I have nothing to say that matches the gravity of the situation. I just want peace and safety for everyone targeted by the insane whims of a madman.

I can officially say I've withdrawn from my first application over an AI interview. UX and accessibility are human centered disciplines. If a company doesn't even value and center humans in hiring, it's unlikely to do so for UX or a11y. Those companies don't deserve my time or effort.

“what radicalized you” idk paying attention

A Treatise on AI Chatbots Undermining the Enlightenment On chatbot sycophancy, passivity, and the case for more intellectually challenging companions

AI needs to help facilitate critical thinking and not default to sycophancy. Defaults matter. Design affordances matter. Phenomenal post (as always) from @maggieappleton.com maggieappleton.com/ai-enlighten...

iOS 26 Liquid Glass Buttons | Figma Hi, all! 👋 I practiced recreated Apple’s new iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 button styles using Figma, complete with their new Liquid Glass material. These buttons are fully editable and use native Figma effect...

Just published a recreation of Apple’s Liquid Glass style on the @figma.com Community!

It’s fully editable and built using native Figma effects. Phew, I’ve got a lot to learn about this new style, but this was a really fun one to practice! 🤓

www.figma.com/community/fi...

A digital weather display on a wall shows the current temperature as 71°F with a sunny icon. The display is branded ‘TRMNL’ at the bottom.

Quiet tech is the best kind of tech. Finally got my @usetrmnl.com setup on the wall this morning! Minimal, useful, and out of the way. 🌤️🪴

Every time I run qual research, I always consider the context I start users from bc that initial context sets their expectation and their mental model. That frame of reference is how they can make comparisons and articulate real trade offs in utility and value between this vs that.

With ‘Sinners,’ White Hollywood Is Moving Goalposts on Black Cinema Again Ryan Coogler's Black vampire epic topped the box office in its opening weekend, but some in the media wanted to focus on whether the film would make a profit. WTF?

"Sinners" opened to overwhelmingly positive reviews. It had a bigger opening weekend box office than 9 of the last 10 Oscar winners for Best Picture. Yet, mainstream media is questioning whether Ryan Coogler's magnum opus is a success

Let them

Between my CGMand Apple Watch I’ve got all my anxieties patterned out and it scares me how accurate it all is.

UX Fortune Cookie:

The best design process isn't the most complex one, but the one your team will actually follow.

#ux #fortunecookie

I’ve never gotten anything lower than 6.4 and back in the day anything below that was on the level of a non-diabetic. This new technology is so fricking good that in today’s world I barely register that I even have diabetes anymore and it damn near brings me to tears. 6yr me is smiling.

I know I don’t talk about my Type 1 Diabetes too much, but having lived with it for 29 years, I want to shout out the Ws when they come. There’s a thing called an A1c that determines how you’re doing and it ranges from between 5-10, low being good. Today I got a 5.9 and I’m so fricking The excited.

The fundamental advice I give to designers at all levels:

• Never present something without defining what it is in advance.

• Never get attached to the solution, only the problem you’re solving.

• Never ask for feedback on the spot. If you do get it, ignore it.

It’s been a hectic couple of weeks. I fell and broke my elbow and just had surgery. Thankfully it wasn’t my right elbow, but doing design one handed has been an interesting challenge so far haha.

I know everyone’s posting Val Kilmer’s famous roles, but Gay Perry was one of the best performances of his career and he stole that whole movie in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang.

I’ve been dog sitting for a neighbor and Luke is honestly one of the best dogs I’ve looked after. Now if I can only match his chill demeanor haha

Jared Spool - What Goes Into a Proactive UX Strategy Jared Spool presents "What Goes Into a Proactive UX Strategy" at UXD Chicago Meetup on 7-21-2022.

In many orgs, UX work is a never-ending stream of wireframes, tactical design decisions, & under-valued usability testing. I talked with PMX Chicago about how effective UX leaders have turned their organization from reactive to proactive.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6rFBXVMBTs

That’s the most wholesome thing I’ve seen in a looong time.

As someone who spends a lot time thinking about the values I want to teach my kid (besides PLEASE DON’T EAT DIRT), the thing I keep coming back to is this: I want him to believe that the strongest, bravest thing he can do is give a shit about other people—especially ones who aren’t like him at all.

Might sound a bit deflating, but it’s better for a design system to be dependable than aspirational.

1. Do what you say you’re going to do.
2. Ship when you say you’re going to ship.
3. Fix things when they’re broken.
4. Support folks when they need help.

Boring, but effective.

Spending this morning cleaning and focusing on something other than everything else

Awhile back, someone asserted that UX is in the business of quality. I’d say that UX should be in the business of creating trust, as in, “I trust that I’m not being scammed. I trust that this works the way I expected. I trust in the service provided, etc.”

It is taking all of my energy to do even the *simplest* of tasks, and I’m exhausted.

Nah, his Bears actually did a good thing and got Ben Johnson as their head coach

“Right here people might bring up Vincent van Gogh as an example of a painter who did great work in spite of—or because of—his suffering. I like to think that van Gogh would have been even more prolific and even greater if he wasn’t so restricted by the things tormenting him. I don’t think it was pain that made him so great—I think his painting brought him whatever happiness he had.” ― David Lynch

One of my favourite things anyone has ever said about art. You'll be missed, David. 🌹

Solved an issue on my framer website and it took like 3 hours but the relief I feel is unmatched haha.

Man, not David Lynch too.

David Lynch, Visionary Director of ‘Twin Peaks’ and ‘Blue Velvet,’ Dies at 78 Director David Lynch, who radicalized American film with with a dark, surrealistic artistic vision in films like 'Blue Velvet,' has died. He was 78.

RIP to a master. #filmsky 📽

Not sure there's ever been an artist I had a bigger turn around on in my life. Couldn't understand or enjoy any of his stuff when I was younger, but grew into a full on evangelist as I got older and learned how to absorb what he was putting into the world. Truly no one else quite like him. RIP.