Design and Engineering for startups @ https://teapawt.net/t.co/u1Lim2lGam, + The Independent Studio Of, Self @ https://teapawt.net/t.co/WVKPHUi1LS
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Been a thing I've thought about - especially in combo with brand.
Mentally exploring the idea of packages like this that can bolt together as needed for people.
A very unique to me offer, for the surfaces I handle.
Working with Nectarios would probably be really great 👀
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Frantically fixing a confusing product caused by frantic shipping is just more of the same.
Pause and step back. Get the team clear on what you’re building and why. Have clarity to guide the shape, what ships and what doesn’t.
Quality is a way of working, not a cleanup sprint.
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These guys and I planned two private invite only events for Canadian founders today and last night.
We are growing the community out here!
Big thanks to @nectarios and @jrodgers and all who joined to hear real pains and curiosity.
which ai company is going to own the little googles space? still waiting.
what's a little google? it's that thing everyone does, quick conversions, what does a mouse weigh, etc etc.
it will ultimately probably just be native to OS' but hey 🤷🏻♂️
Introducing Cronicle.
Every week of your life, the ones behind you and the ones ahead.
There's a good chance you’ll get 4,000 weeks on this earth. If you’re lucky, you’ll stretch that to 4,750.
This is our memento mori. It’s our take on a mindful approach to a reality that faces us all. We felt a pull to combat the world we find ourselves in, we’ve created an anchor for what matters. A reminder that there’s life to experience outside of the algorithms and noise.
An effort to make you more present, not a carefully edited thing to share. A quiet reflection of what impacted you most, every single week.
A beautiful view of your time, right there when you need it.
See you there cronicle.me
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Reminded: the secret to client loyalty is to give people more than what they paid for. The details fade but when you go above the line, people remember.
Double-secret: this can cost you nothing!
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you need to hire more designers
you probably think you don't need to because of ai
but ai is the exact reason why you need to
great designers are difficult to hire though
so you probably won't hire more
but you really need to
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anyone know of any supa cool, high agency companies looking to bet on an individual and hire a design intern for winter 2027? (*ᴗ͈ˬᴗ͈)ꕤ*.ﾟ
aura
There's a lot to talk about with Elyx, so let’s start with a big idea that underpins pretty much everything else: Your project is the unit of design, not your document.
Elyx works best when your designs start small and build up. Individual components combine to become blocks, blocks combine to become screens. You bring screens together to form flows. Everything lives in its own file.
You can import any .elyx file into another. It makes building designs in this modular way easier and more logical. Changes you make to one .elyx file cascade to anywhere else you import them.
Over time, working like this builds a living, breathing home for your decision. Everything stays up to date, and everything stays right alongside (and in sync with) your code.
We’re just scratching the surface here, and we’ve got plenty more to share with you.
Lately, we've run into this thing at the studio. I can't quite put my finger on what to call it. The same conclusion has been met in a number of different ways.
I think we're building in a flawed manner. This is obviously the biased opinion of a designer but, it's an opinion of a designer that is passionate about building products, and by extension, businesses.
These are off the cuff thoughts, this video is not polished (my computer was having a day). I do however think it's important to take a moment, many in fact. A moment to pause, and reflect on where we're headed.
We've been thrown into a cycle of rapid progress and I keep seeing an abandonment of the fundamentals. This isn't a correct process commentary, it's merely the table stakes.
Be conscious of what you're truly trying to make, be pointy on that. It will serve you well, this video will help explain why.