Bianca Aguilar
@biancamikaila
designer, educator, writer, learner
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Chinese Are Not Yet Used to Wide, Breezy Grids
In terms of real UX preference differences, I can say that the Bootstrap-3 big-grid-spacing revolution has not hit here yet, and many Chinese feel like a 30 px margin is too loose, that it leaves the webpage feeling too disconnected. The local eye seems a little more tuned into smaller grid spacing
... See moreKendra Schaefer • Notes From Behind the Firewall: The State of Web Design in China
The Tech Scene
Japan is known the world over for pioneering many technological innovations. This daring attitude is and isn’t part of the web culture. Japan has some really unique services for consumers like the one’s I’ve mentioned, and websites sprung up to help make the eCommerce transition smooth. So smooth that in 2013 Japan ranked #2 on the
... See moreRich Mirocco • Big in Japan: Web Design in the Land of the Rising Sun
North American vs Southeast Asian e-commerce
Most e-commerces in Southeast Asia are super ecosystems that offer more categories and services. To help users recognize all of those easily these e-commerce utilize much of visual cues and extensive description.
If we're looking to distribute digital products outside of our home region, we need to
... See moreProject Lima • Inclusive design in Southeast Asia
Getting Started | Modular Diffusion
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A framework for making training diffusion models easy
"Some of the favelas, which are low-income settlements, were run by drug lords and gangs of all kinds who would force you to be on Facebook."
Payal Arora • The Next Billion Users: Digital Life Beyond the West
No one likes over-complexity. So why does it seem to abound on the Chinese web? I think the main problems here are low awareness of web usability and a culture of duplication. There is an incredible amount of copy-catting that goes on between Chinese websites. One guy does a text-heavy design on a site that become popular, the next guy is
... See moreKendra Schaefer • Notes From Behind the Firewall: The State of Web Design in China
Many major non-Chinese sites are completely inaccessible. Trying to load up a blocked site usually gets you a good ol’ Page Cannot be Displayed message, and for reasons seemingly unknown to anyone, also seems to crash your browser’s ability to load anything at all for thirty seconds or so.
Kendra Schaefer • Notes From Behind the Firewall: The State of Web Design in China
Technology of the Oppressed: Inequity and the Digital Mundane in Favelas of Brazil
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“We often think about the PhD as a mechanism for creating more just futures -- and a more just world,” said Rodgers, who earned her doctorate at the University of Southern California. “It’s one of the most creative and impactful fields that you can go into.”