evek

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by evek 2mo ago
Tangental, but can’t wait for automated blackmail from crawlers continuously digging through my digital footprint. /s Martha Wells hit it nicely in The Murderbot Diaries.
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by evek 7mo ago
Karabiner is the only way I managed to sync window tiling shortcuts between native Macbook and Logitech keyboard, and even that took a lot of effort due to fn/globe key special treatment.
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by evek 10mo ago
Company incentives will always trump individual functions, no matter if it’s UX, QA, etc. Good UX is still possible, but requires a supportive business model as an enabler. A lot of designers who joined the field recently weren’t thought th
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by evek 5y ago
+1 for Figma. Smart animate with proper transition duration and a trigger can do wonders.
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by evek 6y ago
UX designer here. See what kind of work and industry interests you - in-house product, agency, enterprise... then apply to all entry level positions that look interesting. Internships can be a good way to get a taste of position before full
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by evek 6y ago
After some research and trying out different chairs in a store, I bought Herman Miller Mirra 2 some 10 days ago, with fully adjustable arms and lumbar support. Couldn't be happier with the purchase. I'm still adjusting, as my back
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by evek 6y ago
I remember visiting designernews often, a community from their portfolio, for robust and interesting discussions, before the acquisition. Through time it became stale, now it looks empty. I wonder what's the success rate for this kind
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UX and CX: Same Language; Different Dialects(medium.com)
2 points by evek 8y ago|0 comments
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by evek 8y ago
Techniques of interaction design might help you, as many of them covered exactly this problem, namely: -User interviews will help you understand the problems and contexts your target users have. -Personas for focus on the target user. &quot
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by evek 8y ago
Your logic and economic explanations are sensible. The term "shady countries" was the phrase I reacted upon, and only that. Shady government officials, businessmen, deals? Sure. Shady countries? It sounds extremely wide and viewed
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by evek 8y ago
Shady countries? Those are people and regular families...
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by evek 9y ago
I may be conservative, but I don't consider burnout to be on a "fine" side of things.
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by evek 9y ago
I use Instapaper for similar purpose. I set it up so it sends me 10 articles from Unread every morning in a digest form.
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by evek 9y ago
Could you be specific about why you find this problematic? @bkohlmann made a really good point here, I agree with him.