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Rick Monro
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Design consultant & coach | Disorganiser of UX Belfast | 📚Comics | 🎧Electronica
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If you've been thinking about learning some UX writing fundamentals, @rosenfeldmedia.bsky.social put my book, “Writing Is Designing” on sale for 33% off! Rather than the usual $50 for the paper book and ebook, it's now only $33.49.

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Without words, apps would be an unusable jumble of shapes and icons, while voice interfaces and chatbots wouldn’t even exist. Words make software human-centered, and require just as much thought as th...
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December 2, 2024 at 10:01 PM
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LIFE HACK: Answer your phone "Hello you're on the air" and 99% of the time people will just hang up.
December 1, 2024 at 4:15 AM
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An ex-colleague messaged from a developers conference recently saying that an image used by one of the speakers had my name as a credit.

It turned out to be this annotated Dunning Kruger curve.
An annotated Kruger Dunning curve, with a Y-axis representing confidence and an X-axis representing wisdom. The graph represents someone taking on a new challenge. The graph goes up sharply at the beginning as someone gains initial knowledge of a topic, then declines rapidly as they learn how much they don't yet know. The graph gradually curves upwards again over time, as they gain knowledge about the topic. My annotations: 1. At the start of the graph (representing the star of the challenge) - Be kind to people who are here, you’ll be back here yourself, many times. 2. At the top of the initial curve, when confidence is high - Practice humility & self-awareness: recognise when you are here. Also avoid people who can’t or won’t recognise it in themselves. 3. In the dip when things state getting tough - The real work is just starting here. Be gentle with yourself. Set small, achievable goals. 4. On the way back up the curve, as wisdom and confidence increases - several points stating ‘never be afraid to ask for help’. 5. Back at the top of the curve, when someone finally achieves mastery - Learn from people who made it here. They have been on the same journey. And once you get here, give back.
November 29, 2024 at 11:19 AM