Every friction or pain point in teamwork is a lesson in becoming a better work partner—if you reflect and adapt.

This year, my squad built several products from scratch and handed them off to another team. Plenty to learn from how they interacted (or not) with us. Excited to reflect and learn 💙

UK WRITERS: You need to fill in this consulation. Govt is very clearly looking to an opt-out model of rights licensing that puts all the burden on creators instead of profiteers. It's long and boring but this is important.

www.gov.uk/government/c...

From another dream, reads like a poem

flow designer

Interface for defining a flow, defines behavior that triggers in response to an event

onCreate: f
we gather
we want to gather together
adventure begins


onEnd: f
sense is lost down to one cell, ready to begin the dance once more
ready to anew

Yesterday, in my dreams, my PM told me we forgot / don’t have designs for when user input doesn't make sense in a specific part of the experience.

And that was actually true, so I shared it with the team, telling them how the thought came to me 😆

I'll be in Barcelona until Dec 8th, hit me up if you want to cowork or have coffee! ☕️

In other news, I scheduled my first meeting for 2025 (a dentist appointment) and suddenly 2025 feels real

I tested v0 this morning. And it disappointed. I think it’s because of my expectations. I expected to be able to prompt and not edit code. I expected it to be able to fix issues just by pointing them out. Didn’t work.

I tried Cursor AI (the AI code editor), and had a horrible experience. It barely got any code edit suggestions right.

Maybe it's because what I'm working on (the server for a multiplayer online game) it's not the kind of code you find online...

Manfred Mohr's work is being exhibited in Tate Modern 💙💙💙
A pioneer in generative art, he began creating algorithmic and computer-based art in 1969.

ELECTRIC DREAMS: ART AND TECHNOLOGY BEFORE THE INTERNET
By Val Ravaglia and Odessa Warren
Nov 28 '24 – Jun 1 '25

www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tat...

Q for #UXsky #designsky:
At which points of the process do you involve another designer? What benefits do you see? Let's discuss!

I used this wireframing/prototyping approach earlier this year, but without ChatGPT Canvas, it was hard to iterate artifacts—so I relied on one-shot text→prototype generation with minimal refinement.

Excited to try again—thanks for the shout, @davecrow.design
#UX #Figma

Q for #UX designers: at which points of the process you involve another designer? What benefits do you see?

My mentee suggested that I apply to speak at #Config. I’ve been thinking about it, and I can’t come up with anything that would be Config-worthy (without requiring or becoming an R&D project).

Interesting metaphor/technique for writing...

You know how with TDD (test-driven development) you start by writing the tests you want your code to pass?

You can do the same when writing (e.g. a lesson). Start by writing the test or questions that you'd want the reader to pass.

@pawlean.com 1.1k followers already? wowww

Our product team works in 6 week cycles.

The 4 first weeks of the cycle, we work on roadmap items.

The 2 last weeks of the cycle, we work on "cooldown" items – debt, bugs, and work that is hard to prioritise.

Working this way has made us very aware and critical of how we spend our time.

For the last couple of weeks I've been redesigning the flow of a key feature. The deadline for handing over to engineering is coming up. I can feel the pressure of the fact that every extra hour spent on it can have big returns. It feels different than other projects.