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In ancient times, the japes of fools and jesters were heeded as warnings from the gods. I have not spent this much time burnishing my jester credentials for nothing -- dashbots are coming and they will ruin everything. #UXDesign #UX #ProductManagement #LLM #AI #GenAI #B2B

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I am going to create a source of truth that is so single
Medium · “Dashbots” — the inevitable fusion of dashboards and chatbotsBy Pavel Samsonov

#UXDesign is not dead. But our stakeholders have retreated from it, informing business decisions with carefully groomed metrics rather than by listening to user needs. Here's how designers fight back.

We've tried renaming design. We've tried learning how to code. We've tried yelling at people. Now let's try something that actually works.

To start fixing what's broken, we have to get out of Figma and build influence, trust, and - most importantly - relational power.

productpicnic.beehiiv.com/p/st

The work of design starts long before you open Figma. We must first seek out – or create – conditions in which good design is even possible, by building our own relational power.
The Product PicnicSteering a design career (why design goes wrong and how to set it right, part 2)The work of design starts long before you open Figma. We must first seek out – or create – conditions in which good design is even possible, by building our own relational power.

I teach undergrads at a prestigious programme in a research university. Most of my students don't know how to copy a file from a folder to another on their computer. I teach computer-based skills and it's often a source of grief and self doubt to these able, confident, well off young people. On a few occasions, of tears.

My mother, disabled and with a mental health condition, has dropped out from her #cancer treatment because she wasn't able to get through the ticketing system at the reception of the hospital. She lived in the capital, had a caring daughter available on the phone, and a network of support.

I just got a glimpse of the #autism treatment in the #Netherlands, a progressive country with high digital literacy. Autism diagnosis requires a referral from a GP, but the GP does not necessarily know much about autism and autism treatment centers are extremely specific about what needs to be mentioned in the referral. I am told that many autistic people have difficulty making phone calls. The autism diagnosis and treatment facility can only be contacted by phone. The waiting time for appointment is 30 weeks and, when the appointment takes place and your case turns out to differ in any way from what your uninformed GP has written in the referral, your case gets rejected and you have to get a new referral and start again. The GP could get instructions from the treatment center via a dedicated system called zorgmail, but neither side knows how to use it. If you manage to log into the online appointment system that is, which does not work and has no contact information to any support. I, a numerate computer nerd who enjoys puzzles, needed three days to crack it.

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☠️ #uxdesign saves lives ⛑️

🏥 #uxdesign should be obligatory in the process of #patient intake and journey 💉

👧 Digital medical services should be accessible to teenagers with confidence issues and elderly people terrified by a terminal diagnosis. 👴 🤰 👨‍🦯

#UXDesign is in disarray. The idea of design-for-use has been replaced with design-for-sales, and its incentives (make more features so that you have more shit to sell) don't align with user-centered work and #UserResearch.

In this issue, I investigate the ground-level view of how this happened and how to stop it.

productpicnic.beehiiv.com/p/wh

At the root of design's crisis is an incentives crisis throughout tech. But we have tools that let us cut through the magical thinking of feature factories - if we're willing to use them.
The Product PicnicWhy design goes wrong and how to set it right, part 1At the root of design's crisis is an incentives crisis throughout tech. But we have tools that let us cut through the magical thinking of feature factories - if we're willing to use them.

I started 2025 unemployed and have been looking for work since Jan 1. Figured it couldn't hurt to see if anyone here might know of something.

🌐 I am a UX/UI designer with a passion for crafting easy-to-use interfaces and user-centered digital experiences that help people work better. Committed to delivering impactful visuals that align with brand guidelines and drive business goals.
🧭 Open to in-person/hybrid roles in the #Seattle metro area, or to remote roles in the US. W2 only.
⭐ I value work/life balance, cross-functional collaboration (I play well with engineers!), and projects that drive meaningful and positive impact.

This week's newsletter is inspired by the first female winner of the Nobel Prize in economics, for debunking the ecofascist "tragedy of the commons" theory.

Elinor Ostrom's understanding of the social system that manages a common resource is critical for making trade-offs in our own work, which can build - rather than burn - trust.

#ProductManagement #UX #UXDesign

productpicnic.beehiiv.com/p/th

You'll never be able to make effective trade-offs without thinking holistically about the entire system, and the other people within it
The Product PicnicThe bounty of the commonsYou'll never be able to make effective trade-offs without thinking holistically about the entire system, and the other people within it

Hello Mastodon. I have a problem. The course I’m studying which is information design and front end development has a semester beginning in end of march that involves a work placement for a month. I’m looking to find somewhere to do my practical. Is anyone in the #uxdesign #ux #informationdesign spheres could help a girl out? It’s four weeks, full time, doesn’t need to be a project, can just be busy body work.

Mastodon! Save me!

Everything is SEO now. The perverse incentives created by software eating the world turn everything we see into shit: what rises through the mire is optimized for the algorithm rather than for human interest and enrichment.

In this issue of Product Picnic, I look at some ways of pushing back. #UX #UXDesign #ProductManagement

productpicnic.beehiiv.com/p/th

The Product PicnicThe algorithm is not an excuse to stop systems thinkingAlgorithmic search has pushed both users and designers towards design patterns that use removing friction as an excuse to take away control. But some tools are bringing thoughtfulness back.

I've been here for about a year without an #introduction, so here it is

I'm linuxjava7 (I go by many nicknames)
- #opensource and #freesoftware enthusiast
- #gnome lover
- I do #uxdesign as a hobby and enjoy #design as a whole
- I like #urbanism
- I do like #cars (and if that seems contradictory, it's not)
- I also like #linguistics, I'm studying #Arabic, and some other languages on the side.
- Also have #autism with #adhd aka #AuDHD

I mostly lurk around but occasionally I post some stuff