Twitter layoffs, meeting fatigue, Taylor Swift’s AI, Apple accessibility

Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers.

“Any of us could face what our colleagues at Twitter faced yesterday. Some of us already have, and some of us will in the future, especially if you stick around the profession long enough.

It’s a good reminder that, whether we realize it or not, we’re in this together. We might be working for seemingly unrelated companies or direct competitors, but we’re connected by this overriding desire to do right by the people we serve. And by “people we serve,” I don’t mean our employers.”

How Twitter’s layoffs affect us all →By Michael McWatters

Verification immolation →
Twitter UX nightmare, explained.
By Robert Stribley
How Mastodon is designed to be “antiviral” →
Looking at Twitter alternatives.
By Clive Thompson
Preparing for layoffs as a designer →
Learning from Twitter cuts.
By Aaron Cecchini-Butler
Design after the end of the world →
Who decides what is innovative?
By Alivia Rukmana
Know anyone affected by the layoffs? →Add their profile to the UX Collective Talent Network.
By UX Collective Editors

Get design feedback without unnecessary meetings →
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Mona & Hubot Sans →
Two open-source fonts from Github.

Make me think

On rejecting positive thinking →
“The virtue of negative thinking in terms of mental health is one which has been obfuscated by the sugary vogue for trite affirmations. Instead, perhaps practicing an art of responsible cynicism and an anti-capitalist spirit of critique might better suit a universe below ground zero.”
Feedback and design →
“You’ve likely heard a colleague open a conversation with this line. For many people, the word ‘feedback’ has negative connotations. They associate it with criticism of their work or — even worse — themselves.”
The diminishing returns of calendar culture →
“We live with these realities because they make the rest of our lives feel manageable. But time did not have to be arranged that way. We have imagined time, at least in Western countries, as subservient to commerce, and attempted to export or forcibly impose that understanding worldwide.”

Little gems this week

Floating in latent space with Taylor Swift →By Bill Tribble

My AI made 2,000 sketches while I took a nap →By Matthew Askari

Evolution of AR and VR: UX inspiration from history →
By Olesia Vdovenko

Tools and resources

Classic UX →
A collection of HCI videos produced from 1983–2002.
Apple accessibility →
What designers can learn from Apple’s accessibility features.
Github blocks →
Reimagine repositories with custom, interactive blocks.

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