Can A Rubik's Cube Help With Your Focus?

This time last year, I learned how to solve a Rubik's cube in under 3 minutes.

Edition 037 of Design Insight

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🗃 3 Resources

📃 Article - Search: Visible and Simple

Here's what I learned from reading this article:

1. Search lets users bypass the intended navigation of a site. In most cases, a user simply wants to find the thing they are looking for. This is the paradox of the active user in action.

2. Offer advanced search only if the user needs it. "Didn't find what you were looking for? Try Advanced Search".

3. Users will almost never scan beyond the first page of web results. This is why prioritizing search results is an important factor to consider. Examine the most common queries in your logs to determine the best strategy for this.

Link To Article: Search: Visible and Simple

🔨 Tool - Color.Method

• Source: @doctoraw

• Color.Method is a game where you test your color matching skills. Try to match the color onscreen and see how close you get.

• Color.Method

🔨 Resource - Toptal

• Source: @toptal

• Toptal is an excellent website filled with articles ranging in topic from business, to design, to technology.

• Toptal

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🎨 2 Design Tips

Table hover colors

Watch out for color contrast in tables when you use a hover effect.

Text should be readable when you hover over a row.

Design Tip - Check table hover colors are easy to read

Stack form elements vertically instead of horizontally

One column of content is easier to process.

Design Tip - Stack form elements vertically instead of horizontally

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📃 1 Article I Wrote

Can A Rubik's Cube Help With Your Focus?

This time last year, I learned how to solve a Rubik's cube consistently in under 3 minutes.

It's something I honestly never thought I could learn.

I see this achievement as the beginning of my journey as a passionate creative, funny as that might sound.

Read this article for yourself to learn why...

Read The Article

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🐦 Top Tweet Of The Week

Josh Spector @jspector

To better define your goal, fill in the blanks: “I want to get _______ by helping _______ get _______ without doing _______.”

January 1st 2022

14 Likes

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1. Building A Consistent Writing Habit

2. Can't Unsee

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