15-minute one-off task: "Not important enough to do manually."

*Spends 1 hour trying to automate it*

*Fails*

*Ends up doing it manually*

Just as I was thinking about how tech is (again) challenging how trust works in society through AI…

Here's the most insane designer productivity hack remote work has unlocked:

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I don't see a lot of design work being shared here. Let's fix that. ✨

Everyone knows 80/20 rule, but did you hear about permanent stopgap?

Here’s how it goes: You're racing to ship v1. Obviously, you cut corners. “There will be a plenty of time to polish it later”…

...but then there isn’t.

🚩 Designer red flags:

→ Doesn’t need research, since they are a smartphone user.

→ Can’t stop talking about their NFT collection of gradients.

→ Is data-informed, but only by data they agree with.

→ Says "design partner", but offers "no meetings".

…

award-whining design studio

I've created a starter pack with people who design and build (digital) stuff.

There are talented people like @joeyabanks.bsky.social, @sarahedo.bsky.social, @gergely.pragmaticengineer.com, @fonsmans.com, @una.im, @rsms.me, @gavin.social, and many more.

Who else should I include?

I heard rummors there is a new product in the works, and it's called FigHam.

After the aliens made First Contact, one human asked:
"How did you find us? Radio signals?"

"No, it was by chance, a few millennia ago."

"So you waited for us to mature?"

"Our leaders did, yes."

"So-"

"But at last they accepted that you won't."

"Oh..."

"You may keep laughing."
#MicrroFiction

@stephencolbert.bsky.social : "Are you afraid of artificial intelligence taking over?"

@mrrickygervais.bsky.social : "I'd love for any intelligence to take over."

🙇‍♂️

I seriously thought Ariana Grande is a typeface.

🤷‍♂️

This has strong Twitter before 10 years vibes.

I like it.

I feel like learning something new. Designers on Bluesky, help me decide: What should I take a look at?

Feel free to share any good learning resources. 🙏