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Humble Choice: No Choice? The Evolution of Humble Bundle’s Subscription Model
Humble Choice evolved from a flexible service to a single-tier bundle. Find out why I finally cancelled my subscription and explore ideas for a better Humble Choice.
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When (And Why) It’s Okay to Break UX Patterns
Breaking UX patterns can improve usability. Learn when and why to break UX rules with examples from Tinder, Instagram, Duolingo, and Apple.
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Steam vs Epic: My take on the battle between storefronts
Originally launched in September 2003 to provide automatic updates to Valve’s games, Steam eventually evolved to include games from third-party publishers (2005), offering digital rights management; social networking services and community-based features, such as Steam Workshop (2011); game discoverability features, such as Steam Greenlight (2012), Discovery (2014) and Steam Labs (2019). Since 2005, the number…
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Mystery Boxes: Sometimes You Win, Sometimes You Don’t
Originally launched as Bundle Stars, Fanatical is a UK-based online PC game retailer (similar to Humble Bundle) known to offer Steam games, bundles, and now, even digital comics. One thing that’s unique about Fanatical, as compared to Humble Bundle, is their Mystery Box bundle offerings. Considered to be a sham among fellow Reddit users, Fanatical…
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On Tabletops without the Actual Table Top
Over the years, tabletops have become increasingly popular and in-demand, even in this age of the internet, technology and virtual reality. Even from where I’m located, board game cafes and shops have been popping up and I, myself, have been getting into tabletops more and more: buying party games both competitive and cooperative, filling up…
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The Evolution of My Personal Website and Portfolio
As I was doing some updates on my new WordPress website, I decided to look back and revisit the older iterations and versions of my portfolio website. Before this website you see now, the layout of my portfolio came across several redesigns, both published and scrapped. Here’s a brief history and showcase of the evolution of…
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Designing my identity
I’ve been spending my free time in the past couple of days trying to design a new logo for myself. For the past several years, I have been using this logo, which is a monogram derived from the initials of my name: Although I really like this logo/monogram and somehow I feel like this has…
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