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If you truly want to build a better product, create your personas based on real data, and use them in conjunction with business goals and good design principles to guide your solutions. articles.uie.com/research_to_pe…

1. If you're a designer and you want more power, there's really only a few ways to get it. You either need to change your role or your reputation.

"In the future, the most successful companies won’t require their employees to be constantly connected; they'll prioritize asynchronous communication to create space for deep work; and they'll allow employees to fully disconnect and recharge." —Amir Salihefendić ed.gr/bmzwn

sfgate.com/local/article/… Fruit Jesus is a reminder that some things weren't meant to be automated.

For those who are interested in research-based solutions to stop police violence, here’s what you need to know - based on the facts and data. A thread. (1/x)

In school we think that we should optimize for grades when the true goal should be learning. In our careers we think we should optimize for salary when the true goal should be impact. Optimize for the right goal and the score takes care of itself.

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This is the right energy.

Can we deliver a great website just using Notion? timjeffries and I think yes. We spent the past two months buddying up to prototype, design and create a website entirely in Notion. 🧵 A thread from a designer's POV:

RIP Tony Hsieh “Happiness is really just about four things: perceived control, perceived progress, connectedness (number and depth of your relationships), and vision/meaning (being part of something bigger than yourself).”

🧵 With many of the Valley’s richest companies fleeing the Bay mid-pandemic, I feel compelled to speak out. There’s no question that California is imperfect. The cost of living, taxes and policies, among other things, make it difficult for lots of people to succeed here. (1/9)

If you weren't doing it Pre-COVID, you aren't gonna be doing it Post-COVID.

✍️ New post: How to give a great product design portfolio presentation • Explain problem discovery and prioritization process • Share specific stories about navigating tradeoffs • Show iterations and outcomes + a few more best practices brianlovin.com/writing/how-to…

Designers: "My design process is messy AF, and my files are a dumpster fire of unnamed layers and ideas that went nowhere." Design interviewers: "Show me the step-by-step scientific method you used to make the company more money. Tell it to me like a TED talk. Also, metrics."

This is gold 🥇

On the story of campfire with the amazingly humble Brian Lovin, Ben Blumenrose reminded us we have to “Build something (5 or more) people want” 😂

just finished work on a 90 page guide going to refugee families, designed entirely in Google Slides, made to be printed from old PCs, often in black&white, bound with whatever-the-hell they have on hand, and editable in the field in 3 languages. Feels like a better way to design