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I have finally completed my Google UX Design course and have a professional certificate UX Design. I can complete the design process from beginning to end: empathizing with users, defining pain points, coming up with ideas for design solutions, creating wireframes and prototypes, and testing designs to get feedback. Something I’ve already been doing with web but now have a legit certificate that expands on that particular role specifically for recruiters to trust me with. I think I will gather some more certifications just to make these recruiters a bit more comfortable working with me. thanks

Thanks for making this video Juxtapossed. I come from the early days if the internet. I remember creating from raw html. and then learning css. all self taught. and then getting discouraged when javascript took over. lets skip the entire flash era.. and as time progressed so did the tech in web. always evolving and changing. but recruits and employers were always new for some reason. they just never understood that the web, ux/ui, digital design game still has not yet been perfected and still to this day screen layout and design is improving little by little. these recruits only cared to see a diploma from some overpriced institute but the school programs could never keep up with this evolving tech. once you get your degree the whole web has moved onto new queries and command lines, new tools and platforms. you just have to keep up on your own or else you will get phased out. this market keeps bringing new fresh young talent but then they fade away. it seems like only people who are disciplined in constantly learning and staying self motivated to keep up become the long term career folks. web is like a trend. they styles and textiles and designs and tools keep changing. and forecasting these trends and staying ahead or at least current in the trends goes a long way. we’ve not perfected responsive design for 2D screens and already we are entering a virtual 3D layer, a new medium that we will need to adapt to and design for. I like keeping up but its going so fast that recruits and employers dont know who or how to hire. because of this i consider changing my career often. as it gets more difficult to find work and ai starts to take over completely with anything that has to do with the web. i think its time to find another hustle.

As we navigate through the world, we are constantly being influenced by subtle design tactics that most of us aren’t even aware of. These branding tactics can be found everywhere – in the layout of your favorite store, the colors of a pop-up ad, or even the design of your favorite app. But it’s not just about understanding these principles. It’s about considering the ethics behind their use, questioning the motives, and equipping ourselves to recognize and resist manipulation.

All content directed and written by John Mauriello. John Mauriello has been working professionally as an industrial designer since 2010. He is an Adjunct Professor of industrial design at California College of the Arts.

Time stamps:
0:00 Intro
1:08 BS Continuum
1:38 Information Asymmetry
3:29 Emotional Alchemy
4:56 Tropical Storm: Visual Signaling
7:30 Seller Reputation & Trustworthiness
9:20 Category 1: The Debt of Kindness
11:41 Category 2: Follow the Herd
15:57 Category 3: Obey Authority
18:58 Category 4: The Deception of Exclusivity
22:41 Category 5: Misguided Loyalty
28:40 Brutally Honest Manipulation
31:43 Creating Meaning
33:32 Education vs Manipulation
36:58 What’s the Most Manipulative Brand?

Damages your credibility: If you are a serious business, but your website is crowded with animation, stock photography, and other virtual clutter, you are not sending a professional message.

Make you look out of touch: A website you do not update frequently does more than hurt your SEO. A dated website tells your customers you are behind the technological times, or worse that you do not care enough to keep updated.

Costs you customers: Every time a customer navigates away in frustration – because of broken links, complex forms, or too much navigation – it is unlikely you will see them again. If your competitor offers the same services in an intuitive website design, your loss is their gain.

Read more here: The Real Effects Of Bad Web Design

“Untitled,” a Basquiat painting from 1982, sold for $110.5 million at Sotheby’s auction on Thursday night. Its the sixth most expensive work ever sold at auction. Only 10 other works have broken the $100 million mark.

“He’s now in the same league as Francis Bacon and Pablo Picasso,”

bought by a Japanese billionare.

A selection of the year’s most riveting photographs.
Click: The Year in Pictures 2016 – The New York Times

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these are always amazing photo captures of amazing stories throughout the year. 2016 was a harsh year. #fuck2016