Welcome to the 12th Issue of Design Vitamins ๐ & Merry Christmas ๐
If you want to access the previous issues, you can check them out in this link.
Let's jump into it to get our weekly fix now, click on a toggle to read more โฌ๏ธ
Five Finds of the week
Gingerbread House Builder in Figjam (Try Now ๐ ๏ธ)
iA Presenter - Write and make your presentations (Play Now ๐)
Automator Wrapped '22 (View Now ๐)
Learn from 220+ onboarding flows (Check it out ๐)
Virtual Debate Kit by Shopify (Try Figma ๐)
Four Things to Read, See and Hear this week
What is wrong with UX Podcast (Listen Podcast ๐ง)
Hardik Pandya - Building a just enough design portfolio (View Video ๐บ)
David Perell's 50+ ideas that shape your world (View Thread ๐งต)
Chris Welch's Design Portfolio (View Portfolio ๐)
Three Things to Try this week
Weapons of Reason - A book tackling global issues (Check it out ๐)
Spotify Performance Cards for better contextual design (Try Figma ๐)
Curated Creative Portfolios (Check Now ๐)
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