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As I refine my hiring process I have question. What would you guys prefer? 1) In person/remote 30min white board session 2) Challenging design assignment done over a week 3) Mock podcast recording where we have a conversation about design.

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🚨 BREAKING: Adobe is adding OpenAI Sora video model + Runway and Pika inside Adobe Premiere still in 2024 🤯 they are also adding inpainting and object removal | So did you want to play with Sora? You will be able to do it soon. (This post was edited cause people reported that it was misleading and they were right, I could have written it better, since is coming still on 2024 and it's not live yet. Create a click bait was not my intention at all.)

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As designers, we get asked about our opinion on the quality of a digital experiences pretty regularly. Much of the time there’s a lot of variables that make it difficult to give people a straight answer. Other times, the experience actually does have some standards of what you should expect from it. Data tables are an absolutely vital enterprise UX pattern - so the P&P crew actually assembled some standards you can use to assess your UX for data tables. We recently created a web page for our UX checklist for data tables, so I wanted to share it (it’s in the comment below). I hope it’s helpful! #enterpriseux

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Some thoughts about Bento Box Design: Designing with a bento box layout Is like serving up a delicious, organized feast for your users! 🍣 Sections Matter: Just like sushi and rice need their own spots, keep your content compartments neat. 🍥 Easy Navigation: Make sure users can find the main course (important info) without wading through side dishes (extra fluff). 🍙Balanced Visuals: No one likes a messy plate—or a cluttered screen! Remember, good design is like a good meal: satisfying and easy to digest! #BentoBoxDesign #UIWithFlavor

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This is likely why your product sucks. You are cramming way too many features into one interface. I have a rule. It’s called the “Rule of Two”. You are only allowed two OBVIOUS features per interface. Obvious features dominate visual and mental space. They’re pricey. They’re pricey in terms of real estate. They’re pricey in terms of cognitive load. They’re pricey in terms of attention span. You’ve used products with more than two “obvious features. How did they make you feel? Anxious? Frustrated? Lost? For example, take a look at the remote control on the left. Overwhelming anxiety. Don't be the brand that gives your customers overwhelming anxiety. Don’t be the brand that makes "SB-IR Remote-HH." Master the subtle art of feature prioritization. You'll destroy competitors. And, you will make your customers fall in love with you. sinpl rlly 🥂

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Have you ever faced the frustration of bugs slipping through the cracks and making their way into production? We certainly did, and we knew there had to be a better way to track and manage these pesky issues. That's why we built Design QA – a plugin designed to help you easily annotate and track bugs directly within your Figma files. No more jumping between tools or losing track of important feedback. Everything you need is right where you design. This helps you keep a count of the bugs as well so that easier to help your dev friends to push their output to a level where there are lesser bugs in future. Note: We developed this plugin to address our own challenges, and we hope it proves just as useful for the entire design community. Give it a try, and let us know what you think! Your feedback is invaluable and will help us improve and evolve the plugin. All kudos to Debanwita Mahato for building this and to Mukul Chaturvedi for coming up with the process. 🤩🔥 Link: https://lnkd.in/gMWxb_F5 Headout #DesignQA #FigmaPlugin #DesignTools #UXDesign #BugTracking #Productivity #DesignCommunity

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High-fidelity UX mockups are fantastic - but they come with a dark side. The more time you invest perfecting them, the more attached your team gets - and the harder it is to change course. Save yourself the trouble. Test your core ideas first using low-fidelity storyboards that show your customer using your product over time. You'll learn 10x faster once you see your end-to-end concept in front of real users. Watch the full video at: https://lnkd.in/gPfwsJhY #mockups #productdesign #prototype

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Really annoyed at Figma's price gouging here. There is no reason other than greed: https://lnkd.in/gfdrEiWH Oh, and I emailed them about it and this line from their reply was particularly poignant: "Additionally the minimum for enterprise is a $5k invoice minimum. 6 enterprise seats or made up with other products." To put that in context... our monthly Adobe bill (for 8 CC, 7 PS, 6 Acrobat licenses) is ~NZ$2k... Amazing how quickly enshittification sets in... #Figma #Design #SoftwareLicensing

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If you want to be really, really good at UX... Focus on what really matters and avoid making dumb mistakes. What matters: -Stakeholder buy in and commitment -Good user research -Iterative design + testing with users -Detailed specifications and robust component libraries -Extensive QA testing to flush out the bugs before shipping Dumb mistakes: -Berating design suggestions from non-UX team members -Behaving like design prima donnas, thinking that designers can do no wrong -Whining about not having a seat at the table when you have neither earned it nor demonstrated the capacity to sit there -Criticizing engineers and PMs for behaving like engineers and PMs Note: both lists are incomplete, but hopefully they give the gist #ux  #userexperience  #userresearch #design

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This gets said all the time but since so many designers still fail at this, here it is again… 🎨 Designers, reasons you’ll probably get skipped during application screening (especially if there is a large number of candidates): - There is no portfolio link on your resume 😱 - Your portfolio is password protected and you didn’t include the password 😤 (unfortunately we don’t always have time to message people for these so please just include it ON YOUR RESUME next to the portfolio link!) - Your portfolio link is broken 🚫 - Your portfolio is just screenshots without explanation 🤷‍♀️

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Last minute, who else is virtually attending VS Code Day today? Registration is still available, it’s free, and it starts at 12:00pm Central Time. DM me if you go so that we can discuss after! // I’ve been using VS Code as I learn JavaScript. It’s a lightweight text editor that, with a combination of the right extensions and Chrome, has set me up with a great (and free) Integrated Development Environment (IDE) as I start writing JS. https://lnkd.in/gXPY_qgx

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Been there Åsa and usually the information gathering + analysis of the needs is my first step to fully absorb the global status of the interactive pillars maturity. Then it is identifying scalable mental model from ongoing prototypes and identifying product owners so I can understand the context and the outcome. At this point things get smoother but it is always a challenge cycle of production adaptation and team alignment combined. Production roadmap, mvp features and game feature list (GFL) also helps to project the next steps on where we can fully get involved on new features.

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Designers MUST understand generative AI. And not in theory: you must roll up your sleeves and work hands-on with these tools and materials. This is not a passing fad but a deeply transformative set of technologies.

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The second part of my article on the value of explicit design rules is here. In it I dive head first into example in layout, position, ordering padding and margins with examples from various design tools. In the end of this part there's also a treasure trove of links to other insightful people writing on adjacent subjects. Hope you find it interesting and be swayed to try tools that allow for more expressive explicit design rules. https://lnkd.in/dmGpUHU6

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I've been doing the work we now know as UX for over 28 years. I have perspectives and sentiments that those with much less experience are not very likely to possess or embrace. Remember that when folks who entered the discipline after 2011 express discontent with the stances I take. • They don't like my constant addressing of UX ≠ UI, but can't really relate and didn't witness the transition of UX's value proposition. • They refer to my outspokenness as "pontificating," but are doing nothing (genuine) to benefit the discipline. They only benefit themselves, many times at the expense of the discipline. • They express concern about what I do, but willingly empower folks that are doing the discipline great harm. • They don't like my stance against UX writing, but can't relate first-hand to observing information architecture and content strategy being swept under the rug. • They don't like my rejection of OOUX, but aren't sensitive to folks trying to make a name for themselves at the expense of the discipline AND don't understand the misdirective nature of someone's adding layers of complexity to today's UX culture that is fundamentals-averse. • They don't like my stance against bootcamps, but simply can't relate to and don't understand the predatory and snake oil factors at work. • They complain about my stance on imposter syndrome, but never say anything to refute the related facts I've shared. • They don't like my constant calling out of the sinister nature of today's UX operation, but only cry out if and when they're personally impacted by something. NONE of those stances negate or disprove what I'm addressing. If they knew what I knew (and they don't), cared like I care (and they don't), and experienced what I've experienced (and they haven't), they'd respond the same way. The things I address simply don't compute due to their biases or lack of understanding, but someone's lack of understanding DOES NOT mean it's not true. That's simply arrogance at its "finest."

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I wrote this article awhile back, but still find it to be a helpful reference to share with our clients from time to time — especially after requesting a vector graphic and receiving a file titled something like 'vector-graphic.jpg' or 'logo.png.pdf'.

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Here are essential skills or traits that are often overlooked in XR careers. #xrcareer #xruxdesign #xrdesign

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Built an AI chatbot running Gemini API, using SwiftData so conversation is saved and persists across sessions. Styling and text formatting next. #ios #swiftui #iosdev

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