Weekend Reading — Long enough to implement Jira

nathanwpylestrangeplanet Love this Instagram account and merch! Design Objective Jared Spool 👇 Design is more than shapes and colors: “The product’s design was excellent, but the product was buggy, so I couldn’t recommend it.” This is used as an excuse for why design-led orgs don’t work. Yet, that’

Weekend Reading — Modern Elders

Marques Brownlee "Ok well played @elonmusk @Tesla" Design Objective Scott Bateman 👇 Thread on the design choices in airplane UI: Almost every switch, lever, or handle that a pilot may have to move whilst inflight is shaped differently. Whether it be the external lights, radar controls, or the temperature

Weekend Reading — The smaller your ruler …

Ash Crossan "Me not being dramatic" Design Objective Austin "If you want to be noticed during a portfolio presentation, tell a good story." Norgard 👍 A useful tool is to end every product meeting with the following question, "Is this the simplest solution we can come

Weekend Reading — It works, but nobody knows why

Everyone should know about @bunnyarchive: tweet @bunnyarchive bunny for a cute bunny pic! Design Objective @edwinwee Next level presentation: Today I gave a lightning talk on emdashes and endashes and passed out these custom M&Ms. I was so pleased with myself. Helen Tran So much this! I mean

Weekend Reading — How to finish an argument

Rebecca Mix "my coworker has this hanging by her desk and I cannot stop laughing" (source) Design Objective 4 Reasons Why You Should Design Without Color First 🤔 Using B&W as constraints for your early design iterations: When you start designing keeping the B&W color

Weekend Reading — Can't Unsee

1969 & 70 - Bell Labs check this photo album Design Objective Can't Unsee Fantastic game. If you're a developer working to bring designs to life, and struggling with the finer graphics, this is a good way to train your design eye. Freddie Iboy Thread: I&

Weekend Reading — I Do The Dishes

Ryan Creamer created the most wholesome Pornhub channel. Design Objective Nina Alli "Sometimes we forget who our user is" (source) Jeff Chang Right size your A/B tests: A/B testing best practices should change as a company grows: 👶: Do not A/B test, will not get stat

Weekend Reading — Peanuts and Flakes

Peter Bukowinski "Chaotic neutral" Design Objective The ghosts of technology in today’s language Explores the origin of words/terms that we use figuratively, but once had a literal meaning. For example: Both radio and TV stations still ask us to tune in, even though tuners don’t

Weekend Reading — Does this bring me joy?

Design Objective Michael Bolton Hits nail on the head: 25. In most user stories, nobody is ever interrupted, distracted, naive, confused, under pressure, impatient, disabled, outside of wireless access. Nobody makes human mistakes. Nobody closes the damned laptop lid. The characters in user stories might as well be drones, robots.