Jon Allen
@besigner.bsky.social
Product designer, product innovator, AI Luddite.
Between this and Grammarly CEO suggesting that we will manage AI agents instead of people I’d honestly rather join a cult.
May 12, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Between this and Grammarly CEO suggesting that we will manage AI agents instead of people I’d honestly rather join a cult.
If AI wasn’t theft then why would we be gutting copy right protections
Trump fires director of U.S. Copyright Office, sources say
Register of Copyrights Shira Perlmutter was appointed to the post by now former Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden, who herself was fired by President Trump earlier this week.
www.cbsnews.com
May 11, 2025 at 8:15 PM
If AI wasn’t theft then why would we be gutting copy right protections
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i can’t wait to see how this extremely shitty era is described in design, auto, space, etc histories in the future
it’s like the user interface equivalent of humours and bloodletting
it’s like the user interface equivalent of humours and bloodletting
spacex vs boeing crew capsule controls lmao
hard to be “team boeing” these days but jesus christ at least they wont be playing fruit ninja up there
hard to be “team boeing” these days but jesus christ at least they wont be playing fruit ninja up there
May 6, 2024 at 1:50 AM
i can’t wait to see how this extremely shitty era is described in design, auto, space, etc histories in the future
it’s like the user interface equivalent of humours and bloodletting
it’s like the user interface equivalent of humours and bloodletting
There’s a chasm between building a V1 to hit a deadline vs building building a V1 because you have enough to launch and test.
May 10, 2025 at 1:56 AM
There’s a chasm between building a V1 to hit a deadline vs building building a V1 because you have enough to launch and test.
Petition to change to “keep the human in the poop”
May 9, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Petition to change to “keep the human in the poop”
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This is the response I received in the Figma Sites Discord and my reply after.
I was sharing my disappointment and frustration with the tool enabling people to publish inaccessible websites that puts them at risk of lawsuits.
I was sharing my disappointment and frustration with the tool enabling people to publish inaccessible websites that puts them at risk of lawsuits.
May 8, 2025 at 4:42 PM
This is the response I received in the Figma Sites Discord and my reply after.
I was sharing my disappointment and frustration with the tool enabling people to publish inaccessible websites that puts them at risk of lawsuits.
I was sharing my disappointment and frustration with the tool enabling people to publish inaccessible websites that puts them at risk of lawsuits.
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I love living in the era of the business idiot. Multiple 3 trillion market cap companies forcing software down people's throats that they hate that has grown a near-cultural level of ridicule about its propensity for errors, all because they forgot how to do anything but chase quarterly growth
May 8, 2025 at 5:15 AM
I love living in the era of the business idiot. Multiple 3 trillion market cap companies forcing software down people's throats that they hate that has grown a near-cultural level of ridicule about its propensity for errors, all because they forgot how to do anything but chase quarterly growth
(I promise I’m actually fun at parties)
The Bolt Chain Smokers afterparty feels like the final dregs of the Silicon Valley era before it all bursts. #config
May 8, 2025 at 5:39 AM
(I promise I’m actually fun at parties)
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May 8, 2025 at 1:02 AM
(Me trying to navigate the discourse)
We all sure do love and also hate Figma, don’t we folks?
We all sure do love and also hate Figma, don’t we folks?
May 8, 2025 at 2:51 AM
(Me trying to navigate the discourse)
We all sure do love and also hate Figma, don’t we folks?
We all sure do love and also hate Figma, don’t we folks?
Wild given that in attending I saw Figma provide plentiful ADA seating and HOH interpreters.
I guess shipping fast was the priority over shipping well.
I guess shipping fast was the priority over shipping well.
@figma.com has launched Figma Sites, a website builder at #Config2025
They have disregarded basic accessibility features in their own templates. Thousands of websites will be based on templates that are useless for many. Once again, accessibility is being sacrificed for flashy innovation.
#a11y
They have disregarded basic accessibility features in their own templates. Thousands of websites will be based on templates that are useless for many. Once again, accessibility is being sacrificed for flashy innovation.
#a11y
May 8, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Wild given that in attending I saw Figma provide plentiful ADA seating and HOH interpreters.
I guess shipping fast was the priority over shipping well.
I guess shipping fast was the priority over shipping well.
Vibe coding takes a failing idea to their limit quicker than ever.
Only people can take a successful idea to scale.
Only people can take a successful idea to scale.
May 7, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Vibe coding takes a failing idea to their limit quicker than ever.
Only people can take a successful idea to scale.
Only people can take a successful idea to scale.
While AI hype bros are insisting design is dying @figma.com is doubling down on the growing impact of design.
#config
#config
May 7, 2025 at 5:55 PM
While AI hype bros are insisting design is dying @figma.com is doubling down on the growing impact of design.
#config
#config