Jason Beaird
@jasongraphix.com
Amateur adult, novice dad, humble husband & professor optimist. Senior Product Design Manager based in Orlando, FL. 🌴 jasongraphix.com
The bulk of our winter break DIY project just arrived. Not pictured: vintage 10ft library ladder and butcher block countertops. 📚
December 13, 2025 at 1:46 PM
The bulk of our winter break DIY project just arrived. Not pictured: vintage 10ft library ladder and butcher block countertops. 📚
Symmetrical internet is much better than fast download speeds alone. At our old house, a 300mb fiber plan worked great. We moved in September and the upload on our “gig” cable internet capped out at about 50mb. Just got fiber run with only a 500mb plan, and this chart makes me smile.
December 6, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Symmetrical internet is much better than fast download speeds alone. At our old house, a 300mb fiber plan worked great. We moved in September and the upload on our “gig” cable internet capped out at about 50mb. Just got fiber run with only a 500mb plan, and this chart makes me smile.
One of my product design colleagues shared this from their granola.ai 2025 "crunched" report, and I've never felt more seen.
December 4, 2025 at 10:31 PM
One of my product design colleagues shared this from their granola.ai 2025 "crunched" report, and I've never felt more seen.
Time to let the kids shave off my November beard again. Unsurprisingly, they attempted a 6️⃣7️⃣ this year.
December 1, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Time to let the kids shave off my November beard again. Unsurprisingly, they attempted a 6️⃣7️⃣ this year.
We've been chatting with ProductTank Orlando about doing a collab event for a long time. So excited that it's happening, and that we're meeting in Full Sail's Treehouse, which is such a rad venue!
Join us on Monday (11/17) online or live in The Treehouse at Full Sail University for a special collab event with ProductTank Orlando, as we explore "How AI is Redefining Product & Design Roles"
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[Hybrid] DOUX + ProductTank: How AI is Redefining Product & Design Roles, Mon, Nov 17, 2025, 7:00 PM | Meetup
AI has become one of the most transformative forces shaping how products are built and designed. Over the past year both the Downtown Orlando UX (DOUX) and [ProductTank Orl
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November 12, 2025 at 8:53 PM
We've been chatting with ProductTank Orlando about doing a collab event for a long time. So excited that it's happening, and that we're meeting in Full Sail's Treehouse, which is such a rad venue!
The weather was perfect for this year’s Falcon 5k. Adelyn didn’t train at all, so we took it slow and had fun.
November 8, 2025 at 3:10 PM
The weather was perfect for this year’s Falcon 5k. Adelyn didn’t train at all, so we took it slow and had fun.
Creative Mornings Orlando is always inspiring, but it was especially refreshing to hear stories from students and recent grads at today’s “Rising Creatives” event.
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October 31, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Creative Mornings Orlando is always inspiring, but it was especially refreshing to hear stories from students and recent grads at today’s “Rising Creatives” event.
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Tonight’s random vibe coding project success, presented without context.
October 28, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Tonight’s random vibe coding project success, presented without context.
Experimenting with agent mode in ChatGPT Atlas is a good reminder that designing web experiences that are intuitive and accessible for all humans makes them more usable for everyone, including the robots. Watching Atlas work is like facilitating a user research session.
October 23, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Experimenting with agent mode in ChatGPT Atlas is a good reminder that designing web experiences that are intuitive and accessible for all humans makes them more usable for everyone, including the robots. Watching Atlas work is like facilitating a user research session.
Just put a fresh set of caster wheels on my old standing desk. After about 5y, the tread wore off one from my original set. Still love being able to roll my desk around.
October 23, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Just put a fresh set of caster wheels on my old standing desk. After about 5y, the tread wore off one from my original set. Still love being able to roll my desk around.
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!
October 9, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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!
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.
October 6, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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.
"Delightful is fleeting. Delight is enduring." - @cameronmoll.bsky.social
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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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September 23, 2025 at 2:02 PM
"Delightful is fleeting. Delight is enduring." - @cameronmoll.bsky.social
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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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September 16, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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.
Looking forward to next week's @douxmeetup.com discussion on the UX of AI.
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[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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September 12, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Looking forward to next week's @douxmeetup.com discussion on the UX of AI.
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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.
August 29, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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.
The school year begins!
We officially have two middle schoolers.
We officially have two middle schoolers.
August 11, 2025 at 12:40 PM
The school year begins!
We officially have two middle schoolers.
We officially have two middle schoolers.
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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August 1, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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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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.
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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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July 24, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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...
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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.
July 22, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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.
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.
July 15, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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.
“If you’re building AI tools today, ask yourself: are you really a product company? Or are you a services firm in disguise?”
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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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July 7, 2025 at 1:36 PM
“If you’re building AI tools today, ask yourself: are you really a product company? Or are you a services firm in disguise?”
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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.
July 5, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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.
PSA: Slack has an option in Advanced preferences to use your latest sort selection instead of forcing "relevant" every time.
July 1, 2025 at 7:35 PM
PSA: Slack has an option in Advanced preferences to use your latest sort selection instead of forcing "relevant" every time.
Prompt writing for AI agents…
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Crazy Kindergarteners - Leo movie
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June 30, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Prompt writing for AI agents…
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