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I have to admit that the last few days have been a bit busy and unfortunately I also managed to catch a flu in the meantime, but it hasn’t stopped me from working or even studying. In my case, when the motivation has been so right, it has been difficult not to do anythingor let‘s just be honest– absolutely impossible.

So what have I been up to...

Actually, all kinds of things, but to be a little more specific, I’ve tried to create a clearer career direction for myself and think about what I need in order to achieve what I want. By this I mean that I have tried to find out what kind of courses or just skills I should know so that I could become a better expert in my field.

I’ve also tried to build another website for myself, perhaps thinking more about companies. I feel that Glam Got Hacked was more my own personal blog where I wanted to write everything I learned out.

Also in between, I must mention that I am extremely grateful to my employer who supports me in learning new things and developing myself. However, the biggest responsibility is for me to take the reins in this case as well and work towards the goals. At this point, I could perhaps also mention that I have only been in the industry for a short while and I am originally from a completely different industry, so it is also understandable that there is still a lot to learn. The IT industry is constantly evolving, but that is more than suitable for me.

Lately, I’ve really been focusing a little more on design and drawing than on coding itself. To be honest, it has also been easier for me to be able to focus fully on one topic at a time because it feels like time just flies when you really focus on creating a project from the beginning.

However, believe it or not, outside of purely coding and design, I have also dreamed of focusing more on hacking and now I mean ethical hacking. White hat hacking or whatever you want to call it. It’s probably just going to remain a subject of interest and I’ll focus more purely on so-called creative coding in my work, but I can’t deny that the subject around hacking is more than interesting.

But there were a few rumors here and still, as we saw, such big plans are still being implemented.

Studying a bit UX / UI and sketching with Figma

Today I made it a goal to study a little bit of UX / UI design, or to be more precise, I wanted to recall old things I had already learned. Until now, I have always been able to draw illustrative pictures for presentations in addition to school projects and build customer paths in hotels, for example, but now I thought I would also delve deeper into this topic.

I have previously bought a UX / UI online course, which I thought I would start going through now and maybe I could also get some stuff here on the website.

Below, by the way, a short brief just in case any of my readers don’t know what UX / UI design means.

What is UX / UI Design?

UX stands for ‘user experience’. The user experience relates to how a user feels whenever they interact with a product or service. It’s not a physical, tangible thing—it’s the ease and user-friendliness of the interaction as a whole.

UI stands for ‘user interface’. The user interface relates specifically to the screens, buttons and other visual and interactive features a person uses to interact with a digital product, such as a website or app.

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“As a designer, you need to know how to design a product that drives the results that your clients want.”

Simple user persona about me

I would translate the whole topic in its simplicity something like this: It’s like from point A to point B, we want to understand when they come in and when they leave and what the experience was like. It’s like creating a kind of customer journey.

In addition to studying the subject today, one of my main purpose was to revisit the design tool Figma, since it has been so long since the last time. I myself have more experience with Adobe image processing programs, such as AdobeXD, which is very similar to Figma.

I also mostly practiced using the drawing tools and tried different features that Figma offers.

Figma has templates that make it easy to start building your own projects

One of the most important lessons also today was to get rid of a certain kind of pursuit of perfection when you only outline on paper what you are doing, so to speak.

Sketching with Figma

I consider myself quite a visual person and since I would like to do more visual projects in the future in addition to coding, I believe that UX / UI offers an excellent opportunity to combine these two aspects.

I try to add my own UX / UI projects to my website whenever I finish them, so you can check them later. Until then, we will continue to draw and practice.

“It’s the art and science of designing products that provide users with the best possible experience.”