PinnedHans van de BruggenAnnouncing a New Book on Usability (Learnability Isn’t Enough, now on Kindle)A practical guide to usability—a guide to making apps easier to use in the long term3 min read·Nov 25, 2023----
Hans van de BruggeninUX CollectiveLessons on creativity from Everything, Everywhere, All at OnceThere’s a lot that can be learned by looking at how truly interesting work gets created, this movie reminded of this fact. Here’s a…10 min read·Jun 15, 2022--1--1
Hans van de BruggeninUX CollectiveI made a prototype. Elon Musk didn’t like it. Then the internet went nuts.How I found myself in a battle of ideas with Elon Musk5 min read·Jan 16, 2022--46--46
Hans van de BruggeninGeek CultureIs Tesla’s v11 update… bad design?The mistake even the best design teams get wrong, and how it can be avoided.6 min read·Jan 2, 2022--5--5
Hans van de BruggeninUX CollectiveLessons on creativity from The Beatles: Get BackWhat the new Beatles documentary can teach designers about the creative process.8 min read·Dec 10, 2021--3--3
Hans van de BruggenAre dashboards a design failure? Here’s where Jared Spool and I disagree.A debate with Jared Spool on data dashboards. What limits should we put on the types of data presented to users, or on the use of a tool?10 min read·Mar 30, 2021--2--2
Hans van de BruggeninUX CollectiveHere’s why Apple’s new App Clips are about to change apps as we know themDuring last month’s WWDC, Apple announced what they call “a new way to discover apps”. And it’s true, this new feature will help people…4 min read·Jul 20, 2020--1--1
Hans van de BruggenSafe sex and social distancingYesterday, the Texas Medical Association released a Covid-19 risk chart, showing the relative risk involved with various common activities…4 min read·Jul 7, 2020----
Hans van de BruggenThe Tesla bombshell almost nobody is talking aboutThere, nearly three hours into the event, they made the announcement…7 min read·Apr 30, 2019--58--58
Hans van de BruggenBrowse your Tags over a Network with AppleScript and APFSThe tagging feature of Finder is a powerful tool for adding metadata and creating a layer of organization over an arbitrary folder…3 min read·Mar 5, 2018--1--1