Bart Krawczyk Learning how to build beautiful products without burning myself out (again). Writing about what I discovered along the way.

Stories by Bart Krawczyk

Emotional Design: An Overview

Emotional design: An overview

UX Design

Humans are not rational. If you want to improve your UX game, you need to design for the irrational emotions that drive human behavior, not for sound logic.

Bart Krawczyk
Jul 1, 2024 ⋅ 3 min read
14 Principles For Designing Products For Teenagers

14 principles for designing products for teenagers

UX Design

Teens are an exciting group to design products for, but we need to consider age, lifestyle, and generational differences.

Bart Krawczyk
Jun 13, 2024 ⋅ 4 min read
Tips For Better Acceptance Criteria

Tips for better acceptance criteria

Product Management

In short, acceptance criteria serve as a checklist for determining whether a given ticket or user story has been fully delivered.

Bart Krawczyk
Jun 13, 2024 ⋅ 4 min read
Common UX Designer Job Interview Questions And Answers

Common UX designer job interview questions and answers

UX Design

A no-brainer way to prepare for a UX job interview is to practice the most common interview questions.

Bart Krawczyk
May 30, 2024 ⋅ 8 min read
Design Icon

16 practices for good web design

UX Design

Design is more than just drawing rectangles and putting visual elements together. Here are some best practices for good web design.

Bart Krawczyk
May 23, 2024 ⋅ 10 min read
A Guide To Asynchronous Communication

A guide to asynchronous communication

Product Management

Asynchronous communication is a style of communication where participants don’t need to be simultaneously present.

Bart Krawczyk
May 22, 2024 ⋅ 4 min read
Design Kickoff Meetings

Holding a design kickoff meeting that sets the tone

UX Design

A design kickoff is the starting point. It’s about bringing people together, clarifying questions, aligning objectives, and more.

Bart Krawczyk
May 3, 2024 ⋅ 6 min read
The Role Of A Product Owner- Key Responsibilities And Skills

The role of a product owner: Key responsibilities and skills

Product Management

A product owner sets the direction, keeps the team focused, and ensures that the product becomes a source of value.

Bart Krawczyk
May 1, 2024 ⋅ 5 min read
What is DesignOps?

What is DesignOps? The essentials of DesignOps

UX Design

DesignOps is a set of best practices and principles that aims to streamline the effectiveness of design teams.

Bart Krawczyk
Apr 23, 2024 ⋅ 4 min read
Developing A Customer Acquisition Strategy

Developing a customer acquisition strategy

Product Management

A customer acquisition strategy is a set of processes and tactics that aim to bring traffic to your product.

Bart Krawczyk
Apr 15, 2024 ⋅ 6 min read
Techniques For Gaining Insights From Customers

Techniques for gaining insights from customers

Product Management

A deep understanding of your customers helps you prioritize problems, define solutions, and adjust communications.

Bart Krawczyk
Apr 4, 2024 ⋅ 3 min read
Concept Testing

Using concept testing for better product design

UX Design

Concept testing is all about validating the product concept in its early phases to avoid investing in ideas that are doomed to fail.

Bart Krawczyk
Apr 1, 2024 ⋅ 4 min read