Leon Barnard

Education lead @balsamiq. Co-author of Wireframing For Everyone, published by A Book Apart!

[Leon Barnard @leonbarnard]

One of my favorite interviews about 'Wireframing for Everyone'! On the @ThisisHCD podcast https://t.co/Te29RBVBlD

[Leon Barnard @leonbarnard]

@MitchBernstein https://t.co/nlzD3exXua WDYT?

[Tyler The Curator @TylerBoudreaux_]

Tune in to 89.9 @kcrw
TONIGHT & EVERY THURSDAY NIGHT
10pm-12am⚡️

[Matt Anderson 🇺🇦 @MattAndersonUT]

Harnessing the Power of Wireframes w/ @ellenchisa + @leonbarnard + @lissijean https://t.co/c4UaYp4TA8 #prodmgmt #ux #design

[Leon Barnard @leonbarnard]

I'm so proud to be an @abookapart author. Katel and the ABA team were amazing to work with!

[Chris Silvestri @SilvestriChris]

Nobody talks about the balance between UX and conversion optimization.

But both your website AND your product should juggle both.

How do you do it?

You start by understanding that at the heart of your design process there should always be respect for your users.

[Balsamiq @balsamiq]

[Free course] Forget about aimless meetings and circular discussions. A solid design brief brings focus, alignment, and clarity—right from the start of your project: https://t.co/xpahbIykHo

[Leon Barnard @leonbarnard]

@SaraSoueidan *If* you are looking to outsource some of it, I'm sure you'd find some amazing people here https://t.co/9EfOoyBLwU

[Historic Vids @historyinmemes]

This is one of the most accurate portrayals of ADHD ever shown on TV.

[Leon Barnard @leonbarnard]

@LBHouseMusic https://t.co/eZjxMuzAKo, of course😉

[Katarina Andrejević @kafarina_]

We need a little assistance with a @userlist article. ✨

We're looking for year-in-review email examples from SaaS companies. They can be roundups of:

✔ annual accomplishments of the company
✔ improvement of their product
✔ the activities of their users using that product

[Leon Barnard @leonbarnard]

@LinkofSunshine This has @kottke written all over it

[Cassidy @cassidoo]

I use this all the time and realized it's not common knowledge: you can add a .png to the end of the link to your GitHub profile and it'll give you your profile picture!

https://t.co/EMZF7nV6DD

[David Perell @david_perell]

Sketches show us how messy the creative process really is. You need to explore. You need to goof around. You need to postpone the self-criticism. The worst thing you can do as a creator is compare your initial draft to somebody's final one.

[Adam Silver @adamsilverhq]

I got featured in this blog post alongside Jakob Nielsen, Julie Zhuo and Jesse James Garrett.

This is perfect for my big head.

Plus I can now pop “INFLUENCER” in my bio.

https://t.co/LvBETZ3Uzo

p.s. pop some names of other designer peeps to follow ↓

[Leon Barnard @leonbarnard]

"To see how it feels" is one of the best reasons to prototype, IMO.
Too often we make prototypes without examining our reason for making them. Let's not do it just because we think that we need to or because that's what our tools guide us toward.

[Midwest vs. The Rest @midwestern_ope]

Nobody:

Midwesterners growing up: mmm I think I’ll eat that

[Susie Dent @susie_dent]

Word of the day is ‘phrontistery’ (17th century): a place to withdraw to for thinking or contemplation.

If no phrontistery is available, then to ‘latibulate’ is to find a corner and hide in it.

[Michael Kopinsky @mkopinsky]

@ellenchisa @lissijean @leonbarnard Thanks for that amazing Product Thinking episode - especially Ellen's anecdote from Kickstarter activity feed.

I listened yesterday and am immediately using what I learned to bring a different type of mockup to user testing conversations.

[Balsamiq @balsamiq]

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