Simon Kulkov — thoughts of pragmatic designerteletype.inhttps://img1.teletype.in/files/ca/bd/cabdcf3f-5c35-49c5-9d23-09bd8ea7cc4d.jpegSimon Kulkov — thoughts of pragmatic designerhttps://blog.simonkulkov.com/https://blog.simonkulkov.com/?utm_source=teletype&utm_medium=feed_rss&utm_campaign=simonkulkovMon, 20 Apr 2026 01:36:09 GMTMon, 20 Apr 2026 01:36:09 GMThttps://blog.simonkulkov.com/gcrEr5MpgBFhttps://blog.simonkulkov.com/gcrEr5MpgBF?utm_source=teletype&utm_medium=feed_rss&utm_campaign=simonkulkovhttps://blog.simonkulkov.com/gcrEr5MpgBF?utm_source=teletype&utm_medium=feed_rss&utm_campaign=simonkulkov#commentssimonkulkov"Everybody thinks of changing humanity, and nobody thinks about changing himself."Mon, 10 Jan 2022 09:06:02 GMT— Leo Tolstoy

]]>https://blog.simonkulkov.com/books-2022https://blog.simonkulkov.com/books-2022?utm_source=teletype&utm_medium=feed_rss&utm_campaign=simonkulkovhttps://blog.simonkulkov.com/books-2022?utm_source=teletype&utm_medium=feed_rss&utm_campaign=simonkulkov#commentssimonkulkovBooks for 2022Thu, 06 Jan 2022 08:07:04 GMTbooksI'll add this post here and make it public, so it can be enough motivation for me to read those all books, and possibly share insights with you if you are interested.

My goal for this year is to read just 10 books, and anything extra would be considered a nice bonus.

So, here we go.

  1. Empowered by Marty Cagan.
  2. ✅Personality isn't permanent by Benjamin Hardy. [5/5]
  3. Loonshots by Safi Bahcall.
  4. Deep work by Cal newport
  5. Blind Spot by Mahzarin Banaji
  6. Leaders eat last by Simon Sinek.
  7. Writing to be understood by Anne Janzer
  8. A more beautiful question by Warren Berger
  9. Nonviolent Communication by Marshall Rosenberg
  10. A complete guide to volume price analysis by Anna Couling.

Have you read any of these? What is your list?

]]>https://blog.simonkulkov.com/chinese-roomhttps://blog.simonkulkov.com/chinese-room?utm_source=teletype&utm_medium=feed_rss&utm_campaign=simonkulkovhttps://blog.simonkulkov.com/chinese-room?utm_source=teletype&utm_medium=feed_rss&utm_campaign=simonkulkov#commentssimonkulkovThe Chinese roomThu, 06 Jan 2022 07:56:59 GMT

The idea of the experiment is that if you take someone without knowledge of the Chinese language into a room, and give them templates with answers, like "if X -> Then Y", and then get a real native Chinese speaker to write questions, that person in the room would be able to find the matching question and give an aswer, even without understanding the details and knowing Chinese language.

So it means that if someone would have enough knowledge on potential questions and answers, even without understanding the context, they would be able to provide answers, which would be acceptable by the inquirer.

This thought experiment made me think about how things might work in the world, especially in IT and product companies.

]]>https://blog.simonkulkov.com/forms-status-visibilityhttps://blog.simonkulkov.com/forms-status-visibility?utm_source=teletype&utm_medium=feed_rss&utm_campaign=simonkulkovhttps://blog.simonkulkov.com/forms-status-visibility?utm_source=teletype&utm_medium=feed_rss&utm_campaign=simonkulkov#commentssimonkulkovImportance of loading statesMon, 13 Sep 2021 09:07:02 GMTuiuxheuristicsformsusabilitylogitechproductdesignproductdesignIt seems obvious that we need to keep the system status visible and responsive to our actions, yet we still see a lot of examples, when after retrying the system status is unknown.]]>It seems obvious that we need to keep the system status visible and responsive to our actions, yet we still see a lot of examples, when after retrying the system status is unknown.

I've typed a password and I've got that red message on top of the screen informing me that the password I typed is wrong. I typed the password again, assuming that this time it's correct. But after hitting the login button, I see no change.

It makes me think — did the form submit the new password or not? Or is this password also wrong? Eventually, after a few attempts, I figured out it was wrong password. But the experience was frustrating.

#ui #ux #heuristics #forms #usability #logitech #product #design #productdesign ]]>https://blog.simonkulkov.com/WvGMWQvTCDchttps://blog.simonkulkov.com/WvGMWQvTCDc?utm_source=teletype&utm_medium=feed_rss&utm_campaign=simonkulkovhttps://blog.simonkulkov.com/WvGMWQvTCDc?utm_source=teletype&utm_medium=feed_rss&utm_campaign=simonkulkov#commentssimonkulkovRefresh in Mail and Calendar appMon, 26 Jul 2021 09:05:45 GMTproduct designuxproductdesignapplehotkeysshortcutsenWhen you want to get new mail in the macOS mail app you hit Shift+Cmd+N. When you want to refresh events in the Calendar app you hit Cmd+R. Do you find it strange? ]]>

When you want to get new mail in the macOS mail app you hit Shift+Cmd+N. When you want to refresh events in the Calendar app you hit Cmd+R. Do you find it strange?

Would you prefer one unified command for pulling new content across all apps in the OS? Why?

#ux #productdesign #apple #hotkeys #shortcuts #en ]]>https://blog.simonkulkov.com/agoda-emailshttps://blog.simonkulkov.com/agoda-emails?utm_source=teletype&utm_medium=feed_rss&utm_campaign=simonkulkovhttps://blog.simonkulkov.com/agoda-emails?utm_source=teletype&utm_medium=feed_rss&utm_campaign=simonkulkov#commentssimonkulkovTravel anywhere while you can'tWed, 07 Jul 2021 15:04:04 GMTcomplainingencomplainingI think Agoda's marketing team probably knows that I'm in Vietnam. And I bet they have operations office in Vietnam and they know that Vietnam has a lockdown for the past month or longer.]]>I think Agoda's marketing team probably knows that I'm in Vietnam. And I bet they have operations office in Vietnam and they know that Vietnam has a lockdown for the past month or longer.

Yet I still get emails proposing me to travel. Sorry, Agoda, it is not possible at the moment. We can not even leave the city to travel.

This add doesn't help at all, it's just like rubbing salt into the wound.

#en #complaining ]]>