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Wow, Apple's issues with one of their most important core values (#UX, #UI design) does seem to be worse than I'd have expected.
More and more complaints do pop up in my bubble.
Latest example:

No one wants to build bad products. But in an industry where programmers implement features to order, it can be hard to shake that feeling.
This is how orgs see the ROI of UX: as a soothing function to tell everyone they're doing a good job. And as a scapegoat, when we finally learn otherwise.
UX cheerleading is doing the industry no favors.
#UX

Stop doing UX cheerleading
Design is being hijacked to create legitimacy for bad ideas. We can do better.

Let's expose more hidden links in #Jellyfin for #Roku!!!!!!!!
Moving the search and settings links out from under the user menu and putting them directly on the home screen.
#UX

#UX is like a jester.
The real role of the jester is to point out when the king is doing something stupid.
But tech execs thought that the jester's role was just to bring the bells and whistles. They created an environment of "polite failure," ignored the warnings, bolted #AI onto ev…

AI Fatigue VS the Executive Echo Chamber
The backlash against "AI-in-everything" is rising. Only execs are surprised.

Hey, #UX #UI people: if I have cascading list boxes i.e. where the values for box 2 depend on what is chosen for box 1 - and for some values of box1 there is ONLY one value for box2.. is there some design principle that would suggest defaulting to a null value for box2 is preferable to preselecting the ONLY value available?

Really nice and refreshing talk on #UX #design:
https://youtu.be/1fZTOjd_bOQ
"Are we stuck with the same De…

A lot of people think #UXDesign is about features. It's not. The best #UX comes from finding the gaps *between* the features, and then filling those gaps with delicious sticky marmalade so that your users can't escape

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RE: #UX

#a11y #accessibility #UX

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

Most meetings are bad, and most attempts to fix it merely reduce the *amount* of meetings, rather than do anything to improve their usefulness.
This is an opportunity for #UX designers aspiring to "do strategy." But hi-fi artifacts won't help you here; their purpose is to document decisions that have already been made.
Lo-fi artifacts only appear skippable when seen alone; i…

This meeting could have been a picnic
Well-designed meetings are just as important to our work as well-designed artifacts.

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

It was my goal to enter 2026 with 2026 subscribers for my 100% free #ux #design and #tech newsletter, The Product Picnic.
Currently we are only in 1969, which while a great year is somewhat short of the go…