Design-build application architect

I've worked on dozens of sites/applications both as a designer and developer in Angular, React, Vue, Ruby on Rails and PHP. Starting my career in user experience design, I am particularly good at analyzing a problem and finding the most efficient solution.

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mark [at] markmakes [dot] com

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Apr 17, 2019 · 3 min read #Design

If the devil is in the details, we're all in hell

You're in bed reading an article on your phone when an ad appears in the header. You're used to ads, but obviously want to close it. Carefully, using the absolute tip of your finger, you attempt to click the "X" in the 8 pixel-wide click box. And miss.

Whether or not this is sadly intentional, part of my on-going learning in user experience is recognizing these UX issues and taking mental note of them. Even Google, Facebook, and the New York Times have problems...

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