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Gabe Fender

4 things I learned about myself from an intense writing project

I’m nearing the finish line of responding to a large bid for digital work with the UK government. Since I came back from the holiday break…

3 min readJan 31, 2024

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4 things I learned about myself from an intense writing project

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Gabe Fender

A library of icons and photos for inclusive design

The Noun Project is a fantastic library of icons and photos for inclusive design. It’s an open-source library of icons, and recently…

2 min readSep 5, 2021

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A library of icons and photos for inclusive design

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Gabe Fender

5 Creative energisers for workshops or meetings

Creative energisers are a quick way to get people’s minds warmed up before a meeting or workshop. I’ve found that a 5 min activity helps…

6 min readAug 26, 2021

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5 Creative energisers for workshops or meetings

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Gabe Fender

Two product books every designer should read

I recently finished Marty Cagan’s books Inspired and Empowered and they are my top book recommendations right now. Both of these books are…

3 min readJul 23, 2021

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Two product books every designer should read

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UX Collective

Touch screens don’t work for everyone

Working with AgeUK as a digital inclusion volunteer, I saw first-hand how inaccessible touch screen devices can be for elderly people. It…

4 min readJun 30, 2021

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How recording audio versions of my articles improved my writing

I’ve been recording audio versions of recent articles to give people the option of listening, whether it’s for preference or accessibility…

3 min readJun 21, 2021

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How recording audio versions of my articles improved my writing

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Bootcamp

Practical accessibility — part 1 : using a colour contrast checker

Accessibility and inclusive design are a focus area of mine. I think it’s really important that we design products and services which can…

4 min readJun 15, 2021

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Practical accessibility — part 1 : using a colour contrast checker

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Gabe Fender

My experience of facilitating a remote workshop with breakout rooms

Breakout rooms were useful as a way of splitting into groups on a video call to have separate discussions and then coming back together to…

3 min readJun 13, 2021

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My experience of facilitating a remote workshop with breakout rooms

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Gabe Fender

What I learned from doing a remote talk as a team

4 tips for remote presentations with multiple speakers

3 min readMay 20, 2021

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What I learned from doing a remote talk as a team

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Gabe Fender

Prototyping data with coloured blocks

How I used coloured placeholder blocks to prototype changing data in an enterprise product

3 min readMay 16, 2021

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Prototyping data with coloured blocks

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Gabe Fender

Gabe Fender

Writing about design, strategy and tech. I’m a design thinker, lean/agile practitioner and practiced facilitator. Principal Experience Designer @ ThoughtWorks

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