UX & Product Designer

Chi Wai Li



Weekly Top 5 #52 – Habits, Greedy Brands and 30 days of Genius

One Video Series: 30 Days of Genius A series of amazing interview by famous photographer Chase Jarvis speaking with a number of top-of-their game creative types from Tim Ferriss to Kelly Starrett, Austin Kleon to Neil Strauss, sign up and get an email One Video: The Surprising Habits of Original Thinkers A fascinating and funny […]

Hertz Car Rental Service Experience

So we were going back to Suffolk (UK) for the weekend to spend the weekend with my parents, train tickets were stupidly expensive so I thought I would hire a car for the weekend. Decided to go with Hertz and this is a quick summary of my experience On arrival Once we finally found the […]

Weekly Top 5 #51 – defensive judgements, Axe Design and First Impressions

One Video: La maison en petits cubes (The House of Small Cubes) A sad but so incredibly a beautifully story about an old man ‘diving’ into his old house and past to see all the beauties in his life. One Danger: Ideacide We are probably our own worse critic. It’s not really our fault, we […]

Weekly Top 5 #50 – Writing Well, Fixing Routers and What Does Old Look Like?

One Awesome Library: On Writing Well Want to do something well and don’t know where to start, copy the masters. This is a wonderful and comprehensive collection of effective email copies from some of the best marketing companies. One Tool: Online Markdown Editor If you haven’t heard of Markdown, then maybe it’s time to pay attention, it’s […]

Weekly Top 5 #49 – New words, magic leap and journalling

One Habit: 5 mins Daily Journal So I started a daily journal this week. I’ve kept a journal in one form or another for years, but never so consistently. I’ve heard this is suppose to help with anxiety, so I’m giving it a go. But since I’m cheap, I’ve opted for using a Muji white spiral notebook […]

Weekly Top 5 #48 – Confidence, Travel Hack and Yoga

One Question: What would you do if you were confident? Thanks Danny for recommending the book The Confidence Gap by Russ Harris to me. Just the question above alone is worth every penny. How different would your life be if you were confident? What would you do differently? One T-shirt: For travellers “A picture is worth a […]

Weekly Top 5 #47 – My failure, 5 years and Clever Dumb

One Failure: Me with this newsletter Some might have notice I’ve actually not been sending these newsletters out weekly. I have no excuse for this, I just haven’t been disciplined enough lately and I’m not proud but I have own it. I’ve started a new routine which I hope would help. One Product: It’s clever and […]

Weekly Top 5 #46 – Important Play, Flexbox Game and Kneeing Chair

One Product: A Desk and Kneeing Chair Sitting straight has probably been one of my biggest daily struggles. I would normally sit up straight first thing in the morning but as the day progress I would just slouch more and more. This seems to be a pretty darn good solution (I’ve tried standing desks but would […]

Weekly Top 5 #45 – Pencils Reimagined, Touch Screen MacBook and Writing

One Inspiration: Reimagining Pencils If I ask you to redesign or redefined pencil as you know it, what would you come up with? These students from the Holon Institute of Technology has came up with some pretty darn amazing redesigns, definitely worth checking out. One Surprise: Writing notes by hand lets you understand more If you are as geeky […]

Weekly top 5 #44 – An Dangerous App, Saddles and UX Behaviors

One Workout: Peak, brain training I’m a bit of a quantitative-self nerd, so this app which both track and train your cognitive abilities was perfect for me. I’ve only just started using this app and are already looking forward to comparing my performance with sleep quality and quantity from my Fitbit. One Model: BJ Fogg’s behavior […]