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I'm working on an #app for #Pokemon card collecting, and managing your collection digitally - so far I've built out some of the search and filters, with more features to come! #ios #iosdevelopment
March 1, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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My gameified step tracking app, Micro Kitty, is now on Product Hunt too! #iosapp #iosdevelopment #app #fitness

www.producthunt.com/posts/micro-...
Two screenshots of a cute virtual pet themed step tracking app
February 26, 2025 at 10:41 PM
kduncanwelke.bsky.social
WeatherCute and Exhibit Finder DC are both now on Product Hunt! Check it out! #ios #iosdeveloper #appdevelopment #swift

www.producthunt.com/products/wea...
www.producthunt.com/products/exh...
Two screenshots showing an app for finding Smithsonian exhibits in Washington DC Two screenshots of an app for U.S. weather, with cute art
February 25, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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I'm very pleased to share that my step counting app, Micro Kitty, now comes with a companion Apple Watch app so you can check your step count on your wrist! I'm excited about developing even more watch apps. #ios #developer
apps.apple.com/us/app/micro...
Four screenshots of an Apple Watch app that shows your step count Four screenshots of a cute gamified step counting app
January 15, 2025 at 6:53 PM
kduncanwelke.bsky.social
There's a new update for WeatherCute available! Learning #UX design taught me a lot about the importance of accessibility, so this update features compatibility with the 'increase contrast' option on Apple devices #weather #app
apps.apple.com/us/app/weath...
Two screenshots of a weather app, showing a forecast and a map for adding locations, with a dark blue background Two screenshots of a weather app, showing a forecast and a map for choosing new locations, with a light blue background
January 10, 2025 at 10:01 PM
kduncanwelke.bsky.social
The best number of crashes to see on your apps in the App Store - zero #iOS #AppDevelopment
A screenshot showing 0 crashes in the App Store for multiple apps
November 22, 2024 at 9:10 PM
kduncanwelke.bsky.social
Here's an example of strange #UX in an ATS - a date of 1/1/2021 gets erroneously converted into a fraction, as do other dates where the day ends in 1
October 23, 2024 at 5:14 PM
kduncanwelke.bsky.social
Something (which I've been busy with) is in the works! An update for the cute walking app, Micro Kitty, is on its way. #iosdevelopment #watchos
A screenshot showing an Apple Watch app and its matching iOS app side by side
October 3, 2024 at 9:41 PM
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My current reading - I can't help but be curious and want to learn as much as possible, and this is turning out to be an even more intriguing read than I predicted
A photo of the book 'Designing Data-Intensive Applications' by Martin Kleppmann
September 16, 2024 at 6:36 PM
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I made this mockup based on the paper and digital wireframes I had done for a project, just to see how a final (cutesy) design might look. It's interesting that the two columns from the original sketch made a return in place of the three in the digital wireframe. #ux #uxdesign
An image showing a sketched paper wireframe, a digital wireframe, and a styled mockup for the home screen of a coffee shop app.
September 10, 2024 at 9:52 PM
kduncanwelke.bsky.social
Here's the first sticker I made for my movie ticket app project - I love the way sticker sheets make showing visual style easy, and when you use UI components updating those styles is easy too #ux #design
Case study here: kduncan-welke.com/MovieTicketA...
An image showing a sticker sheet for an app, with various components and style elements of the app's design
August 2, 2024 at 9:27 PM
kduncanwelke.bsky.social
Here are some digital wireframes from a practice project for a coffee shop group order app I did during the #GrowWithGoogle #UX #design certificate - looking at these again makes me want to build them out into a high fidelity version!
Digital wireframes of three screens of an app for making group orders at a coffee shop
July 29, 2024 at 11:16 PM
kduncanwelke.bsky.social
My new Exhibit Finder DC app update with dark mode compatibility is here! #iosdev #ios
apps.apple.com/us/app/exhib...
A screenshot of three different views of an app, showing details of a museum exhibit and the ability to set exhibit reminders
July 19, 2024 at 5:24 PM
kduncanwelke.bsky.social
I've been seeing user-centered #design as a keyword in job descriptions a lot lately, so I revisited my notes on it from the Google UX Design Certificate, and it basically captures the goal and purpose of good #UX design
A screenshot of a text note about user-centered design: Important because the user buys and uses products, and user-centered design solves problems real people have Consider story, emotions, and insights regarding users Understand - how the user experiences the product Specify - know the end user’s needs and the problem to solve Design - make solutions to the problem Evaluate - compare to user’s needs, does it do what it needs to Iteration - doing something again and building off of it
July 17, 2024 at 11:00 PM
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One of the best things about usability studies is the small but important changes user feedback indicates, like the location of the cancel button, and additional clarifying language, seen here on the review order screen of my movie app #ux #uxdesign
Two screenshots of the review order view of a movie ticket app, showing a before and after of usability study changes
July 9, 2024 at 10:11 PM
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Here's a look at the way I came up with the concept for my portfolio redesign - a few simple elements that came together into a cohesive #design #ux #ui
See it all here: kduncan-welke.com
June 26, 2024 at 10:35 PM
kduncanwelke.bsky.social
I'm beginning to visualize the way users will interact with my moon observation app with a user journey map! #UX #UserExperience
June 20, 2024 at 5:23 PM
kduncanwelke.bsky.social
My severe weather app/website project is on Behance!
www.behance.net/gallery/1981...
Multiple images of a phone laid together in a grid, showing different views of an app for severe weather
May 9, 2024 at 5:07 PM
kduncanwelke.bsky.social
It looks like Etsy updated their red alert text color; it's slightly more pink now, which does have a certain visual appeal but it doesn't quite pass the WCAG AAA requirements
(screenshot from WebAIM: webaim.org/resources/co...)
A screenshot of the WebAim Contrast Checker, showing a red foreground color and a white background color, and whether that color combination passes accessibility requirements
May 6, 2024 at 9:35 PM
kduncanwelke.bsky.social
I needed to update the look of my music player app, TuneHue, so I used a wireframe thrown together in Figma to come up with the new look #ux #iosapp
apps.apple.com/us/app/tuneh...
Two screenshots, one of a simple music player screen mockup in Figma, and one of an app that shows a refined version of the design
May 3, 2024 at 4:07 PM
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I recently redesigned my severe weather app for the greater good - old version on the left and new version on the right

The new design is cleaner and more modular, so users can focus on absorbing the content #ux #uxdesign
Two screenshots of an app for helping users through severe weather, showing an older, more colorful version on the left, and a less colorful and less crowded design on the right
May 2, 2024 at 4:37 PM