Rarely here now. Mostly there ➡️ mastodon.online/@monro | Design strategy, management, leadership | Organiser @uxbelfast | comics electronica
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16 Oct 2020
“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.” Worth remembering, always.
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25 Jan 2023
Anyone hesitating about a shift to Mastodon - @tapbots has just released Ivory.
It’s like opening up Tweetbot and finding… a much nicer place, frankly.
See you there 👋 mastodon.online/@monro
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8 Jan 2023
Peak Imposter Syndrome must be wanting to write about it, but worrying others won’t think you're qualified to.
[Not a gag.]
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19 Nov 2022
Steve knows what’s up
19 Nov 2022
Elon Musk gave Twitter employees an ultimatum: Go hardcore or leave
We think this separates winners from losers, driven from lazy, tough from weak
It doesn't. You keep people without better options.
I spent years researching this & it more often fails than succeeds
Read this:
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Rick Monro retweeted
28 Oct 2022
As ever we’re supporting speakers’ nominated charities
@mjmetts and @awelfle selected Comedores Sociales de Puerto Rico comedoressocialespr.org
@jillspratt nominated Northern Ireland Chest Heart & Stroke nichs.org.uk
Donations have been made on our guests’ behalf 🎉
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Rick Monro retweeted
28 Oct 2022
There’s more! @RosenfeldMedia have been kind enough to provide a fantastic 30% discount on the paperback or ebook of ‘Writing is Designing’ when purchased through the Rosenfeld site.
Just add code uxbelfast30oc20 at checkout. rosenfeldmedia.com/books/wri…
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10 Nov 2022
Listening to those with a stake in the Metaverse on @BBCClick - when asked where everyone is, a mantra emerges.
“Young people will get it… they don’t draw a distinction between the real/online worlds”
There is a lot being invested in some mighty big assumptions right now.
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4 Nov 2022
If success perpetually seems to be one feature away, chances are you do not have product-market fit.
“It’s always that next ‘one more feature’ for that next prospective customer that might stop us from building what we actually need for the wider market.” - @simplybastow #uxbrighton
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28 Oct 2022
Hello, hello 👀
📅 Tue Nov 15 @ 6pm
✍️Writing the User Experience
📒 @mjmetts and @awelfle join us to talk about ‘Writing is Designing’
🗣 @jillspratt shares insights from her work in multiple design disciplines
Sign up uxbelfast.org!
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11 Oct 2022
In this post, @TimothyWhalin provides some excellent, hard-earned advice on how to handle major cultural shifts that often accompany the move to a new organisation: timsnewsletter.com/p/year-at…
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28 Sep 2022
Brilliant.
28 Sep 2022
Love little UI history snippets like this.
Rick Monro retweeted
27 Sep 2022
Be consistent in who you are and what you stand for. That way when people try to paint you as something else, it won't stick.
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21 Sep 2022
Very early in my career I applied for (and got) a job that put more emphasis on the tool used than the person needed. “Mac Operator required” read the headline. It wasn’t false advertising. I entered a sweatshop pumping out dire advert and brochure artwork.
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21 Sep 2022
I understand just how good Figma is. I get that a whole generation of designers in their early careers have known nothing other than Figma as the de facto tool of their trade. And it has earned that place. That should not make it a **prerequisite for design**.
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21 Sep 2022
Anyone unsettled about Figma’s future might use this as a reminder to stay sharp.
Don’t over-invest in a single design tool. Don't conflate your value as a designer with technical ability in a software package.
Software will come and go. Your true value will endure.
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11 Sep 2022
Well said @stevemagness. To those last attributes I would add common decency
10 Sep 2022
Much of our society seems to reward the loud and outspoken. Be loud, dogmatic, and controversial and you get an audience. Taking 'extreme' stances gets clicks, likes, and news appearances.
Somehow we have to incentivize & reward the nuanced, rational, and common sense take...
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7 Sep 2022
And Office 365 is the chaser.
Narrator: The was no Export tab.
ALT Interface message saying: “Where are the download buttons? You can now locate the Download buttons under Export tab”
20 May 2022
Teams is Microsoft’s way of reminding us how important it is to invest in UX .
Rick Monro retweeted
4 Sep 2022
Some questions to consider as you develop in you career: What is your area of expertise? What unseen boundaries does it impose on you? How might you go past them?
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