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Jason Beaird
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Amateur adult, novice dad, humble husband & professor optimist. Senior Product Design Manager based in Orlando, FL. 🌴 jasongraphix.com
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Jason Beaird @jasongraphix.com · Nov 20
Earlier this year, I launched a little site called teamdesign.team that pulls in the latest posts from over 40 design team blogs.

👉 Now, you can follow @teamdesign.team here on Bluesky.

#DesignSky
Team Design Team
Discover insights, trends, and stories from 40+ design team blogs. Follow along via RSS, LinkedIn, or Mastodon for a steady stream of design inspiration. 🙌 Welcome to the team!
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Jason Beaird @jasongraphix.com · 11d
I Installed a closer on the door of our new home office today. I was a bit nervous as it was my first time having to drill and tap machine screw holes, but it turned out great!
An aluminum storefront style glass door with a top jamb mounted door closer installed.
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Jason Beaird @jasongraphix.com · 15d
I took my youngest daughter to see Alex Warren perform at UCF last night. A few weeks ago, my oldest and I went to Benson Boone at Kia Center. Middle school girl dad life is out of the ordinary, but mystical and magical.
Selfie with my youngest daughter. She's wearing an Alex Warren shirt at the concert last night. Photo of my oldest daughter wearing a red Benson Boone hoodie at a concert in September.
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Jason Beaird @jasongraphix.com · 18d
Ugh! Home of some of the all-time best lunch breaks.
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Jason Beaird @jasongraphix.com · 28d
"Delightful is fleeting. Delight is enduring." - @cameronmoll.bsky.social
chieflydesign.substack.com/p/delight-vs...
Delight vs. Delightful
Issue № 01 in which I unpack the differences between Utility, Delight, and Delightful. Featured font: Rather Risqué by SilverStag.
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Jason Beaird @jasongraphix.com · Sep 16
Just re-discovered loadmo.re via today's sidebar.io newsletter, which reminded me to check out www.hoverstat.es and httpster.net again too. I need more unconventional design inspiration in my life.
LOADMORE
LOADMORE showcases unconventional websites for smartphones.
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Jason Beaird @jasongraphix.com · Sep 12
Looking forward to next week's @douxmeetup.com discussion on the UX of AI.
www.meetup.com/downtown-orl...
[Hybrid] Discussion: Exploring the UX of AI, Thu, Sep 18, 2025, 7:00 PM | Meetup
From auto-complete to multi-agent orchestration, AI-powered features are becoming ubiquitous, but are we designing them well? This month, we'll explore the emerging UX patt
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Jason Beaird @jasongraphix.com · Aug 29
It’s inspiring to see new signs of pride and allyship popping up around Orlando. You can paint over (and pressure wash) a crosswalk, but The City Beautiful will keep shining through.
A residential driveway in Orlando with rainbow stripes painted on it to match the Pulse memorial crosswalk.
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Jason Beaird @jasongraphix.com · Aug 11
The school year begins!
We officially have two middle schoolers.
Two smiling girls with backpacks on, ready for their first day of school.
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Jason Beaird @jasongraphix.com · Aug 1
A few people have asked how @teamdesign.team automatically cross-posts to LinkedIn, Threads, Bluesky, and Mastodon. I wrote a blog post detailing the 10-step Zap that makes it happen.

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TeamDesign.Team Social Posts - Jasongraphix
I knew as soon as I registered the teamdesign.team domain and started building the site that I wanted to automatically share new posts across several
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Jason Beaird @jasongraphix.com · Jul 24
It's exciting to see new articles on ALA and this one really hit home for me as a design manager. I love the organism analogy in balancing the strengths of people and craft leadership in a design org.

alistapart.com/article/an-h...
An Holistic Framework for Shared Design Leadership – A List Apart
“The relationship between a Design Manager and Lead Designer isn’t about dividing territories. It’s about multiplying impact. When both roles understand they’re tending to different aspects of the …
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Jason Beaird @jasongraphix.com · Jul 22
Ames and I celebrated our anniversary with a long weekend in Tampa. It’s been great to slow down, connect, and dream about our next 22 years together.
Selfie of Amy and I from the outdoor deck at Tampa Museum of Art with the Tampa riverwalk in the background. Photo of a sunrise over Tampa bay from our hotel room window. Photo of Estero Segura’s “Goodby My Love” in the Tampa Museum. Three red hearts with airplane wings, hanging from the museum ceiling. Photo of our feet standing on a rock together at the beach.
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Jason Beaird @jasongraphix.com · Jul 15
This portable speaker we use for mics at the UX meetup has been out of commission for a couple months. Patched in a $13 replacement battery and it’s good as new. Gotta love an easy repair.
The top of a portable speaker is removed to show the battery compartment. My hand is holding both the dead battery and the new one already wired in.
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Jason Beaird @jasongraphix.com · Jul 7
“If you’re building AI tools today, ask yourself: are you really a product company? Or are you a services firm in disguise?”
www.forbes.com/sites/alexan...
SaaS Is Dead. Long Live Service-As-A-Service
AI is killing product-led SaaS. The future is outcome-driven, agentic services that deliver results, not tools. All heil Service-as-a-Service.
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Jason Beaird @jasongraphix.com · Jul 6
We're pet-sitting a neighbor's rabbit, and they have a pair of these arms for it. Oh, it's just a harmless little bunny, isn't it? Wish I took a photo.
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Jason Beaird @jasongraphix.com · Jul 5
Changing solid tires on an electric scooter is not a fun DIY job. Our girls know not to drift on them now, but I ended up changing both of their rear tires early after they got out of round and very bumpy to ride.
Photo of a removed solid rubber tire next to the rear of an electric scooter with a new tire installed.
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Jason Beaird @jasongraphix.com · Jul 5
Compassion is key. Having worked on a tool that enables publishers to generate alt text for social posts, I can say with confidence that AI alt text can be quite helpful, and it has increased the % of posts from our platform with alt text. Friends don't let friends leave alt text up to Threads.
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Jason Beaird @jasongraphix.com · Jul 1
PSA: Slack has an option in Advanced preferences to use your latest sort selection instead of forcing "relevant" every time.
Slack screenshot from settings with the text: “Always sort search results by: • Most relevant • Latest sort selection If you sort results by something other than Most Relevant (e.g. Newest) this will stay selected the next time you search.”
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Jason Beaird @jasongraphix.com · Jun 30
Prompt writing for AI agents…
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUyT...
Crazy Kindergarteners - Leo movie
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Jason Beaird @jasongraphix.com · Jun 17
Of course! A day after I whine about a lack of progress toward federation from Threads, they announce a major milestone. I’m excited about the new Fediverse feed and profile search!

about.fb.com/news/2025/06...
It’s Now Easier to See More Fediverse Content on Threads
Our new search feature and dedicated fediverse feed help you discover more perspectives from people outside of Threads.
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Jason Beaird @jasongraphix.com · Jun 17
While the fairy dust effect in Threads’ new spoiler alert feature is fun, there are more versatile methods of obscuring content on both Threads and Bluesky.

Implementing an existing pattern could have moved the network one step closer to federation.

www.theverge.com/news/687655/...
Threads will let you hide spoilers in your posts | The Verge
The global test is rolling out now.
www.theverge.com
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Jason Beaird @jasongraphix.com · Jun 13
OK fine
Slack modal that says, “You've reached the reaction limit. The human heart is a powerful thing; its capacity to feel is limitless! A message's capacity is 50.”
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Jason Beaird @jasongraphix.com · Jun 9
Perfect. Just added them to the site. Thanks for the heads up, Martin!
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Jason Beaird @jasongraphix.com · Jun 8
Here’s what it looks like for don’t walk.
Photo of the crosswalk signal with the same red bar still present but next to the red, don’t walk hand.
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Jason Beaird @jasongraphix.com · Jun 8
It’s a sithwalk!
(Virginia Dr & N Fern Creek Ave in Orlando)
Photo of a crosswalk signal displaying a red bar in front of the walk signal that looks like a light saber.
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Jason Beaird @jasongraphix.com · Jun 7
Not intentionally. I'm always looking for teams to add. Know of any gov design team blogs I should include?
Screenshot of text from teamdesign.team: What is this site? The lists here include posts from active design team blogs that meet the following criteria: Only in-house design or UX teams – Company blogs are included if there’s a design or UX-specific category to follow. No guest contributor posts. At least one post in the last year – There are many dormant team sites with great articles, but only active blogs are included. Must have an RSS feed (or be scrapable) – If anyone knows of a feed for design.google, let me know. Know of a design team blog we missed? If it meets the above criteria and isn’t listed, please let us know!
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