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Joe Bernstein @joebernux

Aiming somewhere between ironic and iconic | UX, Data Viz, unsolicited opinions, bad jokes | he/him | šŸ³ļøā€šŸŒˆ šŸ„Œ šŸ„Ž | indie rock fan | tech.lgbt/@joebern

Joined December 2015
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Cal Raleigh's 50th home run and the crowd goes nuts @mariners @TMobilePark
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To think I sent this Cal Raleigh text in April as a joke and now he's far exceeding that pace #alwaysbelievedinyou #mariners
Text from April 16 that says "Raleigh on pace for 60 HR this year. I think he has it in him."

ALT Text from April 16 that says "Raleigh on pace for 60 HR this year. I think he has it in him."
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Today a front end dev told me my mustache has "gained a lot of margin and padding" since he last saw me. I... think... that's a compliment?
Selfie showing off a long, curly, handlebar mustache

ALT Selfie showing off a long, curly, handlebar mustache
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Weighing in on the Meta fact-checking decision. "Once youā€™ve had a finger on the scale of ā€œtruth,ā€ any omission of fact-checking becomes a permission to lie. The misinformation is already out there and you canā€™t put that toothpaste back in the tube." open.substack.com/pub/techinā€¦

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"Iā€™m starting to feel like I can be described in 100 parameters. Thatā€™s not who I want to be." Here are the 5 ways I'm breaking free from algorithms in 2025: uxdesign.cc/going-against-thā€¦ #ux #ai #uxcollective

Going against the grA.I.n

5 ways to reclaim your humanity in an algorithmic world

uxdesign.cc
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Among my coworkers I'm the designated #Figma problem-solver and my manager memed me while figuring something out today

ALT The author gestures during a video conference while math formulas and equations swim around his head
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Happy Halloween. Nothing's scarier to the UX of a product design than scope creep, so here's my latest for @uxdesigncc: How to Scope Your AI Product uxdesign.cc/how-to-scope-youā€¦

How to scope your AI product

Step 1: Accept that itā€™s not an ā€œAI productā€

uxdesign.cc
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For my first conference of the year, #config, I shaved my beard into a mustache. For Cisco's #dzone, I stepped it up with handlebars.
Selfie of Joe with a curly mustache in front of the Cisco Seattle sign

ALT Selfie of Joe with a curly mustache in front of the Cisco Seattle sign
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Sometimes I have trouble pinpointing what it is I like so much about design systems, but after spending the last hour arguing whether a selectable list item is a radio button I realized I'm a professional "are pop tarts ravioli?" guy
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Rapidā„¢ļø #RapidRide #kcmetro #shouldvewalked #GLine
RapidRide G Line bus scheduled with a 52 minute delay

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In Soviet Seattle, dogs eat you
A miniature Dachshund viciously licks Joe's forehead

ALT A miniature Dachshund viciously licks Joe's forehead

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I'm loving all the ways that Tim Walz is being cast as America's Dad. But also, have things been so broken that nobody's held that title since... *checks notes* ...Bill Cosby??
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I'm glad we get to take a break from user-centered design when the users aren't around
ABC7 News
@abc7newsbayarea
13 Aug 2024
Imagine being woken up at 4 a.m. by cars honking at each other. That's what some San Francisco residents have been dealing with for weeks, as the Waymos can be heard in this video honking and blinking headlights in a parking lot outside of their condo. abc7ne.ws/3Ai47Ci
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Just found a box of stuff from grad school, including our lesson on paper prototyping. I don't remember this project at all, but here's a ridiculous pitch for an app called WOMB: Who's On My Bus?
Cardboard frame around a narrow strip of paper with a hand drawn login screen for WOMB: Who's on my bus?

ALT Cardboard frame around a narrow strip of paper with a hand drawn login screen for WOMB: Who's on my bus?

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Okay, I already knew my whole @facebook feed is AI generated, but it's especially sad when it doesn't even do that part well
Facebook post from "Breaking News USA" that starts with the phrase "The sentence seems to be a bit fragmented, but it looks like you're referencing the 1994 film The Flintstones..." and then proceeds to give an AI generated synopsis of the actors.

ALT Facebook post from "Breaking News USA" that starts with the phrase "The sentence seems to be a bit fragmented, but it looks like you're referencing the 1994 film The Flintstones..." and then proceeds to give an AI generated synopsis of the actors.
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UX Design is all like "UI" UX Research is all like "You. Why?"
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Even on an innovative UX design team, hosting a team morale event that arms us with sharp objects might just be our biggest bet that paid off
Joe hammers a piece of molten iron over an anvil

ALT Joe hammers a piece of molten iron over an anvil

9 hands hold out their individually hand forged knives

ALT 9 hands hold out their individually hand forged knives

Joe poses while holding up the knife he made

ALT Joe poses while holding up the knife he made

From another angle, Joe hammers the piece of red hot molten iron

ALT From another angle, Joe hammers the piece of red hot molten iron
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Seattle's first day under 80 degrees in what feels like ages

ALT Titanic gif that says "it's been 84 years"
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Literally just solved an NYT crossword from my living room while I can hear an artist I've never heard of warming up down the street
The Needling@TheNeedling
20 Jul 2024
ā€œLook, I love Chappell Roan, I just think Pink Pony Club is best enjoyed at a healthy, moderate volume while solving the NYT crossword in my breakfast nook, and most certainly not played blasting after my 8 p.m. bedtime.ā€
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Decided to go to the Content Strategy Seattle meetup tonight and walked away with free bags of meat and a book by @JorgensenErica
Photo of the book Strategic Content Design and two Ziploc bags of cured meat

ALT Photo of the book Strategic Content Design and two Ziploc bags of cured meat

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