{"id":503,"date":"2025-10-20T18:03:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T18:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hitchhikersguidetodesign.com\/book\/?post_type=product&#038;p=503"},"modified":"2025-12-30T16:33:35","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T16:33:35","slug":"ebook-nameyourownprice-deal","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/hitchhikersguidetodesign.com\/book\/shop\/ebook-nameyourownprice-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"LIMITED TIME DEAL (name your own price): &#8220;The Hitchhiker&#8217;s Guide to Design&#8221; eBook (164 pages, instant download)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Contents<\/h2>\n<p>On 164 pages, you&#8217;ll learn about the <strong>origins, pitfalls, and possible solutions<\/strong> to the following design idioms:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Lipstick on a Pig<\/li>\n<li>Mullet UI<\/li>\n<li>Dribbblization<\/li>\n<li>Cargo Cult UX<\/li>\n<li>Pixel Peeping<\/li>\n<li>Frankenstein Design<\/li>\n<li>Lorem ipsum trap<\/li>\n<li>Empty Fridge Syndrome<\/li>\n<li>Dark Forest UX<\/li>\n<li>Uncanny Valley<\/li>\n<li>Yak Shaving<\/li>\n<li>Bike Shedding<\/li>\n<li>Rubber Ducking<\/li>\n<li>Sandbagging<\/li>\n<li>Paving the Cow Path<\/li>\n<li>Design Debt<\/li>\n<li>Whack-a-mole<\/li>\n<li>Pogo Sticking<\/li>\n<li>Wizard of Oz Testing<\/li>\n<li>A\/B Cemetery<\/li>\n<li>Executive Seagull Effect<\/li>\n<li>Dogfooding<\/li>\n<li>Happy Path<\/li>\n<li>Sad Path<\/li>\n<li>False Consensus Effect<\/li>\n<li>Design by Committee<\/li>\n<li>UX Theater<\/li>\n<li>Canary Release<\/li>\n<li>HiPPO<\/li>\n<li>Broken Windows UX<\/li>\n<li>Sunk Cost Fallacy<\/li>\n<li>Confirmation Bias<\/li>\n<li>Anchoring Bias<\/li>\n<li>Primacy Bias<\/li>\n<li>Recency Bias<\/li>\n<li>Hick&#8217;s Law<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Preview<\/h2>\n<div style=\"position: relative; padding-top: 0; width: 700px; height: 400px;\"><iframe style=\"position: absolute; border: none; width: 100%; height: 100%; left: 0; top: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/online.fliphtml5.com\/hitchhikersguidetodesign\/vqoh\/\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless=\"seamless\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h2 data-start=\"295\" data-end=\"356\"><strong data-start=\"295\" data-end=\"354\">A witty field guide to the strange beasts of UX design.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"358\" data-end=\"753\">Ever heard of <em data-start=\"372\" data-end=\"387\">Bike Shedding<\/em>, <em data-start=\"389\" data-end=\"408\">Lipstick on a Pig<\/em>, or <em data-start=\"413\" data-end=\"443\">the Executive Seagull Effect<\/em>? How about <em data-start=\"455\" data-end=\"471\">Dribbblization<\/em>, <em data-start=\"473\" data-end=\"484\">Mullet UI<\/em>, or the dreaded <em data-start=\"501\" data-end=\"515\">A\/B Cemetery<\/em>?<br data-start=\"516\" data-end=\"519\" \/>Designers toss around metaphors, idioms, and inside jokes to describe the weird, wonderful, and sometimes frustrating realities of building products. But until now, they\u2019ve lived scattered in conversations, blog posts, and folklore.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"755\" data-end=\"1107\"><em data-start=\"755\" data-end=\"789\">The Hitchhiker\u2019s Guide to Design<\/em> collects these colorful expressions\u2014along with classics like <em data-start=\"851\" data-end=\"870\">Confirmation Bias<\/em>, <em data-start=\"872\" data-end=\"891\">Sunk Cost Fallacy<\/em>, and <em data-start=\"897\" data-end=\"913\">Dark Forest UX<\/em>\u2014into one entertaining and insightful guide. Part reference, part survival manual, and part comedy sketch, it\u2019s the book every designer, developer, and product manager didn\u2019t know they needed.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1109\" data-end=\"1130\">Inside you\u2019ll find:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"1131\" data-end=\"1482\">\n<li data-start=\"1131\" data-end=\"1216\">\n<p data-start=\"1133\" data-end=\"1216\"><strong data-start=\"1133\" data-end=\"1173\">Dozens of design metaphors explained<\/strong> \u2014 from <em data-start=\"1181\" data-end=\"1193\">Happy Path<\/em> to <em data-start=\"1197\" data-end=\"1213\">Uncanny Valley<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1217\" data-end=\"1289\">\n<p data-start=\"1219\" data-end=\"1289\"><strong data-start=\"1219\" data-end=\"1243\">Origins and meanings<\/strong> that demystify where these terms came from.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1290\" data-end=\"1349\">\n<p data-start=\"1292\" data-end=\"1349\"><strong data-start=\"1292\" data-end=\"1326\">When, why, and how they matter<\/strong> in real design work.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1350\" data-end=\"1410\">\n<p data-start=\"1352\" data-end=\"1410\"><strong data-start=\"1352\" data-end=\"1364\">Pro tips<\/strong> to help you spot and avoid common UX traps.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1411\" data-end=\"1482\">\n<p data-start=\"1413\" data-end=\"1482\">A humorous tone that makes learning UX pitfalls fun instead of dry.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"1484\" data-end=\"1672\">Whether you\u2019re a seasoned designer, a curious developer, or just someone who enjoys quirky design jargon, this book will leave you laughing, nodding, and maybe cringing with recognition.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1674\" data-end=\"1756\">Because in design, as in the galaxy, the best advice is simple: <strong data-start=\"1738\" data-end=\"1754\">Don\u2019t panic.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Instant download of the eBook, 164 pages including all 36 design idioms describing their\u00a0<strong>origins, pitfalls, and possible solutions<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":420,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[27],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-503","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-ebooks","8":"entry","9":"has-media","11":"first","12":"instock","13":"downloadable","14":"virtual","15":"purchasable","16":"product-type-simple","17":"cpw-product","18":"has-product-nav","19":"col","20":"span_1_of_3","21":"owp-content-center","22":"owp-thumbs-layout-horizontal","23":"owp-btn-big","24":"owp-tabs-layout-horizontal","25":"has-no-thumbnails"},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hitchhikersguidetodesign.com\/book\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hitchhikersguidetodesign.com\/book\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hitchhikersguidetodesign.com\/book\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hitchhikersguidetodesign.com\/book\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=503"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hitchhikersguidetodesign.com\/book\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hitchhikersguidetodesign.com\/book\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hitchhikersguidetodesign.com\/book\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=503"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hitchhikersguidetodesign.com\/book\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=503"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hitchhikersguidetodesign.com\/book\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}