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Michael J. Fordham

Michael J. Fordham

The first four months at my UX subscription agency, Lightning UX

Stories from the first four months at my new on-demand UX design agency for startups.

Nov 13, 2023

Lightning UX, an on-demand UX subscription for startups.

Nov 13, 2023

Michael J. Fordham

I’m launching my own subscription-based UX agency

For years, I’ve been working with startups to help them realise their ideas and products. I’ve worked both as a software engineer and a UX…

Jun 30, 2023

Jun 30, 2023

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Better Programming

Building an AI-powered Football Commentator

Generate commentary audio using OpenAI, ElevenLabs and open-source football data

Apr 11, 2023

Building an AI-powered Football Commentator

Apr 11, 2023

Michael J. Fordham

How to turn your Figma designs into an animated website, with Vev

Figma is a great tool for static designs and basic prototyping, but occasionally you may run into scenarios where you need something more…

Feb 24, 2023

GIF of AI art animating when hovered

Feb 24, 2023

Michael J. Fordham

How to publish your Figma design as a functional website with no code

Learn how to convert your existing Figma design into a functioning site without any code.

Jan 24, 2023

GIF showing a preview of the site we’re building.

Jan 24, 2023

Michael J. Fordham

Experimenting with scrollytelling: bringing scroll-animations to the World Cup with no-code

Learn how to tell a compelling story on the web without needing to know how to code it.

Dec 12, 2022

Experimenting with scrollytelling: bringing scroll-animations to the World Cup with no-code

Dec 12, 2022

Michael J. Fordham
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Better Programming

How to Build a Game for the Playdate Console Using the Playdate SDK and Lua

Build a goalkeeping game

Jan 22, 2023

Playdate console with the Keeper game on it.

Jan 22, 2023

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UX Collective

How to apply a background gradient or image to your text (CSS & Webflow)

Learn how to apply this UI style in both plain CSS and in Webflow.

Oct 22, 2022

How to apply a background gradient or image to your text (CSS & Webflow)

Oct 22, 2022

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UX Collective

AI tools to assist your design and development workflow

Speed up your design and development workflow with AI tools which are already available

Oct 15, 2022

AI tools to assist your design and development workflow

Oct 15, 2022

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UX Collective

A practical guide on how to choose and tweak typefaces for your design project

Using Google Fonts, Figma and your eyes

Feb 6, 2021

The finished interface with some slight tweaks to colours.

Feb 6, 2021

Michael J. Fordham

Michael J. Fordham

Software engineer interested in the future of innovative UX. I mainly write about design, development, data and AI. www.michaeljfordham.com

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