation in constructing user flow. — The background This project was not a brief-based project from PM or business team but fully being initiated by the design team. During this project, we were exploring end-to-end user journey in hotel-booking process and revamping the entire flow, structure, and design. One of the things that I love about working in…UX6 min read
Published in UX Collective·Jan 3Generating endless design writing ideas using content matrixDeactivating writer’s block in a fun way — Writing may be hard for some people (especially designers, who spent their time creating visuals, not textual), and sometimes what’s even harder is knowing what to write. Finding the topic and inspiration can be such a pain and thus, prolonging our productivity to produce writings. We ended up thinking about…Productivity3 min read
