Product designer, interested in all things design and front-end. https://xitter.cf/t.co/abI1l62Lxq
Adelaide, South Australia
Joined October 2009
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I just published 7 reasons your interface designs look worse when they’re coded, and why it’s probably your fault link.medium.com/6xeIYshMC4
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The hallmark of expertise is no longer how much you know. It's how well you synthesize.
Information scarcity rewarded knowledge acquisition. Information abundance requires pattern recognition.
It's not enough to collect facts. The future belongs to those who connect dots.
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A surprising number of instances of bias for action are really about a bias against critical thinking.
(this observation also applies to potential replies here that might go “well, but you can’t just keep analyzing and never act”)
Often even taking an extra minute or at most an hour to critically think through the situation and simulate the likely futures can go a long way towards increasing odds of success or decreasing odds of disaster.
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My broken record advice is quite simple: Designers and developers, talk to each other. Work with each other.
Tooling is secondary. Automation is secondary. Process is secondary. Titles are secondary. Everything is secondary.
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Before giving critical feedback,
ask if they met their own expectations.
Before telling them what to do,
ask how they'd proceed without you.
Before accepting a problem to solve,
ask for their recommendation.
It's often not wisdom they lack,
just the confidence to use it.
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In-house designers know that "process" is never neat and linear.
When it comes to delivering quality design, flexibility, adaptability, and resilience take precedence over any rigid process.
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My favorite short story is 2 sentences long:
“Picasso,” the woman said, “It only took you thirty seconds to draw this little masterpiece.” “My good woman,” Picasso said, “It took me thirty years to draw that masterpiece in thirty seconds.”
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The False Idea of One Creative Routine:
JK Rowling uses outlines.
Stephen King doesn’t.
Neil Gaiman writes every day.
George RR Martin doesn’t.
Brandon Sanderson writes best at 1am.
William Faulkner at 9am.
The lesson? Do you.
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Something to keep in mind if you want to criticise the quality of software:
The people who work at the company almost certainly know it’s a problem, and they’d improve it if given the chance.
In many cases you’re criticising the company’s priorities, not their ability.
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An astonishing amount of creative success comes down to picking the right goal and consistently progressing toward it every single day. Boring, but effective.
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A famous experiment exposed the No. 1 killer of high-performing teams.
Here it is (and how you overcome it):
