Bianca Aguilar
@biancamikaila
designer, educator, writer, learner
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South Africa: Land of Opposites
South Africa, to some South Africans and the media, is often referred to as the “Land of Opposites”, or “Land of Contrasts”. It’s a fair statement to make. Due to a rocky past, the country has been left with some very visible contradictions and problems. It’s quite common to see incredible wealth right next to sadden
... See moreDaine Mawer • Land of Opposites: State of the Web Industry in South Africa
How May Ph.D. Startup Founders Build for the Long term?
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We should be chefs when it comes to career-path-carving (a.k.a. reason from first principles). This is because of the following: (1) it takes up a significant chunk of our lives, (2) it plays a big role in determining the quality of our lives, (3) it serves as our primary mode of impact-making, and (4) it also serves as our primary identity.
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Tim Urban • How to Pick a Career
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
"If you look at say, Twitter, where 50% of young people are very active in Saudi Arabia, the most popular Twitter accounts are often imams themselves, because there's a lot of competition amongst these religious leaders to get the young people's attention."
Payal Arora • The Next Billion Users: Digital Life Beyond the West
I USED TO think of athletic ability as a mountain. You're born at the base, and you'll die there too. In between, you climb higher and higher until you begin to descend. But that analogy isn't quite right, because as you get older you acquire wisdom that can help you train. I've come to realize that a better analogy is of rolling peaks. You go up,... See more
It is important to consider the reliability of our digital products due to the majority of people who still only have limited internet connection and low-end smartphones.
Project Lima • Inclusive design in Southeast Asia
Communication
The culture of a country sews threads throughout everything its members see and say. Here, details are a welcome aspect of communication and therefore web design too, as a website conveys information and sells the company and its products in place of a live salesperson. Details are needed because risk is absolutely not tolerated. More
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