The first step is installing the Mixpanel SDK in your Unity project. You’ll need to add the Mixpanel package to your project through the Package Manager or by importing the SDK files directly.
[Note: I’ll refine this section later to include the detailed installation steps]
This is where things get interesting. You need to configure your project settings with the correct tokens:
If you don’t click “Show Debug,” you won’t see the debug statements in your console. This can be incredibly misleading because Mixpanel is actually working—it’s just not showing you the debug output. You might spend hours troubleshooting what you think is a broken integration when it’s actually functioning perfectly.
Once initialized, sending data is straightforward:
using Mixpanel;
// Basic event tracking
Mixpanel.Track("Player Level Up");
// Event with properties
Mixpanel.Track("Purchase Made", new Dictionary<string, object>
{
{"item_name", "Golden Sword"},
{"price", 9.99},
{"currency", "USD"}
});
You can pass a struct or dictionary with keys and values to add context to your events.
This is a classic Unity beginner mistake that can leave you scratching your head: don’t forget to attach your script to a GameObject in the scene.
If your script isn’t attached to a GameObject, it simply won’t run. You might write perfect Mixpanel integration code, but if the script isn’t in the scene, none of your Mixpanel.Track() calls will execute.
This might seem obvious to experienced Unity developers, but it’s a surprisingly common oversight that can waste hours of debugging time.
Here’s the most important thing to understand: events are only flushed to Mixpanel’s servers every 60 seconds by default.
This means:
To instantly send events to Mixpanel, call:
Mixpanel.Flush();
This is especially important during development and testing when you want to see your events appear immediately.
The three critical steps that most tutorials miss:
Mixpanel.Flush() manually or wait for the automatic flushMixpanel in Unity is powerful but has these quirks that can trip you up. Once you understand the debug visibility and flush timing, it becomes much more reliable. The key is patience during testing and making sure you have all the debug options enabled.
Happy tracking!
]]>Green Project’s acquisition of Emitwise’s product brings together two powerful forces in the carbon management space. Emitwise has been a leader in automated carbon accounting and reporting, while Green Project has been building innovative solutions for businesses to accelerate their journey toward carbon net zero.
The combination of these technologies creates a comprehensive platform that can help businesses:
As a Product Designer with expertise in AI and climate tech, I’ll be focusing on creating intuitive, powerful interfaces that make complex carbon data accessible and actionable. The goal is to transform how businesses understand and act on their environmental impact.
This is an incredibly exciting time to be working in climate technology. The urgency of climate action combined with rapid advances in AI and design creates unprecedented opportunities to build tools that can make a real difference.
I’m looking forward to sharing insights and learnings from this journey as we work to accelerate the world’s transition to a sustainable future.
For more information about Green Project and their mission, visit greenprojecttech.com
]]>Every design decision we make has environmental consequences:
Faster loading times mean less energy consumption. This includes:
Create interfaces that don’t require frequent updates or redesigns:
Design interfaces that promote environmentally conscious actions:
Start with small changes that can have big impacts:
Track the environmental impact of your design decisions:
As awareness grows, sustainable design will become standard practice. The most successful products will be those that deliver excellent user experiences while minimizing their environmental footprint.
Sustainable design isn’t just about being environmentally conscious—it’s about creating better, more efficient products that serve users and the planet.
]]>Traditional UX follows a reactive model: user does something, system responds. AI enables proactive patterns where the system anticipates needs and offers solutions before users even realize they need them.
AI can now predict user preferences and set intelligent defaults, reducing cognitive load and speeding up workflows.
Instead of static menus, AI-powered interfaces provide contextual suggestions based on user behavior and current context.
Natural language processing enables more conversational interactions, making complex tasks feel more human and approachable.
Interfaces that learn and adapt to individual users, creating personalized experiences that improve over time.
While these patterns offer exciting possibilities, they also present unique challenges:
The most successful AI products will be those that seamlessly integrate AI capabilities while maintaining the human touch that users expect and value.
AI isn’t replacing good UX design—it’s enhancing it with new possibilities for creating more intelligent, adaptive, and human-centered experiences.
]]>Designing for climate tech comes with its own set of challenges:
The key to successful climate tech products is understanding that users need to see immediate value while contributing to long-term environmental goals. This requires careful balance between:
As we move forward, climate tech design will become more sophisticated, integrating AI to personalize experiences and predict user needs while maintaining the human connection that drives real change.
The intersection of design and climate tech is where we can make the biggest impact on our planet’s future.
]]>Traditional design systems were static, requiring manual updates and maintenance. With AI, we’re seeing the emergence of dynamic systems that can learn from user behavior and adapt accordingly.
Modern design systems now include AI-powered components that can:
As AI continues to evolve, design systems will become more intelligent, predictive, and personalized. The key is finding the right balance between automation and human creativity.
The future belongs to design systems that can think, learn, and adapt while maintaining the human touch that makes great design possible.
]]>This is my first adult-hood blog post, and the first of many. I’ve actually been sorta blogging on Instagram, using the post descriptions, but not very regularly. But what I mean is, this is the start of a new blog – my blog. And I’m confident that this one will last because now I know what caused me to fail in previous attempts.
Perfectionism is a show-stopper. I have many drafts of blog posts, but I didn’t finish them because writing them became dreadful. Producing the best content one is able to output can take a long time, and even worse, it can make the task, the writing, so dreadful, that one is left without the will to continue. You just want to get back to creating, or doing something fun. The initial spark gets smashed by perfectionism.
But there’s hope for perfectionists. And it’s the realization that there’s no absolute perfect way of doing things. What is better: publishing a super-polished article a month (if it doesn’t become dreadful enough to end up sabotaging your attempt at starting a blog), or publishing many acceptable blog posts? What is the value of your posts? The perfect writing, or the takeaways, your unique point of view, and the fact that it’s actually published?
This is why I’m adopting a less formal writing style and process: I list the topics of the post, their takeaways, and then let my writing flow, very occasionally going back to rewrite some parts. I’m in the fourth paragraph and I feel it’s going great so far. I’ve called this “sharing almost as-is” to some friends to whom I’ve shared this feeling. It’s a bit like sharing a story to a friend.
Another side-effect of putting out more content, about making many not-as-perfect things v.s. making a single super-polished one, is that you iterate more, you try more, and therefore your learn more, you find out what it works better, what you like best, and as a consequence, you are slowly able to put out better content with less effort. Soon enough, you’ll be able to put out the same quality you were able to at the beginning of your journey, but with a fraction of the effort. And this applies to possibly anything in life.
I hope this encourages more people to be conscious about their goals, and to avoid doing their “best” when it’s actually not their best. Or you’ll be trapped into things like eternally polishing your blog’s css, or writing that post so perfectly that you go at the speed of 1 paragraph/h.
What’s the best use of your time? :) Do your thing!
Love y’all 💙
David
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