Tobias van Schneider

Hi, I'm Tobias, a German designer living in New York. I'm the author of this blog, nice to meet you!

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14 Apr 2020 • 2 min read

How to write concisely

The three hallmarks of good UX copy: Clear, concise and useful. Here we will discuss how to write concisely. We will keep it short.

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9 Apr 2020 • 3 min read

Running a company remotely for the first time

Companies have been thrown into managing a fully remote team during the pandemic, many for the first time and without any sort of game plan. Within a typical team setting, it’s quite an adjustment – not only for those working remotely, but also those managing them.

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8 Apr 2020 • 9 min read

Design in Argentina 🇦🇷 featuring Twentyfive

For the latest addition to our Design Around the World series, we are going back to South America, this time to Argentina.

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8 Apr 2020 • 2 min read

3 reasons to work on your portfolio right now

No, you don't have to use the quarantine as an opportunity to be productive or improve yourself. However, from what I've picked up from my friends and the creative community online, there's a lot of fear around work and our income right now. Rather than letting that panic or paralyze you, you can do

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7 Apr 2020 • 3 min read

My favorite studio & agency portfolios built with Semplice

If you've ever worked at a studio or agency, you know internal projects always get pushed to the bottom of the list. Especially your company website.

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6 Apr 2020 • 2 min read

How to be helpful

This applies whether you’re working with a client, running a business, doing customer support, trying to be useful within your team or simply trying to help someone out.

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30 Mar 2020 • 17 min read

The sensory and surreal worlds of teamLab

Before our feeds were filled with Zoom screenshots and sourdough loaves, you probably saw at least one Instagram post featuring the work of teamLab. The collective has produced numerous immersive exhibits internationally, and it's the sort of thing you can't experience without photographing. Yet ph

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27 Mar 2020 • 2 min read

Down with contact forms

You see a contact form on a website and an email address next to it. Which one do you use? For me, it’s always the email address. If a contact form is the only option, I probably won’t reach out at all.

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24 Mar 2020 • 5 min read

How to write UX copy that makes your product a joy to use

Study a speaker on stage. A bad speaker passively dumps information on their audience, more concerned with hitting their Keynote bullets than connecting with the crowd. A good speaker delights and inspires. At the end of their talk, people feel ready to jump out of their seat and take action.

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