Why Your Interface is Awkward - You're Ignoring the UI Stack
Don't get fixated on designing for an ideal screen state. This article discusses the concept of the UI Stack, with 5 total states: Blank State, Loading State, Partial State, Error State, and finally the Ideal State. As new states appear/disappear/transition/fade/dootheranimations, we need to message the transition to the user to avoid feelings of frustration and confusion. We have all experienced that feeling of panic when clicking on something and expecting a response, only to find the developers didn't include a Loading State.

Lean Mobile UX Lessons To Keep Your App From Sinking Like The Vasa Ship
Due to fundamental design flaws, the most impressive warship of its day sank just one mile into it's maiden voyage.

Lowering the Barriers
"Just" is my most hated word...

Avoid use of "easy", "simple" and "just". If you tell me something is easy and I don't understand it, I feel alienated. What is easy to you is not easy to other people. Avoid phrases like "so easy your gran could do it". My nan has no interest in using your Rails plugin. Nor, does she appreciate the implication that you simplified things especially for her.

Designing Safer Web Animation For Motion Sensitivity
When used with care and attention, animation can be an effective tool in your user experience arsenal. But using tons of flashy animation, for no real purpose, can be more than just annoying - it can downright make some people sick.

Keeping Work Weird
Why weird (ie. novel, innovative, unique) ideas stick with us better than ordinary ones.

Stop Adopting Other People’s Anxiety

The trick to dealing with an anxious client is two-fold. First, remain calm. Nothing good happens otherwise. You are the expert this person hired. Behave it. Imagine slicing your finger open cutting a bagel. You freak out. You wrap it all up. You go to the emergency room. Do you want your doctor to scream when she sees it, or to look at it and very calmly say “Let’s take care of that.” Be the calm doctor.

The Greek Problem
Instead of 'lorem ipsum' filler, try placeholder text that describes the intention of the area.