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Emscotty 🦚
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✏️ UX & product design | 🎨 Interface & graphic design
Books and retro video games
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Emscotty 🦚 @emscotty.bsky.social · Feb 26
🧵 Book quote thread!

I've complied some of my favourite #ux, #productdesign and strategy quotes (some truncated) from the books I've read over the years.

I find each one incredibly powerful and I hope you find effective ways to use them too! 💪
Why not give your favourite one a like!

#booksky
emscotty.bsky.social
Whoever designed the costumes in The Outer Worlds 2... I absolutely salute you. Such art, wonderful colours and shapes, the Protectorate guard uniforms are outstanding among so many others, great job 💪
November 5, 2025 at 9:03 PM
emscotty.bsky.social
A day off today 🥱
I might get time for some pixel art, but what to draw 🤔
October 30, 2025 at 8:38 AM
emscotty.bsky.social
So there is a crashed UFO Easter egg in both Kingdom Come Deliverance games 🛸

Looking forward to KCD3 where Henry rides the UFO back to Mars to dine on exquisite martian food to sustain his insatiable appetite 🧀
October 28, 2025 at 10:38 AM
emscotty.bsky.social
Anyone else REALLY excited for The Outer Worlds 2 next week?
October 24, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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slowburnweb.bsky.social
Forms UX practitioners: what is an optimal pattern for asking for an email address or mobile number, where the user must enter a response to one but it doesn't matter which one? cc @cjforms.bsky.social @adamsilverhq.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 3:46 AM
emscotty.bsky.social
I've been using Duolingo now for about 4 months. It is odd how it excels in some areas, such as variety and charm, and yet in other areas which you could see as being fundamental to learning, it seems to provide a lot of frustration. The "test before being taught" model is confusing to me. #ux
October 8, 2025 at 8:19 PM
emscotty.bsky.social
Some visual tweaks and the crate texture now in place 📦

#gamedev #wip #pixelart
A screenshot of a game in progress, the game is similar to Sokoban where the player must navigate a maze while strategically moving certain blocks to escape. The pixel-art textures give a grim dungeon vibe.
October 5, 2025 at 12:34 PM
emscotty.bsky.social
Progress of current Sokoban inspired web game. (Though really I blame countless ours of playing Kwirk on the Game Boy as a kid 😄)
#gamedev #wip #pixelart
A screenshot of a game in progress, the game is similar to Sokoban where the player must navigate a maze while strategically moving certain blocks to escape. The pixel-art textures give a grim dungeon vibe. A screenshot of a game in progress, the game is similar to Sokoban where the player must navigate a maze while strategically moving certain blocks to escape. The pixel-art textures give a grim dungeon vibe. A screenshot of a game in progress, the game is similar to Sokoban where the player must navigate a maze while strategically moving certain blocks to escape. The pixel-art textures give a grim dungeon vibe.
October 4, 2025 at 12:10 PM
emscotty.bsky.social
Would you consider an AI generated image "slop" if it was created by a model that was only trained on images which obtained permission or were willingly donated by artists, illustrators and photographers? Trying to determine what extent the feeling of theft contributes to the labelling of slop.
September 29, 2025 at 1:40 PM
emscotty.bsky.social
Sharing here the slide content from my "Cultivating Authentic Writing Habits for UX Designers" session from this years Medium Day 🖋️

Thoughts and feedback always welcome 🌞

medium.com/@EMScotty/cu...

#mediumday #ux #writing
Cultivating Authentic Writing Habits for UX Designers: Slides
Medium Day 2025 took place on September 19‑20, and I had the privilege of speaking for thirty minutes on the topic of “Cultivating…
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September 28, 2025 at 7:27 AM
emscotty.bsky.social
Greetings UX friends 👋
I will be speaking at Medium Day tomorrow, my short talk is titled "Cultivating Authentic Writing Habits for UX Designers"
I hope to see you there and share some ideas - and hear yours!

Fri 19th
8am PDT / 11am PDT / 5pm CEST
#ux #productdesign #mediumday
"I'm speaking at Medium Day, September 19 2025"
September 18, 2025 at 1:20 PM
emscotty.bsky.social
I don't know why Alien Resurrection is my comfort movie but there you go 🤷
September 16, 2025 at 6:26 PM
emscotty.bsky.social
I want a mobile phone with an old CRT display, as thick as it is tall. Let's also bring back the antenna but make it like a miniature satellite dish. Symbian OS.
September 9, 2025 at 7:19 PM
emscotty.bsky.social
Not sure how long these Duck Duck Go Easter eggs have been around for, but if you search for "Elvis" the duck is bestowed the iconic pompadour‑style quiff and sequined jumpsuit.
I wonder how many more there are?
The Duck Duck Go search logo featuring an Elvis-style hair cut and wearing the King's sparkly outfit.
August 30, 2025 at 6:29 AM
emscotty.bsky.social
Another geometric tile pattern for today ✨

#art #digitalart
An abstract, geometric pattern in a selection of yellow, red, brown and blue tones.
August 28, 2025 at 10:50 AM
emscotty.bsky.social
The editing, multi-layered fade transitions and title sequence of Alien Earth reminds me of Alien 3. Now I'm just waiting for it to take a leaf out of Resurrection's book and have a basketball action sequence. That'll be episode 4.
August 20, 2025 at 8:34 PM
emscotty.bsky.social
Another pattern for today, experimenting with a bit of noise and vignette.

#art #digitart
An abstract, geometric pattern in a selection of light blue and desaturated, dark blue tones
August 17, 2025 at 10:37 AM
emscotty.bsky.social
Making some tileable geometric patterns this morning 😌
#art #digitalart
An bright abstract, geometric pattern in the colours of pink, yellow, orange and mint green. An vibrant abstract, geometric pattern in the colours of fuchsia, and various shades of dark green.
August 17, 2025 at 6:42 AM
emscotty.bsky.social
An #iceberg for today's @pixeldailies.bsky.social theme.
#pixelart #pixel_dailies #digitalart
A portrait, pixel art image of a profile shot of a large iceberg which descends far below the icy surface of the water.
August 6, 2025 at 6:00 PM
emscotty.bsky.social
What are some fun, free-to-play browser based games you've played? 🤔
August 4, 2025 at 12:17 PM
emscotty.bsky.social
It may come as a little harsh, and I may have said something similar before. But every time I encounter the term "thought leader"... I struggle to think of a more pretentious label. It's an instant "nope" 🤢
August 3, 2025 at 5:40 PM
emscotty.bsky.social
Found some time today to make pixel art #cheese for @pixeldailies.bsky.social 🧀

#pixel_dailies #pixelart
A pixel art image of a triangular block of cheese on a wooden cheese board beside a cheese knife and some red grapes.
July 25, 2025 at 8:14 PM
emscotty.bsky.social
What's your biggest Bluesky pain point?
July 25, 2025 at 11:31 AM
emscotty.bsky.social
I missed #game day so I've had to combine it with today's theme of #decay

"Please.... no more doctors...."

@pixeldailies.bsky.social #pixel_dailies #pixelart
A pixel art piece of the head of Super Mario looking a little... rotten. A large mushroom grows out the side of his head.
July 16, 2025 at 7:25 PM
emscotty.bsky.social
The main problem with birds is that they're not real. Obviously.

@pixeldailies.bsky.social #pixel_dailies #bird
#pixelart #digitalart
A pixel art image of a cross section of a mechanical bird. Its wires and circuitry are visible. Its eyes glow red with jagged metal teeth.
July 14, 2025 at 6:50 PM