Skills + Tools
Howdy!
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- UI Skills
- UX Skills
- Coding Skills
- Industrial Design Skills
- Fabrication Skills
- Project Management Skills
- People Management Skills
- Communication Skills
- Strategic Skills
IDEA – Organize skills by design phase
Adobe Products
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Indesign
- Adobe Bridge
- Adobe Acrobat
- Adobe Audition
- Adobe XD
- Adobe Experience Manager
Professional Development Goals:
- Learn Adobe After Effects for motion graphics and iconography design
- Improve fluency with Adobe Experience Manager
Google Products
- Google Slides
- Google Forms
- Google Docs
- Google Drive
- Google Calendar, Gmail, Hangouts, Meet
- Google Sheets
- Google Analytics
- Jamboard
Microsoft Products
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft Teams
- Microsoft Excel*
*I know enough to know that I do not know the full range of functions.
Prototyping Software
- Figma
- Omnigraffle
- Sketch
- Invision
Research Software
- Optimal Workshop
- Usertesting.com
Collaboration Software
- Slack
- Zoom
- Mural
Project Management Software
- Confluence / Jira
- Trello
- Notion
Coding Tools + Languages**
- Google-Fu*
- Wordpress
- CSS
- HTML
- Raspberry Pi
- JavaScript
- Bash
*See Definition
*Otherwise known as advanced search controls and basic Boolean combined with Stack Overflow awareness, cautious Reddit appreciation, and Github familiarity.
**To be clear, I am a Senior UX professional, not a developer, “UX Developer”, or “Technical UX Designer.” [Cue laughter at those last 2 job titles.]
Unicorns are nice in theory, but eventually someone will want a ride and the sparkly white paint will flake right off along with the paper towel tube that was stuck to that poor horse’s head.
A Few Extra Tools
- Rhinoceros
- Canvas LMS
- Mail Chimp
- Marketo
- Keynote
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Indesign
- Adobe Bridge
- Figma
- Omnigraffle
- Sketch
- Invision
- CSS
- Wordpress
- HTML
- JavaScript
- Adobe Audition
- Mural
- Google Sheets
- Microsoft Excel*
- Google Slides
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Keynote
- Microsoft Word
- Google Forms
- Google Docs
- Google Drive
- Google Calendar, Gmail, Hangouts, Meet
- Canvas LMS
- Confluence
- Trello
- Microsoft Teams
- Slack
- Zoom
- Optimal Workshop
- Mail Chimp
- Google Analytics
- Marketo
- Rhinoceros
- Raspberry Pi
*On a scale norm-referenced to other users, I am likely closer to the 75th percentile; however, paradoxically, at my current level, I am acutely aware of the cornucopia of functionality that I do not understand. Hence, I rate myself at a lower level of overall competence.
Why I recommend…
Figma over All (Sketch, Axure, Adobe XD, etc.)
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Adobe Illustrator
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Slack and Zoom over Microsoft Teams and Skype
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Wordpress
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Tiger Teams
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Conway's Law
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Services
UI/UX Design
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Web Design
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Minimal Design
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Development
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