Welcome to the 12th Issue of Design Vitamins ๐Ÿ’Š & Merry Christmas ๐ŸŽ„
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Five Finds of the week

  1. Gingerbread House Builder in Figjam (Try Now ๐Ÿ› ๏ธ)

  2. iA Presenter - Write and make your presentations (Play Now ๐Ÿ”—)

  3. Automator Wrapped '22 (View Now ๐Ÿ”—)

  4. Learn from 220+ onboarding flows (Check it out ๐Ÿ”—)

  5. Virtual Debate Kit by Shopify (Try Figma ๐Ÿ”—)

Four Things to Read, See and Hear this week

  1. What is wrong with UX Podcast (Listen Podcast ๐ŸŽง)

  2. Hardik Pandya - Building a just enough design portfolio (View Video ๐Ÿ“บ)

  3. David Perell's 50+ ideas that shape your world (View Thread ๐Ÿงต)

  4. Chris Welch's Design Portfolio (View Portfolio ๐Ÿ“œ)

Three Things to Try this week

  1. Weapons of Reason - A book tackling global issues (Check it out ๐Ÿ”—)

  2. Spotify Performance Cards for better contextual design (Try Figma ๐Ÿ”—)

  3. Curated Creative Portfolios (Check Now ๐Ÿ”—)

Portfolio Tips

Portfolio Tip #1

Email is a probably a thing of the past and no one has time to write an email and send it to you. Make it easy for your users (hiring managers, recruiters, etc) to reach out to you.

Add a Calendly for folks to reach out to you โคต

Portfolio Tip #2

Recruiters or Hiring Managers probably have less than a minute to go through your portfolio. If you have a long portfolio, it might take them longer to see what you've accomplished. Offer simpler versions which tease them enough to go into details.

Tease don't bore, show and tell just enough, here's a good exampleโคต