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jonshariat

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UX Designer, co-author of Tragic Design, and co-host of The Design Review podcast. (Also major nerd)

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www.washingtonpost.com 4y ago

Iran's most notorious prison (Evin) being shut down by hackers

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en.wikipedia.org 4y ago

Cross-Linguistic Onomatopoeias

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www.ft.com 5y ago

Hundreds arrested worldwide with help of a trojan app by FBI

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css-tricks.com 6y ago

The title ‘Front-End Developer’ is obsolete

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lawsofux.com 6y ago

Laws of UX

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zooooom.us 6y ago

Screensaver that parodies ZOOM calls

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twitter.com 6y ago

Sandy Kidd and his invention (Angular momentum to linear momentum)

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www.malinc.se 6y ago

Heliocentrism vs. Geocentrism

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en.wikipedia.org 6y ago

The average color of the universe is "Cosmic latte"

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news.ycombinator.com 6y ago

Ask HN: Easter Eggs in Your Software

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medium.com 7y ago

Tips for Designing Apps for Older Users

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advent.morr.cc 7y ago

Millitext – A subpixel text encoding font

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www.humblebundle.com 7y ago

O'Reilly Humble Bundle: Product Management and Design

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publicdomainreview.org 7y ago

Napoleon’s “Englich” Lessons

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www.iflscience.com 8y ago

What the “Perfect” Body Would Look Like According to an Evolutionary Biologist

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twitter.com 8y ago

Design advice for non-designers (with examples)

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www.wbur.org 8y ago

Design Flaws in Electronic Health Records Can Harm Patients, Study Finds

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brailleneue.com 8y ago

Braille Nue – A Typeface with Braille Built In

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www.youtube.com 8y ago

How Dark Patterns Trick You Online

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www.youtube.com 8y ago

The Mysterious Life of UX Designers

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webkit.org 8y ago

Making motion accessible

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www.cnn.com 8y ago

TIL: Windows' famous defrag was banned in Germany because of Scientology

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www.roadtovr.com 8y ago

Designing VR interactions to allow users to interact at a distance

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www.designreviewpodcast.com 8y ago

Don't look it's car UX

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news.ycombinator.com 9y ago

Easter egg on DesignerNews

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www.apple.com 9y ago

Apple Accessibility

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womenwho.design 9y ago

Women Who Design

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news.ycombinator.com 9y ago

Show HN: I wrote a book about Design Ethics called Tragic Design

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aframe.io 9y ago

Aframe – Write WebVR Like HTML

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www.designreviewpodcast.com 9y ago

Can empathy do more harm than good? (DR Podcast Ep. 45)

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Honestly they could implement both of these things. Help the user DO an action that requires a purchase (referral link, or pay to be suggested source) and advertise on related searches.

Same I was expecting to see the materials all ready to be purchased at Home Depot, that would actually be useful. One click buy all the stuff we just talked about.

Yeah reminds me of how Kick seems to be winning over the Twitch creators. Now Kick isn't a shining beacon by any means, its got gambling issues for one, but I do think this is one area the big companies are vulnerable in: Rev share.

If a new incumbent can raise some money, offer creators some money and a path to a higher cut than their competitors, they can win big.

I am a great example of how true this is. I wanted an electric car, I wanted a BMW for a long time, I tried to convince myself to buy one for months but couldn't get over how ugly they were. Why do companies destroy their iconic designs when they go electric? So sick of "space car" designs for electric.

Claude for Legal 2 months ago

Correct me if I'm wrong but aren't people still ultimately accountable? You may be able to sue your lawyer for malpractice or they may lose their ability to practice (report them to bar) but in the end no matter where you get your advice from, you are accountable. Question is: who do you trust with it?

Like you said, its a no brainer to use both. Use it as a tool to expand, deepen, or teach. Same with doctors and AI. There may be a point where you build enough trust in the outputs and your understanding of them but until then its best to use it as a tool not put your whole outcome in it.

I remember doing my usual prep, did research, wrote down my range. Then they hit me with a number over my top level range that it totally threw me off balance. I should have asked for more, worst case they say no, but I just wasn't prepared for a number over my research and data.

imo giving a range before the offer stage, just gives them a potential reason not to waste their time on you. Thats what they are screening for. So its always a bad idea. Wait for them to want you, then you A. Have leverage and B. don't get cut out early. Even if you don't get the job, having an offer is data you can carry forward. If you are so blessed to have multiple at the same window, great, but even if there are months in-between, you can push the next company that much more with confidence.

Today my plan is simple: 1. If they ask early - I hit them with the market range, lets see if theres a strong fit and we can work something out. I'm not worried etc 2. Do your research, don't just pull cold numbers but factor in your situation as much as possible. Put $ to any benefits, how much is it worth to you? Put that in a spreadsheet 3. When the time comes. Ask them to make an offer. If they ask you to throw the number out first just be bold and say something like "id love to hear your offer first, and then we can chat about any details" 4. Always ask for more. Its a short conversation, quick no and its over. I've gotten 5-20% more constantly when I've asked. I've never had an offer rescinded. Just be polite, use a team/us attitude (i.e. What are your constraints? Hmm ok how can we figure this out?) and embrace the silence. Putting on them to make the solution and just let the silence hang. 5. The only rule is whatever you say you'll accept, you must accept. Never ask for more once they have budged on your request, this is why you must ask for more and if you have a range, and they offer low, maybe tell them the range from the data and say something like "I know you only hire the best and you want to raise the bar with each hire, so I was hoping to see a number at the higher end of that range"

I remember using this back then for fun projects. So cool to see it again here and your comment! Thanks for the site!

This post is going to get a ton of comments... tomorrow :)

I'm also a slow thinker and here somethings that have helped me:

1. lean into your strengths. Like you said in your post where you asked for more time for him during tests. Real life is much more negotiable. Ask for time, Ask to think on this and get back, etc.

2. Like some of said, prep is helpful. Utilize your super power by taking a look at the material before. This can be intense like when I'm interviewing I really go crazy with prep but it can also be 5mins before the meeting, gathering your thoughts.

3. To get better at real time thinking, for me, is taking some lose notes during the meeting.

4. Sometimes you have to tune out the presenter. If all they are doing is reading out the slides, I've found ignoring the presenter, and digesting the content on my own is better. Then I come up with question to clarify my understanding, highlight a decision that needs made and my opinion, think about how this may effect other areas, etc.

UX designer here. I've learned that these changes are a delicate balance between allowing existing user to remain experts while improving the retention of new users.

This can be accomplished by making small changes over time that break up all the new info a user has to learn and avoiding the big UI reveal which people universally hate because all that new learning is required at once and they need to get stuff done.

Often times its required because as a product moves into mass market phase of its life cycle, it needs to be simple to use for lots of people, which mean it doenst work great for any specific goup.

Which is why I'm really in favor of allowing customizations to the user where appropriate. It allows experts to have control over their flow and new users can enjoy the UX optimized for them.

It also shows up in bad news writing and science writing.

For example you have 99% of scientist agreeing about global warming.

You have 1% who disagree.

So they write that "Some scientist disagree" and it sounds like its up for debate or maybe a significant portion know something the others don't.

In the pursuit of a "Balanced" POV they tip the scales vs just reporting where the scales are at accurately.

I think your experience actually proves the point and touches on why many dangerous and crazy POV have also been getting so much air time in the news.

Let's say you have 2 opposing POV: A or B

"A" has a silent majority so only 5 of the 5,000 people post a comment about A being the right POV.

"B" is a passionate minority so 5 of the 50 people post a comment about B being the right POV.

To the viewer, it looks like a balanced discussion and a topic open to much debate, both sides have equal voice but in reality "A" is by far the most accepted position.