Blog posts written by Inayaili de León Persson

Inayaili de León Persson
14 August 2017

Vanilla Framework has a new website

Featured Ubuntu

We’re happy to announce the long overdue Vanilla Framework website, where you can find all the relevant links and resources needed to start using Vanilla. The homepage of vanillaframework.io When you visit the new site, you will also see the new Vanilla logo, which follows the same visual principles as other logos within

Inayaili de León Persson
14 August 2017

Inayaili de León Persson
3 July 2017

June’s reading list

Notes Ubuntu

Here are the best links shared by the design team in June 2017: How I Create Talks Technical Speaker Starter Kit 4 Things I Know About Pattern Libraries The Road to Burnout is Paved With Context Switching MVP: I Do Not Think That Word Means What You Think it Means What is the difference between

Inayaili de León Persson
3 July 2017

Inayaili de León Persson
1 June 2017

May’s reading list

Notes Ubuntu

Here are the best links shared by the design team in May 2017: Introducing a faster BBC News front page Brick Block Create storyboards for your animations Introducing the Citymapper Smartbus Design Better Data Tables Screen Sizes: Viewport Sizes and Pixel Densities for Popular Devices Lost My Name Design System GitHub’s...

Inayaili de León Persson
1 June 2017

Inayaili de León Persson
2 May 2017

April’s reading list

Notes Ubuntu

Here are the best links shared by the design team in April 2017: Joe Coleman: Sliding degrees of ‘hard sell’ Mockuuups Studio & Sketch Reasons to conference 2017: Design, Code & Create Hamburger Menu Alternatives for Mobile Navigation Everyone is a designer. Get over it. Simple Icons On conference proposal rejections...

Inayaili de León Persson
2 May 2017

Inayaili de León Persson
4 April 2017

What we learned at our first official GV design sprint

Research Ubuntu

Last month the web team ran its first design sprint as outlined in The Sprint Book, by Google Ventures’ Jake Knapp. Some of us had read the book recently and really wanted to give the method a try, following the book to the letter. In this post I will outline what we’ve learned from our

Inayaili de León Persson
4 April 2017

Inayaili de León Persson
3 April 2017

March’s reading list

Notes Ubuntu

Here are the best links shared by the design team in March 2017: China’s zombie factories and unborn cities IXD17: Let’s Make the World We Want to Live In Great README A list of 30 women rocking in UX to celebrate International Women’s Day Design Better Cards Chat Systems Google gives Hangouts a Slack makeover

Inayaili de León Persson
3 April 2017

Inayaili de León Persson
1 March 2017

February’s reading list

Notes Ubuntu

Here are the best links shared by the design team in February 2017: Write Good linter for Atom Land Lines – Chrome Experiments Better Web Typography for a Better Web Fast Good Cheap Data Visualizations by Herwig Scherabon How Flexbox works—explained with big, colorful, animated gifs Optimizations in Syntax Highlighting...

Inayaili de León Persson
1 March 2017

Inayaili de León Persson
1 February 2017

January’s reading list

Notes Ubuntu

Here are the best links shared by the design team during the first month of 2017: A Guide to 2017 Conferences Information Literacy Is a Design Problem Pattern patter. CLARK FROM INVISION, FOREVER! The Imbalance of Culture Fit a big list of good news from 2016 Calculate the ideal height of your ergonomic desk, chair

Inayaili de León Persson
1 February 2017

Inayaili de León Persson
1 January 2017

December’s reading list

Notes Ubuntu

We hope everyone has had a great start to the year and fun holiday season. Here are the best links shared by the design team during the last month of 2016: Creating a Weekly Research Cadence We’ve updated the radios and checkboxes on GOV.UK A new algorithm for finding a visual center of a polygon

Inayaili de León Persson
1 January 2017

Inayaili de León Persson
1 December 2016

November’s reading list

Notes Ubuntu

Here are the best links shared by the design team during the month of November: BARBICAN | Urban Poetry The Future of Web Education A new algorithm for finding a visual center of a polygon This Map of the World Just Won Japan’s Prestigious Design Award Ten things I wish I knew as a UX

Inayaili de León Persson
1 December 2016

Inayaili de León Persson
1 November 2016

October’s reading list

Notes Ubuntu

Here are the best links shared by the design team during the month of October: Don’t Let Email Zombies Eat Up Your Day SuperHi: Learn to code in London, New York City and online Halloween Costumes for Designers The Worst Portfolio Ever The Sanctity of Your Calendar Using Normal doors to inform your next design

Inayaili de León Persson
1 November 2016

Inayaili de León Persson
12 October 2016

A week in Vancouver with the Landscape team

Design Ubuntu

Earlier this month Peter and I headed to Vancouver to participate in a week-long Landscape sprint. The main goals of the sprint were to review the work that had been done in the past 6 months, and plan for the following cycle. IRL Landscape is a totally distributed team, so having regular face-to-face time throughout

Inayaili de León Persson
12 October 2016

Inayaili de León Persson
3 October 2016

September’s reading list

Notes Ubuntu

Here are the best links shared by the design team during the month of September: Empty States It’s ok to say what’s ok Sully – 208 Seconds Experience Google Allo Tech Giants Team Up to Fix Typography’s Biggest Problem Redesigning Chrome desktop Clarity Conference videos Thank you to Alejandra, Jamie, Joe and me for the

Inayaili de León Persson
3 October 2016

Inayaili de León Persson
1 September 2016

August’s reading list

Notes Phone and tablet

August has been a quiet month, as many of team have taken some time off to enjoy the unusually lovely London summer weather, but we have a few great links to share with you that were shared by the design team this month: Developing a Crisis Communication Strategy Accessibility Guidelines An Evening with Cult Sensation

Inayaili de León Persson
1 September 2016