My Ubuntu Summit talk is up! Where I talk about:
1. How Desktop UX is effectively dead
2. Why I hate the term UX/UI with the heat of 1000 suns
3. How OSS can actually innovate in #ux

youtube.com/watch?v=1fZTOjd_bO…

When you say "we don't need user research, I already know what users want" this is what you look like

#ux #UXDesign #userresearch

There's a thought leader (derogatory) who is the main character of linkedin today for claiming, and I quote, "Most designers won't make it past 35."

This guy's whole thesis is premised on one "insight": that orgs have more junior employees and fewer senior employees

#ux #UXDesign

This is a very important #UX lesson: Even though, symbols/icons may appear universal to a large Western user base, but this might not apply to the whole world

Now, even Western Gen Z/Alpha probably only knows floppy disks from this icon, so there also might come a shift where people are like "I always confuse the 'send by email' and the 'save¹' button. I wish there was memory hook to remember these unintuitive, almost random pictograms"

¹ "and what is this 'disk'? A synonym for cloud?"

Designers are always inventing new titles. Web designer, UI designer, UX designer, UX/UI designer, Product designer, UX/AI designer (???)

These are all the same!

As long as your work is mediated entirely by Figma and Jira, you are just a production artist.

Fighting with PMs over who "gets" to do strategy (usually: neither of you) won't help you. Lean into the core #design skills of architecture and maintenance. #UX #servicedesign #contentdesign #uxdesign #tech

productpicnic.beehiiv.com/p/ux…

Without UX governance, your app turns to "sludge"

Break out of the feature delivery mindset and attend to the architecture and maintenance of the product.

^{Pavel Samsonov (The Product Picnic)}

Is there anything similar in the FOSS world to Unity's editor design system specs[1]? It is so exceptionally well-made and detailed.

foundations.unity.com/

#UX

Unity | Editor Foundations Design System

Guidance for building intuitive and engaging experiences for the Unity Editor.

^{www.foundations.unity.com}