Anthony Hobday

Software interface designer. Email, X, LinkedIn

Paid service1

  1. Design feedback66 clients

Blog posts20

  1. Notes on visual design2,346 words
  2. Notes on software quality5,864 words
  3. Career advice for designers2,954 words
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  1. Lists of design books970 words
  2. Various interface design classifications3,032 words
  3. Values to stress-test interfaces111 words
  4. Design folk wisdom112 words
  5. Universal creative techniques147 words
  6. A designer group interview1,566 words
  7. When it’s safe to copy something247 words
  8. How I think about novelty266 words
  9. Uncommon but useful design terms1,332 words
  10. How I define “interface design”205 words
  11. How interfaces change with frequency of use316 words
  12. Why designers don’t talk about interface design383 words
  13. Others’ classification of software design1,459 words
  14. Ways that software design is different263 words
  15. My definitions of “beauty” and “taste”449 words
  16. The ways software competes116 words
  17. The best WWDC videos about interface design844 words

Side projects12

  1. Visual design rules you can safely follow28 rules
  2. Complementary, an interface design podcast80+ epsiodes
  3. Quick start guides to interface design topics12 guides
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  1. Website design reviews on YouTube37 videos
  2. A collection of visual design techniques211 techniques
  3. Every visual design concept210 concepts
  4. Every interaction design concept277 concepts
  5. Interviews with designers31 interviews
  6. Background/container colour combinations82 combinations
  7. Quotes about design436 quotes
  8. Notes on design books8 books
  9. Superfamilies on Google Fonts9 families

Appearances10

  1. Dive Club interview2023
  2. #1 spot on Hacker News2023
  3. Interface design class for Hyper Island2024
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  1. Learn UI Design blog guest post2022
  2. UX Design Weekly newsletter feature2025
  3. HeyDesigner newsletter featureMultiple
  4. Design By Numbers newsletter feature2025
  5. Design Discipline interview2024
  6. Q&A with UX Talks2023
  7. Design Downtime podcast appearance2025

Books6

  1. How to improve your visual design4,641 words
  2. What is good interaction and visual design?1,716 words
  3. What is simple web design?9,515 words
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  1. What is good craftspersonship?2,273 words
  2. Come up with design ideas alone5,928 words
  3. Design interesting one-column websites968 words

Case studies4

  1. Visual design and interaction prototypesOngoing
  2. Interface improvements across Certa2026
  3. An AI meeting notes feature in Superthread2025
  4. A collaboration feature for Beauhurst2022

Other projects2

  1. Before I Play, a video game tip wiki1,600+ games
  2. I design tabletop games46 games