🎹 Music maker - 👨🏻💻Product designer @Microsoft
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John | D-Struct retweeted
5 timeless sets of design principles to nail software foundations:
1) Gestalt Principles
2) Dieter Rams' Principles of Good Design
3) Nielsen-Norman Usability Heuristics
4) W3C Accessibility Principles
5) Tenets of Humane Technology
John | D-Struct retweeted
A steady, predictable, consistent partner will teach you how to love beyond survival mode.
John | D-Struct retweeted
Why You Need To Understand Your Ego If You Want To Have Healthy Relationships:
John | D-Struct retweeted
It’s absolutely wild that being good at interviewing for the developer job and being good at the actual job are two completely separate skills.
John | D-Struct retweeted
The black sheep carries a heavy burden of seeing the family dysfunction and refuses to continue the patterns. They change the path of a future generation.
John | D-Struct retweeted
Some days my decision to switch careers from music to code feels like the best decision in the world, other days the worst
I always knew there would be this stage where I would be mid transition that would be the toughest and I think I’m in it
Sending love to the pivot kru 💪
John | D-Struct retweeted
first single off the EP - “DFS” is out today!!!!
fanlink.to/SSDIGI039x
@SweetpeaDnB @sofasoundbris
London and Seattle link up on the debut collaborative EP from @SweetpeaDnB & @IrisDnB on @sofasoundbris 🔊 dj-m.ag/3Cznh4R
John | D-Struct retweeted
I’ve never observed anyone, regardless of field, achieve lasting prominence while voicing rancor or focusing much on the failings of others. Create and share, support others and enjoy. Givers and creators always prevail.
John | D-Struct retweeted
The Man in the Car Paradox
No one is impressed with your possessions as much as you are.
You think you want an expensive car or fancy watch. In reality, what you want is respect and admiration from other people.
You have the mistaken belief that expensive stuff will bring it.
John | D-Struct retweeted
I am officially no longer the Engineering Manager for the Accessibility Experience Team at Twitter. I have words. 🧵
John | D-Struct retweeted
Be aware of people who can’t disagree without attacking someone’s character. They’re at war with themselves, and whoever happens to be in the way.
John | D-Struct retweeted
st4b
multiband transient shaping, but cooler
win/mac/linux vst/auv2/clap
now available: lhiaudio.com/st4b/?utm_sourc…
John | D-Struct retweeted
having a smart, empathetic, and purpose-driven romantic partner is literally the gold standard for flourishing but they are extremely difficult to find. many of my female friends have articulated this as the reason for remaining single for much longer than they *want* to
John | D-Struct retweeted
be the bigger person & strive to always take the high ground.
someone’s negative actions or words are a reflection of them, not you.
John | D-Struct retweeted
The mere repetition of a behavior causes our nervous system to believe that the specific actions involved, and the context in which they are embedded are important, for better or for worse. Choose what you repeat wisely.
John | D-Struct retweeted
Your secret job as a product designer is to make everyone on your team care about user experience without them noticing 😏
John | D-Struct retweeted
I asked designers for their favorite @figma keyboard shortcuts.
220+ responses and hours of synthesis later...
Here are the top 10 keyboard shortcuts to supercharge your workflow:
John | D-Struct retweeted
which design system component can I add to fix this problem
ALT The golden ratio spiral with the words "I used the golden ratio but my design is still bad" written along it in different colors and sizes of Helvetica
John | D-Struct retweeted
new @figma beta feature just dropped: accessible prototyping for screen reader / assistive tech. 🤯
video: navigating a Figma prototype using VoiceOver, showing a visual dropdown that receives cursor focus and clicking.