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Sep 2, 2022

How To Pay Quarterly Estimated Taxes in 2022 (Self Employed, US)

Download the PDF version of this article to keep it handy on your desktop :) There are lots of reasons why getting comfortable with all the confusing, scary “tax stuff” will benefit you when you’re self-employed. The most obvious being… you legally have to pay taxes. So if you’re not…

Self Employed

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How To Pay Quarterly Estimated Taxes in 2022 (Self Employed, US)
How To Pay Quarterly Estimated Taxes in 2022 (Self Employed, US)
Self Employed

8 min read


Mar 29, 2021

20 Fonts for your Design Toolbox

A typeface for every occasion. — 🆓 = free | ☁️ = free with AdobeFonts | 💵 = paid

Typography

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20 Fonts for your Design Toolbox
20 Fonts for your Design Toolbox
Typography

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Mar 29, 2021

How to Choose the Right Fonts for Your Design Projects

I’ve gotten pretty good at choosing fonts that “work”, so in this post, I’m going to break it all down for you. — Before you look at a single font Write down 2 or 3 things you want people to feel or understand about the brand when they interact with the product or website. Depending on the project, you may or may not need to talk to clients or other stakeholders to get clear on this. As you’re exploring potential…

Design

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How to Choose the Right Fonts for your Design Projects
How to Choose the Right Fonts for your Design Projects
Design

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Oct 22, 2020

What Makes a Successful UX Case Study?

If you’re a designer looking to break into UX, here are the 5 things your case study should demonstrate. — 1. It should demonstrate design thinking and problem solving. The number one mistake I see designers make is re-skinning popular apps or websites for their portfolios. This is a great way to practice your UI skills, but it doesn’t show that you’re capable of creating a good experience. …

UX Design

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What Makes a Successful UX Case Study?
What Makes a Successful UX Case Study?
UX Design

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Sep 24, 2020

What Type of Creative Are You?

As creators, the most beneficial thing we can do for our business is just that — to create! But sometimes we get stuck. If you’re someone who often feels stuck, try using this article to identify your weaknesses, and then use your strengths to… uh… ‘unstick’ yourself? …

Creatives

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What Type of Creative Are You?
What Type of Creative Are You?
Creatives

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Sep 11, 2020

5 Strengths That Make a Successful UX Designer

Strengths you should know — UX is a fairly popular industry to get into these days, and as it grows in popularity, the field also becomes more competitive. There are tons of online courses and boot camps available, which is great! …

UX Design

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5 Strengths That Make a Successful UX Designer
5 Strengths That Make a Successful UX Designer
UX Design

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Published in Thinking Design

·Sep 8, 2020

Moving from a Sales-First to User-First Design Approach

By now, we’ve all heard the prediction that a post-COVID-19 world will bring more remote work flexibility and less business travel. I believe that, with these changes, will also come a huge mindset shift, both for companies and many creative professionals. …

Design Best Practices

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Moving from a Sales-First to User-First Design Approach
Moving from a Sales-First to User-First Design Approach
Design Best Practices

7 min read


Sep 2, 2020

Aligning on a Design Direction with Your Team

This week we’re gonna tackle a tough question that I don’t really have the ~right~ answer to, but I wanted to share my take anyway. Have you ever found yourself working on a project where you can’t seem to align on the visual direction? Or where there are so many…

Design

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Aligning on a Design Direction with Your Team
Aligning on a Design Direction with Your Team
Design

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Aug 14, 2020

What to Include in Your First UX Portfolio

A comprehensive guide for your UX portfolio — This month I’m coming to you with some UI/UX design portfolio tips thanks to a lovely Instagram friend who posed this question to me: Dear Maddy, I am currently pursuing UX design and I wanted to create my first portfolio. Could you tell me what a UX portfolio should consist…

Design

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What to Include in Your First UX Portfolio
What to Include in Your First UX Portfolio
Design

4 min read


Published in UX Collective

·Jul 13, 2020

Collaboration as a freelance UX designer

Collaboration is such an important skill to master as a designer. As much as we think of the stereotypical designer shutting out the world with their noise cancelling headphones and multiple monitors, that’s just not the reality a lot of the time. …

Collaboration

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Collaboration as a freelance UX designer
Collaboration as a freelance UX designer
Collaboration

7 min read

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UI/UX Designer | Creative Resident at Adobe

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