mariusz

DavidDarnes, 10 days ago to random

Why are all the AI demos like “hey what’s this?” and they’re pointing it at a fucking can of beans or something

DavidDarnes, 25 days ago to random

Making a hat wishlist 🧢

https://jerkstore.biz/products/garphic-design-hat
https://www.routeone.co.uk/products/route-one-fuck-em-cap-purple-green?variant=32919475322957
https://hatstore.co.uk/mozarella-washed-mustard-dad-cap-iconic

Purple cap that says “fuck ‘em”
Yellow cap that says “Mozarella”

DavidDarnes, 29 days ago to random

These Robosen ✌🏻toys✌🏻 are getting ridiculous. Seriously impressive engineering, but who is buying these?? Adult fans who have an incredible amount of disposable income? Even more than Lego fans? 😂
https://youtube.com/watch?v=voWMMrM2GRg

rafa, 1 month ago to random

So what am I missing here? I use a US Apple ID, and the region is set to US, but I definitely live in the EU, isn’t that enough?

mariusz, 1 month ago to psychology

In addition to executive function, bilingual individuals and children show advantages in metalinguistic awareness. This is the ability to think about language as abstract units and associations.

#CognitiveScience #Psychology #Linguistics

https://bigthink.com/neuropsych/second-language-boost-the-brain/?ref=refind

mariusz, 1 month ago to IndustrialDesign

In any organization, many people share what they’d like to see as the intentions of the design.

As these people use their influence to define the outcome of the design, they are, in effect, designing. There’s an old saying, everyone thinks they are a designer. Well, everyone who participates in the rendering of their intention is a designer, using this definition.

#ProductDesign #UXDesign #UX

https://articles.centercentre.com/design_rendering_intent/

mariusz, 3 months ago to IndustrialDesign

Throwaway prototyping is a software development approach that involves rapid creation of a prototype with the understanding that it will be discarded after use. The primary goal of throwaway prototyping is to provide a tangible representation of the app functionality early in the development process, allowing stakeholders to visualize and interact with the proposed system.

#ProductDesign #Leadership #UXDesign #UX

https://www.uxpin.com/studio/blog/throwaway-prototyping/

mariusz, 3 months ago to productivity

People often use meetings as Band-Aids for deeper communication issues. So when communication isn’t clear and consistent, people either put more meetings on the calendar, or more people show up for meetings because it’s the only avenue for direct communication.

#Productivity #Leadership

https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/six_ways_to_hold_better_meetings

markwyner, 3 months ago to dadjokes

I got a job at an Indian restaurant that’s highly protective of their flatbread recipe.

They made me sign a naan disclosure agreement.

#DadJokes #Puns #NotMyFault

DavidDarnes, 3 months ago to random

To me this reads as “we’re struggling and clutching at straws” https://once.com/

alx, 3 months ago to Israel

They could have done more, and I am not very hopeful things for Palestians will change much, but we finally have legally established that:

1. Palestinian exists as a people
2. The possibility for a genocide happening against them by Israel is real.

I'm just waiting now for the Biden administration to tell us again South Africa's case is 'meritless'.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/26/un-court-orders-israel-to-ensure-acts-of-genocide-are-not-committed-in-gaza

#Israel #Gaza #genocide

mariusz, 4 months ago to random

Every time a train driver strike happens, my favorite people are the "I work 60 hours in a quarry and I get paid in flogging and fermented fish and they keep striking while they already have decent working conditions" crowd.

Can't imagine being so brainwashed that having bad working conditions and not fighting for improvement is a badge of honor.

alx, 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago) to random

There is this strange perception that fascism, or any totalitarianism, happens after some dramatic disruptive event, an 'armed coup' born out and perpetrated by some fringe extremists. The March on Rome, it's the classic example you would find on Italian history books.
This narrative, that is very happily embraced by all powers, as it helps avoiding liability and accountability, is very dangerous, and presents a distorted reality.
1/

https://www.ilpost.it/2024/01/18/cassazione-saluto-romano-reato-commemorazione-ramelli-processo-appello/

https://mastodon.social/@redstreamnet/111804835195317973

#fascism

mariusz, 4 months ago to IndustrialDesign

Users are like kids at Christmas. They say they really want this one thing, but that one thing won’t keep them happy for long.

What will make them happy? Solving their unspoken problems, the problems they can’t quite articulate. And the best way uncover them is to ask really good questions.

#ProductDesign #UXResearch #ProductDiscovery

https://newsletter.posthog.com/p/how-to-uncover-your-users-real-problems?ref=refind

alx, 4 months ago to design

Every time I tell a person who's not a designer that I'm a designer or a design researcher I receive a strange look back, which after some awkward silence or conversation, culminate with the person asking me: "Sorry, but what is exactly 'Design'?"

#design #Funny #Awkward

mariusz, 5 months ago to IndustrialDesign

How can we make the case for slowing down to speed up when we are already going slow, and when shutting things down and starting over is not an option?

#ProductManagement #ProductDesign #ProductStrategy

https://cutlefish.substack.com/p/tbm-257-how-to-make-case-for-slowing?publication_id=24711&post_id=139134216&isFreemail=true&r=7u8o

mariusz, 6 months ago to UXDesign

Consequently, the more we encourage unnecessary and excessive consumption, the more we contribute to the already devastating environmental situation.

#UXDesign #ProductDesign #ProductManagement

https://uxdesign.cc/the-negative-impact-of-persuasive-design-dd57eb88834b

markwyner, 7 months ago to Israel

If you’re confused about what’s happening in the Gaza strip, you’re not alone. It’s a long story with a longer history that’s been tainted and muddied by propaganda and soft reporting.

Here are two videos to help you break it down into simple concepts…

Faten Darbaj on the colonization:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CyRX0nOx9Uf/

Gabor Maté (Holocaust survivor) on the relation to ethnic cleansing:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CyOHRt2gXJO/

(For those new here: I’m an Ashkenazi Jew by blood.)

#Israel #Palestine #Colonialism #Gaza

mariusz, 8 months ago to UXDesign

Looking at agile through the eyes of a designer, it’s easy to spot the problem: the dogma of shipping small stuff fast so that you can gather feedback on what to do next more quickly. Agilists believe that finished software is not only the best way to deliver value, but also the best way to learn and iterate.

In reality, it is probably the worst way.

#UXDesign #ProductDesign #Agile

https://uxdesign.cc/successful-iteration-requires-going-beyond-agile-81ef0bc80798

mariusz, 8 months ago to UXDesign

Choice paralysis is the phenomenon where users, when presented with too many options, become overwhelmed and often struggle to make a decision. In UX, this could manifest in users spending excessive time on a page without performing any significant action or completely abandoning a task due to being overwhelmed with choices.

#UXDesign #UX #ProductDesign

https://uxpsychology.substack.com/p/lost-in-navigation-overcoming-the?publication_id=513389&post_id=136443150&isFreemail=true

markwyner, 8 months ago to food

Americans consume a lot of dangerous stuff. No shame, though. We’re lied to. Propaganda is powerful.

#Propaganda #Food #America #FoodDessert