Suzanne LaBarre

Jun 22, 2024 | wealthinsidermag.com | Suzanne LaBarre

Few things are more frustrating than calling customer service and waiting on hold for what seems like forever before someone finally answers your questions. If you want to avoid this uber-annoying aspect of modern life, try not to call customer service later in the day, according to a recent analysis of call-waiting times by Talkdesk.

May 24, 2024 | wealthinsidermag.com | Suzanne LaBarre

Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared on Living on the Cheap. Many things about doing laundry have changed over the years, from high-efficiency washers to highly concentrated laundry detergent. What remains the same is that you can waste plenty of money washing your clothes if you’re not paying attention.

Mar 20, 2024 | figma.com | Andrew Hogan |Suzanne LaBarre

Generative AI has been compared to the internet, electricity, and even fire. Despite these seismic expectations, most teams working on AI-powered products and features say that their innovations aren’t yet breaking new ground. This may owe to the fact that while developers are at the forefront of this technology, it’s designers who are trying to keep pace translating the capability into intuitive, useful experiences.

Feb 26, 2024 | figma.com | Suzanne LaBarre |Noah Levin |Emil Sjölander |Jake Albaugh

Replit Vice President of Marketing and Design David Hoang talks about how AI is reshaping the future of product design and development, and the role it’s playing in the company’s team and products. When Apple debuted the iPhone in 2007, David Hoang was still early in his career, but he saw a window of opportunity in that transformational device. If the iPhone succeeded, the designers of its new interfaces would shape a new era of human-computer interaction.

Feb 13, 2024 | figma.com | Emily Brody |Jenny Xie |Suzanne LaBarre

There are two sides to Duo, the bespectacled owl mascot of the learning app Duolingo: wholesome and “unhinged,” as the internet describes him. If you caught the Super Bowl, you may have seen unhinged Duo star in his own five-second ad. In it, Duo sits in a white frame with a sheepish expression.