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Alex Cornell

@alexcornell

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Design Director at Meta. Prev: Linear / Substack / Cocoon / Facebook / Dialpad / ISO50

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@alexcornell
Alex Cornell
2 years
One of my first projects @linear was to make the launch video for Insights. It was a dream brief – everything @karrisaarinen asked for was exactly the kind of style that resonates with me. It was a challenge to try and live up to that. Here are some bits on the proces...
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Alex Cornell
5 months
RT @linear: Introducing Linear Mobile. The compact companion to the Linear system. Ultraportable. Fully native. Built for afk workflows.…
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Alex Cornell
5 months
Never use an ellipse; a fully rounded rectangle provides future option value.
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@alexcornell
Alex Cornell
6 months
@SachinMonga My strongest recommendation as well. Mills is one of a kind and I lament every week I don’t have my 1:1 anymore
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@alexcornell
Alex Cornell
8 months
@benjitaylor Every tech conference should do this
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Alex Cornell
8 months
@jsngr Can we opt-into it today?
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Alex Cornell
8 months
RT @ridd_design: 🤿 @alexcornell has easily been one of the most requested guests over the past year So I'm excited to share this week's ep…
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Alex Cornell
8 months
Was such a delight to talk to @ridd_design about some of my favorite topics 😃
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Ridd 🤿
8 months
🤿 @alexcornell has easily been one of the most requested guests over the past year So I'm excited to share this week's episode :) It's truly a masterclass in the finer details of communication 👇
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Alex Cornell
8 months
@JonRoth @figma A lot! Counterintuitively, it’s way more intense and challenging than being at a startup (counter to at least most assumptions). I’m finding this more interesting and fulfilling, even though it is quite a bit harder and more time consuming.
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Alex Cornell
8 months
@sdw @aheze0 Totally agree. For such a core interaction, it always surprised me they went with such a finicky and unusual execution. (I feel similarly about auto-muting videos on playback when you've already toggled sound on a previous video.)
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@alexcornell
Alex Cornell
8 months
@Gavmn Didn’t know they were called Tapbacks until yesterday haha
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Alex Cornell
9 months
@hobdaydesign Similar to counting taps — it was popularized over time in design critiques everywhere, galvanized by repetition, despite having lost its meaning long ago.
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Alex Cornell
9 months
@Gavmn @bengold Origami is the answer
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Alex Cornell
9 months
@zenithquinn @linear Love it there. Such a unique feeling throughout.
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@alexcornell
Alex Cornell
9 months
@Mike_kim714 What do you think about the “low and left” exit / swing thought?
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Alex Cornell
9 months
RT @petergyang: Here's my new episode with @alexcornell with his top lessons from designing products at Meta, Substack, and Linear. We tal…
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Alex Cornell
10 months
@Gavmn I restart Figma Mirror ~40 times a day. I gave up hope that it will ever get better and now just treat it as a ritual sacrifice of 15 seconds each time.
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@alexcornell
Alex Cornell
11 months
@koenbok This won TechCrunch Disrupt three years in a row:
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Alex Cornell
11 months
@ridd_design @gabrielvaldivia Y’all are too kind! ☺️☺️
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@alexcornell
Alex Cornell
1 year
@tarngerine @jonathontoon Step 1: pour oil on it
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