Back in my early days of UX interaction design work, I contracted for a small, e-commerce focused agency called Epicenter Consulting. While I spent most of my time on client work, they had a side project they were building to help better present their designs to clients. That side project ended up becoming InVision (RIP)…. Continue reading
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Using AI to code and ship a paid product in under 10 hours
The progress made on AI coding tools has been absolutely wild. I’m not a developer – I can get around a bit in HTML and CSS but definitely couldn’t reasonably market my skills as a front end engineer. However, like many product and design folks, I’ve had many ideas I wanted to try over the… Continue reading
Most design portfolios are badly designed
Every single UX and Product Design portfolio I’ve ever seen says they care deeply about the end user. The portfolio has a prominently featured tagline like “user-obsessed” or “passionate about the user” or something along these lines, usually as lead in to a portfolio that presumably demonstrates this point. But in reviewing the portfolio, it’s… Continue reading
Interviewed on Future of Design Series by TDA
Description: “Andrew Smith, Founder and Head of Partnerships at TDA was recently joined by Jeremy Belcher, VP of Product at Auxilius! Andy and Jeremy discussed Jeremy’s career transition from design to product leadership, and how his design background and experience proved beneficial in his new role. Jeremy also shared his insights on the skills designers… Continue reading
Powerpoint, product quality, and the power of distribution
Powerpoint is proof that product distribution can be just as important as product quality, maybe more so. Powerpoint is a wildly inferior product – its fucking maddening and I hate using it. It’s worst in its class. Literally every one of these presentation products is better than Powerpoint: But I still use it, regularly. I… Continue reading
JIRA Tickets as a Checklist
Recently, as a function of rapid growth, we were encountering problems with newly released features and functionality due to missing critical considerations in the ticketing process. In other words, we would release functionality and then realize it had product impacts we didn’t foresee. Inspired by the Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande, I created a new… Continue reading
Saving your design work in an enterprise Figma world
Designers should regularly export their work from their company’s’ Figma and save it down to a non-company location in case they lose access to the platform. Recently, I’ve noticed many portfolios lacking many actual design artifacts. This issue stems from the shift to cloud-based design tools: you create work but risk losing access once you… Continue reading
Contacts is a missed opportunity for Apple
My phone recently updated to iOS 17, which includes the new “contact posters” feature. You can create and share your name and a customized poster with your contacts. On its own, they are kind of fun and a bit whimsical, but they aren’t actually useful in any real way. It offers you some personalization. It… Continue reading
This site is now part of the Fediverse!
Using the ActivityPub plugin for WordPress, I am (in theory) connected to the Fediverse. All posts should now appear if you follow @[email protected] from your Fediverse (Mastadon, etc) instance! If you’re new to the Fediverse, here’s a quick synopsis from ChatGPT: “The Fediverse is a network of decentralized social media platforms that operate on a… Continue reading
Techcrunch covers our $10 million Series A at Auxlius!
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