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  1. Saying no to Diez (for now)

    Evaluating Diez, a framework for creating and maintaining design tokens.

    Eric Bailey
    September 18, 2020
    • Design Tokens
    • Design
    • Process
    • App
  2. Consider the Tomato

    Tomatoes are a bit of an ontological mess.

    Eric Bailey
    September 8, 2020
    • Information Architecture
    • Design
  3. Improving the usability and accessibility of a healthcare website by being mindful of reading level

    Improving the reading level is often overlooked or downplayed as unglamorous work. Yet it is one of the most effective things you can do to make a product more usable.

    Eric Bailey
    August 6, 2020
    • Accessibility
    • User Experience
    • Writing
  4. I don’t want your job

    It’s arrogant to assume you can waltz into a client engagement and fix everything just because you’re good at computers.

    Eric Bailey
    July 21, 2020
    • Consulting
    • Playbook
    • Teams
  5. Using personas in the Product Design Sprint

    Hi, my name is Eric, and I used to hate personas.

    Eric Bailey
    March 4, 2020
    • Design
    • User Research
    • Product Design Sprint
    • Product Design
  6. Attempting to corral colors with a Sass function

    I’ve been experimenting with a Sass color function, and I can’t tell if I love it or hate it.

    Eric Bailey
    June 7, 2019
    • Sass
    • Color
    • Design
  7. slashbot

    All about a little Slack bot built during investment time.

    Eric Bailey
    March 15, 2019
    • Playbook
    • Slack
    • Bot
  8. Little Library

    A hackathon project to make a virtual bookshelf.

    Eric Bailey
    January 14, 2019
    • Playbook
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    • Boston
    • Rails
  9. A designer developing for Android

    Here’s some advice for designers who find themselves developing Android apps.

    Eric Bailey
    November 8, 2018
    • Android
    • App
    • Design
    • DevTools
  10. How to Lead Better User Interviews

    These are some observations I’ve made about what works while observing people.

    Eric Bailey
    June 12, 2018
    • User Research
    • Usability Testing
    • Usability
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