#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
#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
#Design #Guides
Micro-disappointments break UX · When little things stack up into UX debt https://ilo.im/163blx
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#UX #UxDept #UserJourney #Frustration #Disappointment #Psychology #ProductDesign #UxDesign #UiDesign #WebDesign
#Design #Approaches
Design critique framework · A way to determine if a design meets its objectives https://ilo.im/1638ou
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#Business #Stakeholders #Projects #Feedback #Critique #Framework #ProductDesign #UxDesign #UiDesign #WebDesign
Guess what FediFriends? I have again been entrusted with gainful employment!
I am proudly serving as a Senior UX Specialist at MZLA, the company behind Thunderbird
You can now find me on the “About Us” page:
https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/about/
Here’s to puncturing tech bubbles and fighting for an open internet
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
#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
Learn how thoughtful UI changes can reduce complexity and boost form usability — turning frustrating user flows into smooth, intuitive experienceswith Miryang Jung at #FOSSASIASummit2025
Click here https://youtu.be/z5Koh0CfueA?si=ax2lNdIxRtixWDH7 to watch on the FOSSASIA YouTube channel
#UXDesign #UI #UserExperience #FOSSASIA
Penpot Design Tokens Highlights
https://peertube.kaleidos.net/videos/watch/0cd65dc5-ec3f-492e-853f-35fb5cd8495c
Oh look, another riveting exposé on Rails design systems, because clearly, in 2025, picking one is still rocket science!
Apparently, Business Class Blog's solution is to peruse a book while aimlessly wandering through the confusing wilderness of #shadcnui and #daisyUI. Fly high, Business Class, fly high!
https://businessclasskit.com/blog/design-system-options-for-rails #RailsDesignSystems #BusinessClassBlog #UXDesign #HackerNews #ngated
#Design #Launches
Nebula Sans · A versatile, modern, humanist sans-serif typeface https://ilo.im/16366z
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#OpenFonts #Fonts #Typeface #Legibility #ProductDesign #UxDesign #UiDesign #WebDesign
In a world obsessed with speed, screens, and stakeholder sign-offs, it’s easy to lose sight of the slower, more meaningful parts of the process: discovery, intuition, empathy.
Would love to hear your thoughts.
https://medium.com/creative-friday/fast-cheap-and-thoughtless-the-new-design-crisis-5ac8ec691679
@georgetakei At #IAC25, we’re proud to create a space where independent contributors, practitioners, students, and leaders from diverse backgrounds come together to connect, share knowledge, and strengthen our community.
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
#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