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observing | california & the world
Joined October 2014
all these 24 year olds saying they're a "vp of product" when they aren't even vp of their prefrontal cortex.
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spoiler alert: being a designer who codes just means you're mediocre at everything.
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fellas. we have ππ²π±π¬πͺππ±π’π‘ the πΌπ²πΆπΉπ²π·π°
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Hello new followers πππ. I tweet about design systems and tooling, new media, cities, and social justice with varying levels of sincerity. My ""day job"" is on the design systems team at Uber. I am also not a penguin :)
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does your soul ever recover from burnout or should I retire at 23.
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no more employers in your bio. society has progressed past the point of putting your employer in your bio.
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lmao people can tell when you're building for community or for your ego.
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Whatβs something that FEELS like diversity and inclusion in tech but isnβt?.
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2012: I wanna make cool shit with my friends.2014: I wanna be a software engineer.2016: I wanna be a product designer.2018: "my practice melds art and technology into an all-encompassing,,,state of being".2020: I wanna make cool shit with my friends.
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day 2 of not working at Uber and it π₯Ίfeels π₯Ί so π₯Ί good. trying to regain control of how I see myself instead of what the job progression ladder wants me to be.
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the year is 2016. you just matched with a product designer at Facebook. y'all are meeting at a local natives concert, and afterwards you're gonna cuddle on his mattress without a bedframe. life is good.
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it's not perfect but it's here!! i've refreshed with my zines + side projects i've worked on over the years. excited to have an online presence again :)
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bittersweet last day @DesigningUber.next stop, i'm linking up with some of the best + most gracious in the biz to help build @ourZORA. and building a little "office in the internet" in sunny los angeles, ca. πππ.
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ok is it me or is this. unpleasant to look at .like. oh my god color overload
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while apple is fastidiously marketing to 40 year olds, there is a massive opportunity to build luxury hardware & software, but for young people.
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taking a cursory glance at linkedin, the team who developed this iowa caucus app is a CTO, a PM, a designer, two junior web devs, and a backend INTERN. this is who i'd hire for a dog-walking app not to like, uphold democracy or anything lol.
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sf has some of the most entitled residents on the planet. it's really frustrating to hear people talk about the justice system only in terms of crime and arrest rates and not about the welfare of the people behind them.
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every woman at this show looks like theyβre here against their will
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but what casual photographer shoots with an ultra-wide lens? the vsco gorls want A PORTRAIT LENS this is why we need women in t*ch
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was so much fun meeting folks at config yesterday β¨. yesterday, my team @designingUber released a design kit for y'all to use to own liking. take a peek at it on Figma communities ‡οΈ.
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don't overthink a pivot to crypto, tbh I don't care if it's the "next big thing" or whatever but it's genuinely the most fun, most colorful tech subculture that exists today.
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brian doing more for crypto than any dude named winklevoss ever could
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today I came to the realization that. this year. is the golden year for designers who code. people who know how to write software to augment the creative process and/or to create art: now is your time to shine. i've spent my very short career yearning for this moment.
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protip: google phrases in these job listings to find who's behind them
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dunno who needs to hear this but: quit your job. move to that city. cut off that toxic relationship, or shoot your shot with someone you like. give yourself the latitude to grow, you deserve it.
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good morning. here are my personal thoughts on ποΈπποΈ, and where we go from here. but first, I'd like to recommend five excellent causes. three are local to the Bay Area, and the other two are in Detroit. if you haven't opened your wallet yet, here's your chance.
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building in web3 is so mentally unsustainable. gotta keep reminding myself every day that my self worth exists outside of this stupid screen.
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mad that the CIA uses my personal website font. what generic designer font should I use next.
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gonna bully all the dudes on my team to download @macro_HQ. it's a better interface for zoom that shows how much everyone talks :o
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tbh, i'm not as offended by That Tweet as much as the fact that throughout his life and career, not enough people told him no for being a douchebag.
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just about every junior WOC in tech i've met suffers from crippling imposter syndrome. if you work closely with them and they're not vocal about it to you, rethink your actions. please remember to give them their flowers, i promise it will pay off tenfold.
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not gonna lie the environmental argument for NFTs has big "I'm quitting Facebook and joining Instagram" energy.
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i feel insane that everyone (including me) is trying to further their careers while a virus that has unknown long term effects rages on wtf are we even doing.
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reasons to get cuffed:. SF: cheaper rent.LA: use of the carpool lane on dates.NYC: space heater during winter.
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DESIGNERS: reading list on how aesthetics, spatial design, and race are connected. gonna go through some of these too ππ.
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- your zorb will show up on as your default avatar, even if you don't own a zorb NFT. @ourZORA aggregates on chain activity, and it's a simple way to provide a face to many wallets.- intent is to open source the zorb components & make the viewer super sick.
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up late thinking about azealia banks and how she called graphic design "weird white people shit" and I didn't listen.
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did squidward have a trust fund?. - works at a fast food restaurant.- artist and musician.- owns a two-story house that he lives in by himself. discuss.
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2021 is the year of PFIZER:. Partybid.Fractional.Internet.Zora.Ethereum.React.
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i wouldn't be surprised if FB justified the new instagram update internally by making the two apps "share a common navigational hierarchy and visual language". problem is, the last thing any IG user wants is for their app to look and feel "more like Facebook"
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the app is fake. but I really did find love in πππ tho.
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simone biles is a trailblazer. naomi osaka too. the world is ending and we're all working 60 hours a week. on the long, lonely quest to "do what you love" to find fulfillment, a capitalist nirvana. i'm fucking tired.
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while im being absolutely fucking unhinged on here i feel like i'm 90% of the engineer I can be (which is honestly a really low ceiling tbh) and like 30% of the designer I can be. it's really hard to find people who understand and encourage me to grow a hybrid skillset.
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massive difference between "my ego got too big for corporate america so i'm doing my own thing" and "i'm tired of being belittled and talked down upon so i'm doing my own thing".
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being a woman in engineering in big tech. pros: buying a vibrator with your wellness stipend.cons: literally everything else.
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it's crazy how in a decade the youth went from "fuck the brands" to "I am a brand".
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brockhampton. you invented brockhampton.
Concept: a friend office. Get group of friends who all have remote jobs. Move somewhere nice and inexpensive. Rent a cheap, convenient office space together. Work at different companies but together. Perks of social interaction, hanging with friends, but cheaper!.
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being funny and in tech are just two ways of saying that u ugly lol.
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having more than 1k on twitter is tough went from being able to say the most inane shit on an edible to being afraid of beaming a photo of ice cream out into the world in fear of the replies.
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wild how some of y'all have 20k followers and still treat this app like a diary.
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.@ourZORA editions is out, here are some microconcepts that died on the cutting board. Prototypes and explorations are meant to be just thatβto test a hypothesis then throw away. The learnings from each creation help inform the direction of the final product.
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social media becomes uninteresting when the pressure to maintain a facade to an audience > the frontier of self-discovery. this is also why FB/IG ruins everything they touch.
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the nft bubble collapses as soon as its "cool factor" runs out. connecting w/ audience = cool.supporting your friends & talented creators = cool.promoting self-expression = cool. naked cash grab = not cool.speculative investment = not cool.locking regular people out = not cool.
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Year 1 in web3 in the books, thank you @ourZORA for changing my life. Not going back to big tech for a long time hopefully!!.
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just saying. I want @gefencodes to find love after all of this.and @fionais__online and @ghosttyped to find jobs. pretty please.
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very excited to reveal a website @shampliu and I have been working on π. i've always held a belief that design technologists get shit doneβ’ in ways a traditional design<>dev team can't. thank you to the @ourZORA and @iamsound teams for your trust in our vision.
12 ARTISTS. 2 WEEKS. 1 HISTORY-MAKING EXHIBITION. β³.β³.β³.β³.β³.β³.β³.β³.β³.β³.β³.β³.β³.β³.β³.β³.β³.β³.β³.β³.β³.β³
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to the person who invented design thinking: thank u 4 scamming the upper classes into valuing the work we do.
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Gen Z culture **is** black culture. if you profit off Gen Z culture in any wayβwhether that be making products, building brands, or running consultancies, and you're not speaking about the urgency of this moment, you can fuck right off. not naming names but you know who you are.
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