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A review and exploration of trends on UX, Design and Technology among others curated by @fernandocomet about all interesting things I see on the web

Post of the month: Best Portfolios website builders

A review of almost 50 web builders to make your portfolio whatever kind of creative you are.

Diving into UX

• 5 academic research papers every designer should read

• New to UX? 60+ resources to gain skills, inspiration, and community

• User-Experience Quiz: 2020 UX Year in Review

Let´s Play!

• 10 misconceptions on UX: Can you score a 10?

• What kind of Designer are you? As a designer, there are many processes, philosophies, companies and careers for you to explore. Whichever path you choose to take, understanding what makes you tick and how to work best with other people is going to have a big influence on how successful you will be.

• 2020’s Best Optical Illusions

Tools and Resources

• Find your 404 Design inspiration

• Most Interesting Front-end Developer Tools for 2021

• Podcasts for Developers & Designers in 2021

• Book Recommendations For Entrepreneurs: 1000+ books recommended by the world's top entrepreneurs

• Hijack Your Feed: replaces Twitter ads with your todos. An extension that replaces ads on your Twitter feed with tasks from your todo list

Business

• Profitable Chrome Extensions Database

• Validated ideasList of 5,000 poorly executed but popular apps

• Startup Valuation NestCheck: startup valuations and multipliers in your industry

• Profitable design apps database: Database of 60+ hand-curated profitable design apps

• Validated ideas 2.0: 9,000 popular but poorly executed apps

Trends 2021

January is the month when we see what is coming up for the year, here a little trend compilation:

• New Year Edition: Top UX/UI Design Trends Rushing to Us in 2021 - Muzli

• Graphic Design Trends 2021 Inspired By What We All Experienced This Year - Muzli

• Big Review of Major UI Design Trends for Web and Mobile in 2020 - Tubik

• Tech Trends from 2021 - Producthunt

• Visual Trends 2021 - Depositphotos

• 21 unique web design trends for 2021 - Webflow

• Web Design in 2021 - EditorX

• 7 trends designers should know for 2021 - Invision

• Fjord Trends 2021

• Top Web Design and UI Trends for 2021

Code

• AirBnB visx a collection of expressive, low-level visualization primitives for React

• CSS Background patterns by @yuanchuan

• Bootstrap 5 Site Generator

• Github Metrics

• xs:code Aces for VScode: Get Instant Chat Support From The World’s Best Open Source Developers, While Coding In VSCode.

• State of CSS Report 2020

• A browser-based live-code environment with text-only output demo (instructions here)

• Codepen best 2020

Create

• Idea Generator: This is a web app that guides you through the NAP ideation process.

• typewriting: Create typing-animated messages online, let the readers dive into your heart.

• Lorem Ipsum Covid

• #90DaysOfProse: Make Writing a Habit. Write for at least 10 minutes a day for the next 90 days. Tweet your progress each day with the #90DaysOfProse hashtag.

• Doodle Strudel: Illustration idea generator

Productivity

• Forget New Year’s Resolutions. Start Quarterly Life Planning

• Wonderful • Creative Process Chart by Jooey Lek

• A case of OKRs: cultural change for digital transformation

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