Posts about Product Design
Why You Need Prototyping in Your Software Development
Imagine you are developing your next big project. Let’s say it is a web app that will be used by thousands of people and will take months to develop. This means a lot of billable hours for your developers, designers,...
How Event Storming Will Improve Your Business Processes
Ever since I started working with clients (that would be 6 years now!), and their evolving businesses, I’ve experienced these uncomfortable moments from time to time. These moments in the process of developing an...
5 Rules for Clarity in Data Visualization
Have you ever wondered what makes data useful and meaningful? In the beginning, when the only thing before you is a sprawling set of data, it feels simple and honest, but doesn’t exactly say much. However, the moment...
14 Popular JavaScript Libraries for Data Visualization in 2019
To what extent does your app rely on data? It probably does in some way. Even if the app is not exactly business-oriented, you’d probably need data for the admin panel, the dashboard, performance tracking, and similar...
Crafting Visual Stories Using Data and Information
In October 2018 I was invited to give a talk at the fifth Future of Design meetup, called The Beauty of Data. My talk was called “Crafting a story in data visualization”.
Admyt on Outsourcing Software Development and Working with Legacy Code
Tired with coins, lines, and faulty pay machines, Jordan Wainer, an entrepreneur and innovator decided to improve car parking systems around the world. That’s the story behind Admyt, a solution providing a seamless...
Discovery Workshops: How We Ensure Alignment Between Your Vision and An Actual Product
Working with an outsourced team can be a challenge. Different locations and time zones, sometimes even different cultures. You are where the business is, working hard to move things forward, while your hired team is...
Building a 3D iDesigner with Vue.js: Designing a Reactive Entity System
Being a frontend developer working on dozens of Web projects, it's fairly easy to dissolve into the numbing monotony of dashboards, tables, and photo galleries. But every now and then, an unusual project appears,...
Thunderbird Starts Working on Improving Its Interface—Take Part In the Survey
Our latest post on the Thunderbird redesign drew a lot of buzz from industry press. Some people loved the new, modern look, others preferred Thunderbird’s current default version. As a result, the mockups stirred some...
Rules To Go By, If You Want To Become A Product Designer*
*In a medium sized software house in Wrocław, we’re currently looking for a new team member who knows how to design applications, network management tools, procurement or social platforms, and such. For those who don’t...
What Design Really Is? An Introduction
Many years ago I attended an architecture conference with my father (an architect and college professor) and he told me something interesting. We were leaving after hearing a presentation on “ecological architecture”...
How to visualize complex, real-time IoT data: Design and UX principles
You may already know from our blog and this post that here at Monterail, we have our own Internet of Things R&D team, which I am happy to be a part of.
What is a Service Jam and why should you attend one?
This was a busy year for service design. Our friends at BLStream organized “Basics of service design. UX#3”. A few months back there was a first Service design drinks event in Warsaw, organized by the guys from Service...
IoT Healthcare App: Heartbeat detector using phone camera
A few months ago I bought a smartband. The main idea being prosaic - I wanted to receive notifications from a smartphone as well as have a good pedometer. A few weeks after the purchase, the same company came out with a...
The power of email clients: why did we redesign Thunderbird?
Update (16.01.17): Our Thunderbird redesign drew a lot of buzz from industry press. Now we teamed up with Mozilla Thunderbird core team to think how we can upgrade current look and feel of the product. Maybe using the...
Monterale Breweree: How we merge passion of brewing beer with IoT
There are people that like to drink beer. Then, there are people that like to taste beer. People that can tell the difference between different kinds of water, hops, malts and yeasts. Perfectly balanced, those basic...
‹Newer
Older›