Anthony Hobday█

Interface obsessed product designer. Email, X, LinkedIn

Paid service1

  1. Design feedback

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 projects13

  1. Visual design rules you can safely follow
  2. Complementary, an interface design podcast
  3. Quick start guides to interface design topics
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  1. A YouTube channel for website design reviews
  2. A collection of visual design techniques
  3. A list of every visual design concept
  4. A list of every interaction design concept
  5. Interviews about visual design
  6. Anonymous interviews with designers
  7. Background/container colour combinations
  8. Quotes about design
  9. Notes on design books
  10. Superfamilies on Google Fonts

Appearances10

  1. Dive Club interview
  2. #1 spot on Hacker News
  3. Interface design class for Hyper Island
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  1. Learn UI Design blog guest post
  2. UX Design Weekly newsletter feature
  3. Multiple HeyDesigner newsletter features
  4. Design By Numbers newsletter feature
  5. Design Discipline interview
  6. Q&A with UX Talks
  7. Design Downtime podcast appearance

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 prototypes
  2. Interface improvements across Certa
  3. An AI meeting notes feature in Superthread
  4. A collaboration feature for Beauhurst

Other interests2

  1. I run Before I Play, a video game tip wiki
  2. I design solo tabletop games (support my crowdfunding campaign)