UnStuck

I designed it for people with ADHD. It’s a responsive web app, since a lot of people switch between phone and laptop all day.

Then I tested it with 6 people and moved the things they tripped on.

I talked to people with an ADHD diagnosis and people without one, including some who suspect they have it. I slowed the interviews down and let people answer in their own order, so everyone could take their time.

I also went through Neurolist, Goblin Tools, ADHD Bullet Journal, ChatGPT and Yoodoo. Each had a good piece, like AI help or visual planning, and none had the mix of personalisation and accountability people needed.

One participant, Emily, told me that about herself, and it set the 2 core flows: a brain dump that sorts the chaos, and a buddy who checks in. The buddy can be a person or the AI.

After the brain dump, the AI breaks each task into steps, guesses the effort, suggests a time of day and puts forward a buddy.

I designed for them anyway. You can change the effort level or the subtasks before anything lands on your calendar, so a wrong guess costs a tap.

The main screens started on paper. I sketched them by hand before I opened Figma.

6 of 6 testers completed every task, and the notes still pointed at things to move. The checkmark for finishing a task sat right next to the pencil, so people kept opening the editor by mistake. It moved to the left edge, where other productivity apps keep it.

The mood check-in before a brain dump was a row of static buttons, and testers found it repetitive. One of them suggested a slider, so it became a sliding emoji scale.