Weekend Reading — "Oh snap" kitten

hardmaru “Pongdrian” Design Objective The Value of Inconvenient Design Take a cue from nature, and design your app with a healthy dose of friction: But nature is the ultimate optimizer, having run an endless slate of A/B tests over billions of years at scale. And in nature, friction and

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