Design Critiques

Venmo is a mobile payment app that allows users to easily send money to others with an account on the app. There is also a social component to the app that allows users to see transactions that others have made, including notes on what the transaction was for.

A Canadian mobile app developed to aggregate and navigate the public transit scheme of city with precise real-time projections, easy journey planning, step-by-step navigation, notifications of service interruption, and records of departure and reminder for stop, shown in a clear, precise and bold interface. It is functional in more than 200 cities of Australia, Canada, Europe, USA and NZ.

The Room is the first of a series of mystery-puzzle video games originally developed by Fireproof Games. It follows a format similar to the genre of Escape Room games available on the mobile and consists of highly elaborate boxes with multiple puzzles that must be sequentially solved to unlock the box. This critique takes a closer look at how The Room (on Android) makes use of the Design of Everyday Things’ Design Principles and uses them to lead the player through the game.

Slack is a collaboration tool where you can work with your team to get things done together. With slack, you can communicate not only with one-on-one services but as well as with groups, across multiple platforms and devices. You can also freely share files and integrate other services and applications. The application is available on

Pinterest is an image-based social network that allows users to catalog, share and discover inspirations using images, GIFs, and videos, either uploaded from their computers or “pinned” from the web. The app requires registration and once logged in, users can start to explore the content.  Discovering content For most users who are familiar with the

Paper is a comprehensive tool to sketch, paint and type people’s thoughts in creative ways. It offers great convenience with the application of an apple pen, natural gestures, and a fluent interface. Currently, Paper is available on both iPhone and iPad, and it earns a high rating of 4.8 with the great satisfaction of users.

Twitter is a free social networking website and application that provides its registered users a platform to post multimedia messages, or tweets within a 280 character limit. Non-registered users can view public profile pages but are unable to interact with accounts. This blog post will focus on three features of Twitter—logging on, the timeline, and

Launched in 2010, Untappd is an application for the craft beer community. Users can record and rate the beers they have tried, see what breweries have on tap, and keep up with events and releases surrounding craft brewing. Untappd also serves as a social platform, so that beer drinkers can communicate their thoughts to breweries

Skiplagged is a both web and mobile travel app designed to provide best rates of airfare and hotels. From last year, me and my friends have been using this platform to plan our trips whenever we decide upon dates. This app was a game changer for us. Instead of doing intense research on what place