Designing at Google, Tables in Figma, Ecommerce Checklist — and more UX this week
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Published: 2019-09-28 15:15:00

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#### A weekly selection of design links, brought to you by your friends at the UX Collective.

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- [**Screen Time**](https://www.bjornjeffery.com/2019/09/08/in-defense-of-screen-time/) →  
Björn Jeffery in defense of screen time.
- [**Bad Money**](https://louderthanten.com/coax/having-the-guts-to-say-no-to-bad-money) →  
Having the guts to say no to bad money.
- [**Job Satisfaction**](https://www.fastcompany.com/90405709/designers-job-satisfaction-is-plummeting-but-why) →  
Designers’ satisfaction is plummeting. Why?


### Stories from the community

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[**Designing at Google: 10 things I know to be true**](https://uxdesign.cc/designing-at-google-10-things-i-know-to-be-true-e033d97e5f13?source=friends_link&sk=ce0025cdcfcfed32fa71294b4b62621f) →  
By [Kenny Chen](https://medium.com/u/6f8e4a34ab8a)

![](https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/728/0*gR_u5RMoatl3-Nbi.jpg)

[**UX has bad UX**](https://uxdesign.cc/ux-has-pretty-bad-ux-fd2702e5c22a?source=friends_link&sk=9c77206fdb20f596c11681191e836d8f) →  
By [Michal Malewicz](https://medium.com/u/fde1eb3eb589)

![](https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/728/0*S0KW6uXvmv_nzBvN.jpg)

[**Turn the lights off: designing for dark mode**](https://uxdesign.cc/turn-the-lights-off-designing-the-dark-mode-of-wego-ios-app-6c4967e59dd6?source=friends_link&sk=776f9c25b157decaba8fdb6cb28bb921) →  
By [Briandito Priambodo](https://medium.com/u/2fc62e78ce34)

More top stories:

- [**I don’t want to be friends with computers; I don’t want it to tell me jokes**](https://uxdesign.cc/i-dont-want-to-be-friends-with-computers-i-don-t-want-it-to-tell-me-jokes-duh-689a61919a6?source=friends_link&sk=552f203a56cb0dcf543f755ebc328015) →  
By [Aprajita](https://medium.com/u/68974d81f333)
- [**Should product designers rely on intuition or data?**](https://uxdesign.cc/should-product-designers-rely-on-intuition-or-data-cd1b6d912224?source=friends_link&sk=1c521130c912678784b192729f655faf) →  
By [Sam Enoka](https://medium.com/u/8116d9ce87a9)
- [**Building products that grow on people**](https://uxdesign.cc/building-products-that-grow-on-people-8fb87d331d59?source=friends_link&sk=3525eae307354fcc09cf85128cc35f15) →  
By [Prachi Nain](https://medium.com/u/aa7f8bcc6be)
- [**Stop relying on gut decisions and define your principles**](https://uxdesign.cc/stop-relying-on-gut-decisions-and-define-your-principles-4761b43d9a09?source=friends_link&sk=ce645bd5ca8274e28dea4cad56a06492) →  
By [Quinn Keast](https://medium.com/u/3e06b42dd370)
- [**How Disney+ onboards new users — a UX analysis**](https://uxdesign.cc/how-disney-onboards-new-customers-f45a18913f37?source=friends_link&sk=b774b992e7d2e4054fcd5203a5957b5e) →  
By [Sander Smeekes](https://medium.com/u/2ba9867ff2ec)
- [**How do children reformulate questions?**](https://uxdesign.cc/how-do-children-reformulate-questions-497cd146667e?source=friends_link&sk=9aa5f142e6b460a0d403614f87d7aba8) →  
By [Marc Ericson Santos, PhD](https://medium.com/u/2863675bf882)
- [**Making products that hook your user’s brain**](https://uxdesign.cc/ux-design-psychology-1-making-products-that-hook-your-users-brain-a51fa8ae9af3?source=friends_link&sk=20f2bbe37912b04f78392d2c38f36392) →  
By [Romario Eichlig](https://medium.com/u/53ee4ac7f11f)

### News & ideas

- [**Twitch Rebrand**](https://www.underconsideration.com/brandnew/archives/new_logo_and_identity_for_twitch_by_collins_and_in_house.php) →  
It’s all fun and games until it’s all fun and games.
- [**Variable Fonts**](https://rwt.io/typography-tips/variable-fonts-new-google-fonts-api) →  
Variable fonts & the new Google Fonts API.
- [**UX of Porn**](https://eyeondesign.aiga.org/the-ux-of-porn-tubes-are-designed-for-the-ultimate-money-shot/) →  
How porn sites are designed for the money shot.
- [**Humanity (Game)**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9MYkw-ZBsI) →  
Tetsuya Mizuguchi’s new game was officially announced this week.

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![](https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*t2CFGhnqsVTwhP3TQ1eezA.jpeg)<figcaption><a href="https://leonhardlaupichler.com/"><strong>Featured work: Leonhard Laupichler</strong></a> →</figcaption>

### Tools & resources

- [**Social Sizes**](https://socialsizes.io/) →  
Sketch templates for social media assets.
- [**Tables in Figma**](https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2019/09/creating-tables-in-figma/) →  
Creating a table for scalability using components.
- [**Ecomm Checklist**](https://sidesupply.com/guides/art-of-ecommerce) →  
Building a direct to consumer e-commerce.
- [**Unmoderated User Testing**](https://www.nngroup.com/articles/unmoderated-user-testing-tools/) →  
Selecting the right tool for unmoderated user testing.

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