Weekend Reading — Six to seven washing machines

“when the requirements change but you already finished the feature”

Weekend Reading — Known issue, closed as duplicate

Ellie Murray “Remember, just because we can get a number, doesn’t mean we have a meaningful answer.”

Weekend Reading — M does project management

francesc “Documentation might be outdated” Design Objective Erin "the UI is super intuitive" InteractionDesignOrg “User Shadowing: Observe Behavior Rather Than Opinions” Gavin Smith How to enterprise software: hey I won’t be available for the next couple hours everyone, I have to study @Workday’s novel of password

Weekend Reading — Redesign the landing page

Chris Shehan_Art “I hope there’s a post-credit scene at the end of the Mr. Rogers movie where Bob Ross shows up and teases the PBS Cinematic Universe.” Design Objective HaraldurThorleifsson Sigh. Yes: 1. Most businesses don't understand design very well. 2. Most designers don't

Weekend Reading — After this week things will slow down

Josh Constine “When people ask why I work from home so much” Design Objective Steve Schoger Dark mode is not simply the inverse of light mode: 🔥 When implementing dark mode, don’t throw away the visual cues in the light version by naively inverting the color scheme. Close elements should

Weekend Reading — "This is a great start!"

storyofmyfuckinglife This could be the title of my autobiography. Design Objective Jony Ive’s Mistakes: When Beautiful Design Is Bad Design The iMac's hockey puck mouse, the MacBook's butterfly keyboard, the Apple TV remote, the list goes on: The quote often attributed to Einstein is “everything

Weekend Reading — Good Weight And A Nice Finish

Ikea releases free ‘Soffa Sans’ font made of couches “The world’s comfiest font” Design Objective User Inyerface Let me ruin your day with this “A worst-practice UI experiment”. Sahil Lavingia 💯 Great product design is customer support at scale. The counter argument that “best support is no support” is false.

Weekend Reading — Sparkling Statistics

How to speak Silicon Valley: 53 essential tech-bro terms explained 🔥🔥🔥 Design Objective laura olin She's not wrong: Every forthcoming article about Jonny Ive’s design genius and legacy should be required by law to include this photo Kim Goodwin 💯 Engineering decisions are UX decisions, exhibit 127: if there

Weekend Reading — The Char Dog Race

rahel aima "who is the oasis bakery spices copywriter i just want to talk" Design Objective How VisiCalc’s Spreadsheets Changed the World It's the 40th anniversary of the first "killer app": Bricklin writes that he even got advice from some of his professors.