About Elise Hein

I’m a software engineer and designer building products for healthcare research at London-based Ctrl Group. Previously, I worked on personal digital branding at MOO, and researched development practices at UCL for my master’s degree in HCI.

I live in Tallinn, Estonia, where I’m raising a preschooler and a toddler with @karlsutt.
Find me on GitHub and LinkedIn. Follow me on Twitter (but know that I’m still building up to my first Tweet). Email me at elise@elisehe.in.

Where’s the fun in accessibility?
July 19^th, 2022
UX is not only about the way it works, but about delight, whimsy, wit, and beauty. But when it comes to accessibility, we tend to take the term literally. Why?
Using the platform
August 22^nd, 2021
How far can framework-free, zero-build codebases take you in 2021?
Schematics: A Love Story
June 25^th, 2021
A deep-dive into stackless JavaScript and SVG animations.
Why should type be fluid, anyway?
March 13^th, 2021
Some image magick
February 4^th, 2021
Google-driven development
January 30^th, 2018
For my MSc research, I looked at how programmers use online search and how this data can inform DX. With this work, I was recognised as one of the top performing students in the faculty. A summary of the research is published in Bootcamp.
Exploring ARKit for health
September 26^th, 2017
A write-up on our explorations with ARKit at Ctrl Group
Tenfold is on the App Store!
September 30^th, 2016
I tried my hand at designing and building a minimal number game for iOS, inspired by the pen-and-paper version I used to play in school.
Tag usage overviews in Jekyll
March 28^th, 2016
iCloud, Dropbox, symbolic links
March 27^th, 2016
Smart support for medication adherence
February 20^th, 2016
Usability for programmers: dissertation kickoff
February 10^th, 2016
Fruit flies like a banana
December 26^th, 2015
More accessible cubic bezier functions
December 21^st, 2015
Tossing looms, weaving words
December 10^th, 2015