human brian

By Brian Biddle

Human Brian is still evolving. I plan to use this blog as a journal of my personal and professional growth. I will also discuss design trends, UX/UI, and projects that I’m currently working on.


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May 2019

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I’ve run into my fair share of technical snags over the years, but there’s something particularly humbling about being stumped by a script that won’t show up on the homepage. This time, it was a simple countdown widget — a custom integration we added for a specific client. Or at least, it should’ve been simple.

A particular kind of tension comes with building in a world that won’t hold still. That’s where we find ourselves today. The AI space is equal parts thrilling and disorienting. At LexBlog, as we chart our course forward and rethink the future of publishing, we’re working within a landscape that seems to reshape itself every

Lou, our AI-powered publishing assistant, has become an integral part of my design process. This isn’t about embracing the newest technology or following trends, but about how Lou truly simplifies my daily tasks and makes them more enjoyable for me and, in the end, a more caring designer for our users.

Self-use is a crucial

IBM’s Design Thinking methodology employs a continuous “Loop” to direct its product teams: Observation, Reflection, and Making. In addition, they adhere to a philosophy that everything is a prototype, where one must constantly listen, learn, and course-correct.

These are the same principles LexBlog Design uses as a guiding light in this wild new world of