Ryan Weeks
@ryanweeks.bsky.social
Product Design | UX Design | Web Design
Working in web apps, websites, and UX consultation wherever I can.
Based in Colorado
Working in web apps, websites, and UX consultation wherever I can.
Based in Colorado
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“what radicalized you” idk paying attention
October 29, 2025 at 5:03 PM
“what radicalized you” idk paying attention
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AI needs to help facilitate critical thinking and not default to sycophancy. Defaults matter. Design affordances matter. Phenomenal post (as always) from @maggieappleton.com maggieappleton.com/ai-enlighten...
A Treatise on AI Chatbots Undermining the Enlightenment
On chatbot sycophancy, passivity, and the case for more intellectually challenging companions
maggieappleton.com
August 26, 2025 at 2:59 PM
AI needs to help facilitate critical thinking and not default to sycophancy. Defaults matter. Design affordances matter. Phenomenal post (as always) from @maggieappleton.com maggieappleton.com/ai-enlighten...
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Just published a recreation of Apple’s Liquid Glass style on the @figma.com Community!
It’s fully editable and built using native Figma effects. Phew, I’ve got a lot to learn about this new style, but this was a really fun one to practice! 🤓
www.figma.com/community/fi...
It’s fully editable and built using native Figma effects. Phew, I’ve got a lot to learn about this new style, but this was a really fun one to practice! 🤓
www.figma.com/community/fi...
iOS 26 Liquid Glass Buttons | Figma
Hi, all! 👋 I practiced recreated Apple’s new iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 button styles using Figma, complete with their new Liquid Glass material. These buttons are fully editable and use native Figma effect...
www.figma.com
June 10, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Just published a recreation of Apple’s Liquid Glass style on the @figma.com Community!
It’s fully editable and built using native Figma effects. Phew, I’ve got a lot to learn about this new style, but this was a really fun one to practice! 🤓
www.figma.com/community/fi...
It’s fully editable and built using native Figma effects. Phew, I’ve got a lot to learn about this new style, but this was a really fun one to practice! 🤓
www.figma.com/community/fi...
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Quiet tech is the best kind of tech. Finally got my @usetrmnl.com setup on the wall this morning! Minimal, useful, and out of the way. 🌤️🪴
April 30, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Quiet tech is the best kind of tech. Finally got my @usetrmnl.com setup on the wall this morning! Minimal, useful, and out of the way. 🌤️🪴
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Every time I run qual research, I always consider the context I start users from bc that initial context sets their expectation and their mental model. That frame of reference is how they can make comparisons and articulate real trade offs in utility and value between this vs that.
April 28, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Every time I run qual research, I always consider the context I start users from bc that initial context sets their expectation and their mental model. That frame of reference is how they can make comparisons and articulate real trade offs in utility and value between this vs that.
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"Sinners" opened to overwhelmingly positive reviews. It had a bigger opening weekend box office than 9 of the last 10 Oscar winners for Best Picture. Yet, mainstream media is questioning whether Ryan Coogler's magnum opus is a success
Let them
Let them
With ‘Sinners,’ White Hollywood Is Moving Goalposts on Black Cinema Again
Ryan Coogler's Black vampire epic topped the box office in its opening weekend, but some in the media wanted to focus on whether the film would make a profit. WTF?
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April 22, 2025 at 7:07 PM
"Sinners" opened to overwhelmingly positive reviews. It had a bigger opening weekend box office than 9 of the last 10 Oscar winners for Best Picture. Yet, mainstream media is questioning whether Ryan Coogler's magnum opus is a success
Let them
Let them
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UX Fortune Cookie:
The best design process isn't the most complex one, but the one your team will actually follow.
#ux #fortunecookie
The best design process isn't the most complex one, but the one your team will actually follow.
#ux #fortunecookie
April 11, 2025 at 8:05 PM
UX Fortune Cookie:
The best design process isn't the most complex one, but the one your team will actually follow.
#ux #fortunecookie
The best design process isn't the most complex one, but the one your team will actually follow.
#ux #fortunecookie
I know I don’t talk about my Type 1 Diabetes too much, but having lived with it for 29 years, I want to shout out the Ws when they come. There’s a thing called an A1c that determines how you’re doing and it ranges from between 5-10, low being good. Today I got a 5.9 and I’m so fricking The excited.
April 11, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I know I don’t talk about my Type 1 Diabetes too much, but having lived with it for 29 years, I want to shout out the Ws when they come. There’s a thing called an A1c that determines how you’re doing and it ranges from between 5-10, low being good. Today I got a 5.9 and I’m so fricking The excited.
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The fundamental advice I give to designers at all levels:
• Never present something without defining what it is in advance.
• Never get attached to the solution, only the problem you’re solving.
• Never ask for feedback on the spot. If you do get it, ignore it.
• Never present something without defining what it is in advance.
• Never get attached to the solution, only the problem you’re solving.
• Never ask for feedback on the spot. If you do get it, ignore it.
April 11, 2025 at 2:33 PM
The fundamental advice I give to designers at all levels:
• Never present something without defining what it is in advance.
• Never get attached to the solution, only the problem you’re solving.
• Never ask for feedback on the spot. If you do get it, ignore it.
• Never present something without defining what it is in advance.
• Never get attached to the solution, only the problem you’re solving.
• Never ask for feedback on the spot. If you do get it, ignore it.
It’s been a hectic couple of weeks. I fell and broke my elbow and just had surgery. Thankfully it wasn’t my right elbow, but doing design one handed has been an interesting challenge so far haha.
April 11, 2025 at 1:54 PM
It’s been a hectic couple of weeks. I fell and broke my elbow and just had surgery. Thankfully it wasn’t my right elbow, but doing design one handed has been an interesting challenge so far haha.
I know everyone’s posting Val Kilmer’s famous roles, but Gay Perry was one of the best performances of his career and he stole that whole movie in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang.
April 2, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I know everyone’s posting Val Kilmer’s famous roles, but Gay Perry was one of the best performances of his career and he stole that whole movie in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang.
I’ve been dog sitting for a neighbor and Luke is honestly one of the best dogs I’ve looked after. Now if I can only match his chill demeanor haha
March 31, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I’ve been dog sitting for a neighbor and Luke is honestly one of the best dogs I’ve looked after. Now if I can only match his chill demeanor haha
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In many orgs, UX work is a never-ending stream of wireframes, tactical design decisions, & under-valued usability testing. I talked with PMX Chicago about how effective UX leaders have turned their organization from reactive to proactive.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6rFBXVMBTs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6rFBXVMBTs
Jared Spool - What Goes Into a Proactive UX Strategy
Jared Spool presents "What Goes Into a Proactive UX Strategy" at UXD Chicago Meetup on 7-21-2022.
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March 14, 2025 at 11:15 PM
In many orgs, UX work is a never-ending stream of wireframes, tactical design decisions, & under-valued usability testing. I talked with PMX Chicago about how effective UX leaders have turned their organization from reactive to proactive.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6rFBXVMBTs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6rFBXVMBTs
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As someone who spends a lot time thinking about the values I want to teach my kid (besides PLEASE DON’T EAT DIRT), the thing I keep coming back to is this: I want him to believe that the strongest, bravest thing he can do is give a shit about other people—especially ones who aren’t like him at all.
March 2, 2025 at 11:21 PM
As someone who spends a lot time thinking about the values I want to teach my kid (besides PLEASE DON’T EAT DIRT), the thing I keep coming back to is this: I want him to believe that the strongest, bravest thing he can do is give a shit about other people—especially ones who aren’t like him at all.
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Might sound a bit deflating, but it’s better for a design system to be dependable than aspirational.
1. Do what you say you’re going to do.
2. Ship when you say you’re going to ship.
3. Fix things when they’re broken.
4. Support folks when they need help.
Boring, but effective.
1. Do what you say you’re going to do.
2. Ship when you say you’re going to ship.
3. Fix things when they’re broken.
4. Support folks when they need help.
Boring, but effective.
February 3, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Might sound a bit deflating, but it’s better for a design system to be dependable than aspirational.
1. Do what you say you’re going to do.
2. Ship when you say you’re going to ship.
3. Fix things when they’re broken.
4. Support folks when they need help.
Boring, but effective.
1. Do what you say you’re going to do.
2. Ship when you say you’re going to ship.
3. Fix things when they’re broken.
4. Support folks when they need help.
Boring, but effective.
Spending this morning cleaning and focusing on something other than everything else
February 3, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Spending this morning cleaning and focusing on something other than everything else
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Awhile back, someone asserted that UX is in the business of quality. I’d say that UX should be in the business of creating trust, as in, “I trust that I’m not being scammed. I trust that this works the way I expected. I trust in the service provided, etc.”
January 27, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Awhile back, someone asserted that UX is in the business of quality. I’d say that UX should be in the business of creating trust, as in, “I trust that I’m not being scammed. I trust that this works the way I expected. I trust in the service provided, etc.”
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It is taking all of my energy to do even the *simplest* of tasks, and I’m exhausted.
January 21, 2025 at 4:08 PM
It is taking all of my energy to do even the *simplest* of tasks, and I’m exhausted.
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One of my favourite things anyone has ever said about art. You'll be missed, David. 🌹
January 16, 2025 at 6:46 PM
One of my favourite things anyone has ever said about art. You'll be missed, David. 🌹
Solved an issue on my framer website and it took like 3 hours but the relief I feel is unmatched haha.
January 17, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Solved an issue on my framer website and it took like 3 hours but the relief I feel is unmatched haha.
Man, not David Lynch too.
January 16, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Man, not David Lynch too.
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RIP to a master. #filmsky 📽
David Lynch, Visionary Director of ‘Twin Peaks’ and ‘Blue Velvet,’ Dies at 78
Director David Lynch, who radicalized American film with with a dark, surrealistic artistic vision in films like 'Blue Velvet,' has died. He was 78.
variety.com
January 16, 2025 at 6:28 PM
RIP to a master. #filmsky 📽
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Not sure there's ever been an artist I had a bigger turn around on in my life. Couldn't understand or enjoy any of his stuff when I was younger, but grew into a full on evangelist as I got older and learned how to absorb what he was putting into the world. Truly no one else quite like him. RIP.
David Lynch, Visionary Director of ‘Twin Peaks’ and ‘Blue Velvet,’ Dies at 78 variety.com/2025/film/ne...
January 16, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Not sure there's ever been an artist I had a bigger turn around on in my life. Couldn't understand or enjoy any of his stuff when I was younger, but grew into a full on evangelist as I got older and learned how to absorb what he was putting into the world. Truly no one else quite like him. RIP.
