"I have taste and you don't" is a great way to never get anybody to agree with you. So is "your solution is not the way I would have done it."
The only way to get off doing 12-hour shifts at the feature factory is to defy its logic.

"I have taste and you don't" is a great way to never get anybody to agree with you. So is "your solution is not the way I would have done it."
The only way to get off doing 12-hour shifts at the feature factory is to defy its logic.
#Design #Mindsets
Tools don’t design, people do · The value of human judgment in the era of machines https://ilo.im/163b5y
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#Skills #Discernment #Judgment #Decisions #DesignTools #ProductDesign #UxDesign #IxDesign #UiDesign #WebDesign
The pressures on tech workers to "democratize disciplines" and "become generalists" has enabled the rise template ronin - grifters peddling simple, quick, and cheap "solutions" that don't actually fix anything.
Together with their loyal AI squires, template ronin leave a trail of destruction for the rest of us to clean up.
In my latest issue, I go over how to fight back.
https://productpicnic.beehiiv.com/p/attack-of-the-template-ronin
Inspired by feedback from his booked UX for beginners, Joel Marsh has written UX for business. A comprehensive guide for designers navigating real-world challenges - covering over 300 different topics!
#Design #Inspirations
The A-Z of design · Inspirations for designers to grow in their field https://ilo.im/1638i9
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#Skills #Career #Creativity #DesignPrinciples #DesignProcess #ProductDesign #UxDesign #UiDesign #VisualDesign #WebDesign
#Design #Guidelines
Writing the onboarding experience · How to help a product introduce itself https://ilo.im/1638i7
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#Onboarding #Product #ProductDesign #UxDesign #UiDesign #DigitalDesign #WebDesign
Penpot Design Tokens Highlights
https://peertube.kaleidos.net/videos/watch/0cd65dc5-ec3f-492e-853f-35fb5cd8495c
Accessible UX Design: 6 Advanced Techniques to Elevate Your Process https://www.a11y-collective.com/blog/accessible-ux-design/ #uxDesign #webdesign #a11y #ux #UIDesign
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Whether you’re an Information Architect, UX Designer, Content Strategist, Researcher, Product Leader, or Student — there’s a place for you at IAC.
Learn more about IAC25: https://linktr.ee/theiaconf
#Design #Collections
Fancy Components · Design elements and micro-interactions for your inspiration https://ilo.im/1633p5
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#MicroInteractions #Animations #UxDesign #UiDesign #WebDesign #React #TailwindCSS #Development #WebDev #Frontend
What's left unsaid when tech leadership says that we need to reskill the workforce, is that is that I like what I do. I chose it for a reason.
And I do not want to use AI to do my job for me, because doing my job is what I love about what I do.
#Design #Lessons
Notification Psychology Lab · Learn what makes notifications hard to ignore https://ilo.im/162rnr
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#Course #Notifications #Psychology #DesignPatterns #DeceptiveDesign #ProductDesign #UxDesign #UiDesign #WebDesign
"Build-measure-learn" - the premise of Big Tech development teams - is an ideology of waste. In reality it's "build, build, build" and all the stuff after that is an afterthought.
This week's issue covers UX designers who are finding ways to start with "learn" instead of starting with waste.
#UXDesign #UX #UserResearch #ProductManagement #softwaredevelopment
Phoenix 1.18 is going to ship with support for https://daisyui.com. I wonder if upgrading might be a good opportunity for Keila to switch to daisyUI as well. Spruce up the UI a bit, simplify the markup, and finally add support for light mode.
Do any of you have thoughts on daisyUI?
#Design #Mindsets
Make design fun again · “The heart of design is play, and we know it but forget to act on it.” https://ilo.im/1635d7
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#Joy #Play #Experimentation #Creativity #ProductDesign #UxDesign #UiDesign #VisualDesign #WebDesign
In ancient times, the japes of fools and jesters were heeded as warnings from the gods. I have not spent this much time burnishing my jester credentials for nothing -- dashbots are coming and they will ruin everything. #UXDesign #UX #ProductManagement #LLM #AI #GenAI #B2B
https://spavel.medium.com/dashbots-the-inevitable-fusion-of-dashboards-and-chatbots-4de4a64d1f5f
️ check out this fun prototype that the creator of #Alphaputt has been making in #OrdinaryObjects
More to come!
#Design #Examples
From real to digital · How UI components are inspired by real-world objects https://ilo.im/162y07
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#UI #Components #Interactivity #DesignSystem #ProductDesign #UxDesign #UiDesign #WebDesign #Inspiration