Daniel Schwarz Previously, design blog editor at Toptal and SitePoint. Now I advocate for better UX design alongside industry leaders such as Adobe, InVision, Marvel, Wix, Net Magazine, CreativeBloq, CSS-Tricks, and more.

Stories by Daniel Schwarz

A Guide To Developing Customer Profiles

A guide to developing customer profiles

Product Management

A customer profile is a document that outlines the ideal customers of a business-to-business (B2B) company.

Daniel Schwarz
Apr 16, 2024 ⋅ 5 min read
Using Figma Anima for Design-to-Code Handoff

Using Figma Anima for design-to-code handoff

UX Design

On the whole, design-to-code handoff hasn’t hit the mark; however, Figma Anima might be on the verge of solving design handoff using AI.

Daniel Schwarz
Apr 4, 2024 ⋅ 6 min read
Linear Design

Linear design: The SaaS design trend that’s boring and bettering UI

UX Design

Linear design is a popular design trend, particularly for SaaS products, but has it peaked already? Let’s find out.

Daniel Schwarz
Mar 1, 2024 ⋅ 6 min read
Imitation Or Innovation Leveraging The Best Parts Of Rival Products

Imitation or innovation? Leveraging the best parts of rival products

Product Management

If you think about some of the businesses that market familiarity as a selling point, you actually don’t get negative vibes from them at all.

Daniel Schwarz
Feb 29, 2024 ⋅ 6 min read
A Guide To Asynchronous Communication

A guide to asynchronous communication

Product Management

Asynchronous communication can enable you to remain focused on your work so that you have fewer distractions and are more productive.

Daniel Schwarz
Feb 12, 2024 ⋅ 4 min read
Illustrating The User Experience With Customer Journey Maps

Illustrating the user experience with customer journey maps

Product Management

A customer journey map is a flowchart that depicts the various stops that customers make before, during, and after purchasing.

Daniel Schwarz
Feb 7, 2024 ⋅ 4 min read
Survey Form Icon

What is survey fatigue and how can you avoid it?

UX Design

Learn what survey fatigue is, what causes it, and what you can do to prevent it, netting you more survey responses and quality insights.

Daniel Schwarz
Feb 5, 2024 ⋅ 5 min read
The Decision-Making Process: A Step-By-Step Guide

The decision-making process: A step-by-step guide

Product Management

A decision-making process is a methodology used for making decisions efficiently. It’s especially useful when you don’t know where to start.

Daniel Schwarz
Jan 19, 2024 ⋅ 3 min read
Troubleshooting Figma Font Issues

How to handle Figma’s “missing fonts” warning

UX Design

Figma has a problem with fonts being missing. It can manifest as a “missing fonts” warning. Here’s how to fix it.

Daniel Schwarz
Jan 8, 2024 ⋅ 3 min read
Organizing Thoughts And Ideas With A Concept Map

Organizing thoughts and ideas with a concept map

Product Management

Concept maps help people in product teams make sense of their own thoughts and ideas before crafting them into some kind of concept.

Daniel Schwarz
Jan 5, 2024 ⋅ 3 min read
Figma and Sketch Logos

Importing Sketch designs into Figma

UX Design

This tutorial will show you how to import Sketch designs into Figma and explain what happens during the Sketch-to-Figma conversion process.

Daniel Schwarz
Dec 12, 2023 ⋅ 5 min read
How The Bandwagon Effect Influences Consumer Decisions

How the bandwagon effect influences consumer decisions

Product Management

A bandwagon effect is when people adopt the attitudes and behaviors of other people just because it’s popular to do so.

Daniel Schwarz
Dec 12, 2023 ⋅ 6 min read