Design Systems Questionnaire
For the past three years, behind the scenes, I've been working on and studying the field of design systems. As I start to take some of what I've learned and share it, I want to see what my readership would benefit from in that area.
In that interest, I've set up a Design Systems Questionnaire to gather reader input on the field. Please give the survey a spin!
Read moreInterviewed on The Autistic Mercury
This past week I had the pleasure of being interviewed on The Autistic Mercury. I covered ground from who the best living designer is, to scientism and empathy in design, to which company's design team I'd take over. This was a fun one. Check it out.
Here's a small excerpt:
Skeuomorphism, otherwise known as the referential transfer of ornamentation or instrumentation from one medium to another, doesn’t just go in one direction—from the physical world to the digital. It equally goes in the opposite direction. UI designers have immense power in building interfaces, but their power hardly stops there.
Uber’s Undoing Part III: Redemption
Uber’s Undoing is the definitive story of Uber Design. This is Part III of the book.
Read moreUber’s Undoing Part II: Local vs. Global
Uber’s Undoing is the definitive story of Uber Design. This is Part II of the book.
Read moreUber’s Undoing Part I: Whipping Boy
Uber’s Undoing is the definitive story of Uber Design.
Read moreInterviewed on Great Technology Story
I’ve just had the pleasure to be interviewed by the witty Simon Helyar of Great Technology Story. He’s been pumping out amazing Apple satire. We talked about buttons, the meaning of life, pig's blood and coffee shops, among other things.
Read moreEli at WWDC18
This has been a pretty insane week. It started with my posting a parody PSA about the "Bluecheck" phenomenon on Twitter (click through to the Twitter moment).
Several days later, I satirized the full-on journalist assault on Elon Musk...and Musk responded. I'm pretty sure he got the joke—can't be certain though. If you're friends with him, send him my way.
All that said, something even bigger is happening this coming week: I'll be visiting San Jose for WWDC-related festivities. I'll be attending sjMacIndie on Sunday evening, Various AltConf events starting Monday, and John Gruber's The Talk Show Live on Tuesday evening, among other things.
If you're in town, don't be afraid to say hello—I won't bite. Or reach out on Twitter.
Star Wars: Death Drive
Authority has long been absent in the entire galaxy, and promises to continue to be under the postmodern and unserious Resistance. But the modernist First Order, while interested in restoration, is equally toothless, and run by fools.
Read moreIn Depth Ep. 3: Design Tools—Missing the Marc
With Dropbox out of the way, this week we have an an episode that's been a long time coming. Mike and I had the pleasure of talking to a special guest, Marc Edwards of Bjango, to discuss the state of design tools.
With the announcement of InVision Studio, Sketch Libraries, Framer Export and Adobe Xd finally coming out of beta, there's more movement than ever in UI design and prototyping tools. We cover the design systems movement, the downsides of different business models, and the industry's convergence on a feature-set that can only be described as 'acceptable mediocrity.'
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