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Anyone hesitating about a shift to Mastodon - @tapbots has just released Ivory.
It’s like opening up Tweetbot and finding… a much nicer place, frankly.
See you there 👋 mastodon.online/@monro
Peak Imposter Syndrome must be wanting to write about it, but worrying others won’t think you're qualified to.
[Not a gag.]
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As ever we’re supporting speakers’ nominated charities
@mjmetts and @awelfle selected Comedores Sociales de Puerto Rico comedoressocialespr.org
@jillspratt nominated Northern Ireland Chest Heart & Stroke nichs.org.uk
Donations have been made on our guests’ behalf 🎉
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There’s more! @RosenfeldMedia have been kind enough to provide a fantastic 30% discount on the paperback or ebook of ‘Writing is Designing’ when purchased through the Rosenfeld site.
Just add code uxbelfast30oc20 at checkout. rosenfeldmedia.com/books/wri…
Listening to those with a stake in the Metaverse on @BBCClick - when asked where everyone is, a mantra emerges.
“Young people will get it… they don’t draw a distinction between the real/online worlds”
There is a lot being invested in some mighty big assumptions right now.
If success perpetually seems to be one feature away, chances are you do not have product-market fit.
“It’s always that next ‘one more feature’ for that next prospective customer that might stop us from building what we actually need for the wider market.” - @simplybastow #uxbrighton
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Hello, hello 👀
📅 Tue Nov 15 @ 6pm
✍️Writing the User Experience
📒 @mjmetts and @awelfle join us to talk about ‘Writing is Designing’
🗣 @jillspratt shares insights from her work in multiple design disciplines
Sign up uxbelfast.org!
In this post, @TimothyWhalin provides some excellent, hard-earned advice on how to handle major cultural shifts that often accompany the move to a new organisation: timsnewsletter.com/p/year-at…
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Be consistent in who you are and what you stand for. That way when people try to paint you as something else, it won't stick.
Very early in my career I applied for (and got) a job that put more emphasis on the tool used than the person needed. “Mac Operator required” read the headline. It wasn’t false advertising. I entered a sweatshop pumping out dire advert and brochure artwork.
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I understand just how good Figma is. I get that a whole generation of designers in their early careers have known nothing other than Figma as the de facto tool of their trade. And it has earned that place. That should not make it a **prerequisite for design**.
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Well said @stevemagness. To those last attributes I would add common decency
And Office 365 is the chaser.
Narrator: The was no Export tab.
ALT Interface message saying: “Where are the download buttons? You can now locate the Download buttons under Export tab”
