User Research Is Storytelling

Ever since I was a boy, I’ve been fascinated with movies. I loved the characters and the excitement—but most of all the stories. I wanted to be an actor. And I believed that I’d get to do the things that... Read more

The Dog House Isn’t a Dog Dating Show, It’s Therapy

Like a cloud of candyfloss twirled around its stick, the sweetest, wispiest things can have a solid core, just as people with the sunniest dispositions have often had the stormiest lives. The same applies to TV shows. A programme that... Read more

Daisy Ridley Is Reinventing the Zombie Movie

Australian writer-director Zak Hilditch knows exactly what to say when people ask what his next film, We Bury the Dead, is about. “Oh, it’s a Daisy Ridley zombie movie,” he laughs while in an exclusive conversation at our SXSW studio.... Read more

Daredevil: Born Again Episode 3’s Shock Death Sets Up a Major MCU Hero

This article contains spoilers for Daredevil: Born Again episode 3. Marvel isn’t skimping on the tragedy when it comes to Daredevil: Born Again. Only three episodes into its nine-episode freshman season, the body count is already starting to pile up.... Read more

Electric State Review: The Russo Brothers Sci-Fi Adventure is a Dead Bulb

Early in The Electric State, inventor and Stanley Tucci paycheck role, Ethan Skate, sits at his mother’s kitchen table. With a loving smile, she sets baklava before her son, which Skate accepts warmly. “It’s good to see you like this,... Read more

The Boys’ Colby Minifie Discusses The Finer Points of Trichotillomania

At first glance, you might not think that an indie horror movie that explores grief, loss, and our relationships with our parents would have much in common with the gory, satirical superhero show The Boys, aside from the fact that... Read more

Beware the Cut ‘n’ Paste Persona

This Person Does Not Exist is a website that generates human faces with a machine learning algorithm. It takes real portraits and recombines them into fake human faces. We recently scrolled past a LinkedIn post stating that this website could... Read more

That’s Not My Burnout

Are you like me, reading about people fading away as they burn out, and feeling unable to relate? Do you feel like your feelings are invisible to the world because you’re experiencing burnout differently? When burnout starts to push down... Read more

Asynchronous Design Critique: Giving Feedback

Feedback, in whichever form it takes, and whatever it may be called, is one of the most effective soft skills that we have at our disposal to collaboratively get our designs to a better place while growing our own skills... Read more

Asynchronous Design Critique: Getting Feedback

“Any comment?” is probably one of the worst ways to ask for feedback. It’s vague and open ended, and it doesn’t provide any indication of what we’re looking for. Getting good feedback starts earlier than we might expect: it starts... Read more