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We're time traveling back to 1997 today, when WYSIWYG editors were all the rage. In the decades since, web technology has clawed its way from that primitive state with semantic HTML that made accessibility possible and let content drive appearance rather than vice-versa.

Figma Sites turned its back on nearly 30 years of progress, with a product that is only good for generating website-like demos for stakeholders that won't use them.

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The dream of being able to generate working websites will remain out of reach until UX redefines its practice around semantic structure rather than layouts.
The Product PicnicFigma DreamweaverThe dream of being able to generate working websites will remain out of reach until UX redefines its practice around semantic structure rather than layouts.

"#AI will take your job" is not destiny. It is a deliberate choice by decision-makers - but the motivating factors are not productivity or profit (AI has only lost companies money while harming productivity and trust).

Just like RTO and layoffs, AI-in-everything is a *performance* by CEOs of being an decisive and innovative leader, staged for the benefit of other CEOs.

It is impossible to do #UXDesign in these circumstances. We must recenter our work on real value.

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Unmoored from user needs as the driver for decision-making, executives increasingly perform innovation for their peers. Today, that means AI products and AI workflows – no matter the cost.
The Product PicnicThe AI job crisis is a crisis of groupthinkUnmoored from user needs as the driver for decision-making, executives increasingly perform innovation for their peers. Today, that means AI products and AI workflows – no matter the cost.

🌸 Ready for a delightful afternoon of IRL connection and conversation in VanCity?

Join me for a Tea Social where we dive into all things #UXDesign, Marketing Psychology, #ProductManagement, and Game Dev!

Chat with Fernanda Nauata #GameDesign expert this Sunday, May 11th, from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM PDT.

Let's sip tea, share stories, and build our amazing community!
You can check out all the details and RSVP below.

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My three laws of buttons:

1. If you display a button on the screen, I should be able to use it immediately. I should not have to wait for it to finish painting/fading in/whatever.

2. Buttons, once displayed, must not move of their own accord.

3. Clear visible feedback must be shown when I activate a button.

They're only principles if they make you say no to things that you would like to do. Otherwise, they are just sparkling theater.

What usually happens is that teams say "our principles are Empathy and Usability" while real decisions all happen upstream.

This is not an effective way of working, and will be detrimental in the long term. Real impact requires real #agility, which means delegating decisions downwards via good principles.

#UXDesign #softwaredevelopment #Tech

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Design principles are a tool for delegating and scaling the ability to say "no" to many good ideas, so that they can say "yes" to one great idea. If your principles aren't constraining these kinds of decisions, then they are not actually fit for purpose.
The Product PicnicIf you're comfortable, your principles aren't workingDesign principles are a tool for delegating and scaling the ability to say "no" to many good ideas, so that they can say "yes" to one great idea. If your principles aren't constraining these kinds of decisions, then they are not actually fit for purpose.

Guess what FediFriends? I have again been entrusted with gainful employment!

I am proudly serving as a Senior UX Specialist at MZLA, the company behind Thunderbird

You can now find me on the “About Us” page:
thunderbird.net/en-US/about/

Here’s to puncturing tech bubbles and fighting for an open internet 🤘

ThunderbirdWho We AreThunderbird is a free email application that’s easy to set up and customize - and it’s loaded with great features!

The pressures on tech workers to "democratize disciplines" and "become generalists" has enabled the rise template ronin - grifters peddling simple, quick, and cheap "solutions" that don't actually fix anything.

Together with their loyal AI squires, template ronin leave a trail of destruction for the rest of us to clean up.

In my latest issue, I go over how to fight back.

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The Product PicnicAttack of the Template RoninLearning “best practices” by rote has produced a cohort of shallow generalists. Solving real-world challenges requires tailoring your methods to the problem's unique context.