Practice Empathy: The Designer's Guide to Not Being a Monster

Empathy is key, folks. It's not just about feeling sorry for the user, it's about understanding their pain points. Imagine you're designing for a user who's trying to eat a bowl of spaghetti while simultaneously trying to solve world hunger. That's a real thing.

Here's a few tips to help you practice empathy:

• Put yourself in their shoes (or rather, in the shoes of someone who's eaten too much spaghetti)
• Imagine the user is trying to solve world hunger, and you're designing the solution
• Ask yourself, "Would I use this if it existed?" (Answer: probably not, but let's pretend you would)

Learn how to put yourself in their shoes, ask yourself rhetorical questions and wonder if you'd really use it.