Shane Mielke
@shanemielke
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🚀👨🏼🚀 UI/UX/AX Design + Dev - Cyberdyne Systems T-800 Model 101 - Former Student/Athlete/Coach @SMCHSEagles & @UCDavis - Flown 50 humans to space
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Crazy to think that I have pixels and code in space right now.
#LaunchAmerica
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Seeing something I helped design being used by humans to fly in space at 17,500 mph will never get old.
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It was a dream come true to do the UI/UX design of the
@SpaceX
EVA Suit helmet Heads Up Display for the
@PolarisProgram
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It's pretty crazy that something I did 16 years ago is still remembered by someone else. It's a prime example of why I tell people to create a unique portfolio site. I can't imagine where my career would be if I hadn't won an
@fwa
with it. It changed my life forever.
Roll call! Do you remember Pixelranger from 2002? In an era of web handles,
@shanemielke
became one of the web’s true pioneers, and remains so to this very day!
#TheHistoryOfWebDesign
#webdesigntrends
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#webdesign
#webdesignhistory
#historyweb
#adobe
#adobeflash
#macromedia
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LAUNCH IT - 300+ Things I’ve learned as a Designer. A handbook for digital creatives -
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I put together a splash page for a personal project I've been working on. The Designer's Journey is a growing list of 800+ goals and achievements for designers of all experience levels, disciplines, and career phases to accomplish. Coming Soon -
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Always fun seeing something I designed in the wild. This video shows how the interface is usable across various environments and light conditions with a uniquely shaped contrast filter.
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It's crazy that I'm still doing exactly what I enjoyed doing when I was 11. In 1984 my parents bought me an
@atari
1200XL. I created games & drawing apps coded in BASIC. 38 years later I'm still designing & coding but now I get paid & my work sometimes flies spacecraft to space.
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Before taking design advice I want to see that designer’s work. I don’t care where they’ve worked or how much they’ve made.
There’s too much content from people with no visible work.
Don’t take fitness tips from an out of shape trainer with a Junior High athletic background.
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It won’t ever get old knowing that I have pixels, code, interior labels, emergency cue cards and friends
@AstroVicGlover
&
@Astro_illini
in space right now. Congrats to the
@SpaceX
Crew Displays team past and present who worked for years to make it happen.
#LaunchAmerica
The control panel consists of three touchscreen displays, which allow the crew to operate and fly the vehicle manually if needed
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Posting old Flash work in honor of the death of flash.
#RIPflash
Pixelranger (2002) - This was the portfolio site that literally changed my life and launched my career. Check out the Genesis Project. (desktop only)
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Still my favorite site of all time. It changed my life. Thank you
@ericjordan
for that website, the inspiration, friendship & giving me a chance when I sucked.
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The discomfort and fear of doing the experiments, portfolio, hard work and hustle to push your skills and future self is a lot less painful than the frustration and lack of choices that results from a career spent overthinking everything and not doing anything unique.
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I don't usually post on Dribbble. But when I do it's an animated GIF.
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Some of my pixels and code are back safely from space!!!! Congrats to everyone
@SpaceX
@NASA
@Commercial_Crew
past and present involved!!!
Welcome back
@AstroBehnken
and
@Astro_Doug
! Can't wait for the debrief!!!
@VicGlover
@Astro_illini
Let's GOOOOOOOOoooooo!!!!!
"To anybody who has touched Endeavour, you should take a moment to just cherish this day."
Touching words from
@Astro_Doug
as
@AstroBehnken
is safely brought out of the spacecraft.
#LaunchAmerica
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Humbled to have played a part in this mission contributing pixels & code that enables humans to fly in space. Congrats to the
@SpaceX
Crew Displays Team members past and present who worked for years to make it happen. We now have a slowly growing user base of 14 users!
Crew of
@Inspiration4x
- first all-civilian human spaceflight to orbit - returns to Earth
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20 years ago……
SpaceX flash website in 2002
The website was created by 2Advanced Studios and Shane Mielke.
#SpaceX
#WebDesignHistory
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Check it out
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With
@adobe
@adobeanimate
#flash
dying next month I've been reminiscing on past projects from 2002-2012. I have archives of every Flash project that I ever worked on. Next week I will start posting an archived site every few days until December. RIP Flash. cc:
@fwa
@ericjordan
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When I'm designing I'm dreaming about coding. When I'm coding I'm dreaming about designing. At all times my mind is thinking about animations. My mind is constantly in motion.
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It won't ever get old seeing pixels and code I worked on being used in Space by
@NASA
astronauts. Congrats to the
@SpaceX
Crew Displays Team members past and present who worked for years to make it happen.
#LaunchAmerica
Watch Crew-2 astronauts check in LIVE from space!
👀 Take a look inside
@SpaceX
’s Crew Dragon Endeavour currently on its way to the
@Space_Station
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Love seeing that UI......
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I love the rush that happens when you finish up a design & start cutting it up to bring to life. I love to design & build equally.
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I love the quiet time after 9:30pm when the family goes to bed and I get to just design, experiment and code.
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Take some time today to plan & organize your week so that you have a few hours dedicated to personal creative time. 3hrs x 52w = 156h. 156 hours is more than enough time to learn a new skill or launch a personal project that just might change your career or your life.
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I can't believe it's been 20 years. I still feel like I'm 27yo.
Web design trends 20 years ago
– Deeesign Aid
– Philweavers
– Pixelranger
– Quoob Design
#WebDesignHistory
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They've added Bob Ross painting videos to Netflix. I think I know what
@hemeon
is going to be doing for the next few days.
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You know your design is getting serious when you have to switch from PSD to PSB format...
#layersuponlayers
#mattepainting
#nosketchthx
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Today was a good day.
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I spend lots of time typing thoughtful responses to bad design twitter tweets. I usually delete before tweeting.
I've found that most people don't want unsolicited advice even if it would help. They also don't want to hear that solutions are often hard, complex or take time.
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@elonmusk
It is not an actionable item and is only useful to the author. It should only be visible when you go into the tweet as metadata. Just like time and date.
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"That artwork is rendered with Flash on top of the live video..if we change the design then it could take months to do because we'll need to find a Flash animator/developer and those are hard to find....." /me smiles and slowly raises hand....
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@DannPetty
I am 47.
Ageism is a thing and should be frowned upon just like other isms.
This is Twitter and everyone here has an opinion of an opinion of an opinion.
Everyone here needs a thick skin. (It's also very helpful in real life)
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Sometimes it's more valuable to be the outsider designing something you know absolutely nothing about. It allows you to listen to the issues w/ an open mind clear of historical baggage. You can potentially solve the problem in new or unexpected ways. (It can also fail miserably)
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Someone asked me to look at their Figma file today. My first comment was: "I really like what you did with 'Rectangle 17'. That's a nice touch."
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This is what excitement mixed with anxiety looks like. It even has its own smell.
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It's a pretty good feeling when the client grabs their phone in the middle of the meeting and starts taking pictures of the designs you just presented.
#happyfriday
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I just received some shirts I made for myself. Happy with the final results!
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Putting the words “Here’s why 👇” into your tweet is a immediate ignore from me on any topic. It’s a sign that you probably tweet bad design advice more than you actually design or do work.
I dream of a world where designers mostly tweet work not words (myself included)
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Everybody talking about playing Fortnite. I played 1v1 Quake III tonight with one of my best friends just like we did 18 years ago. Best first person shooter of all time.
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Pixels & code coming home!
The
@SpaceX
Crew-1 astronauts are suited up inside
#CrewDragon
Resilience ready to soar back to Earth and splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Florida at 2:57am ET today.
#LaunchAmerica
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I finally got around to writing an article about my LAUNCH IT microsite on
@fwa
. It’s hard to believe it’s been almost a year since the site launched and almost 2 years since I self-published the book.
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That magic moment when you think something is due Monday (and you'll be up all night) and the meeting gets moved to Wednesday.
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I just had a flashback to 1996 when we had to design with a 256 color "Web Safe" color palette and a 640x480 resolution.
#toughtimes
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Dear Jr Designers/Devs, STOP exporting large non-transparent PNGs for websites. PNGs ARE NOT COMPRESSED. File sizes are 5x > than JPG.
#thx
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It's always extra surreal to see something I designed on one of the screens in Mission Control at
@NASA_Johnson
in Houston.
Team work makes the dream work!🚀
Flight control teams at Johnson,
@Axiom_Space
, and
@SpaceX
will be working side by side monitoring the
#Ax2
crew during integrated operations as they near the
@Space_Station
. Docking coverage is set for May 22, 7:30am ET.
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There's always that one person who sucks your time or emotional energy and never gives anything back of value.
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My DMs are also open for anyone who ever needs to talk. 25 years into my career I've likely got experience in something you're struggling with professionally and possibly personally.
A must read for any designer struggling. My DMs are open for this... A designer’s guide to anxiety.
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Going back through some old design files from over 10 years ago. I am sad to say that I have found several places in which I did not name all of the folders and layers. I am disappointed with myself.
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When I tell people they should have a unique portfolio site, it's specifically because this site changed my life & career winning
@fwa
back in 2002. - /
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I always enjoy the spam emails that solicit for helping me design my site, fix my website errors and improve my SEO.
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UX in space: The role of human-centered design in space exploration
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Just received my
@gyroscope_app
annual report!!! Exciting to see everything I did last year visualized. Proud to have also helped design it.
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Looking for something to do? The Designer's Journey is a growing list of 900+ goals and achievements for designers of all experience levels, disciplines, and career phases to accomplish. Compare your total with friends and co-workers.
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At the end of every year I buy new external drives, transfer projects from previous years & add in my latest work from the past year. 1996-2018 are now archived.
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SpaceX talking about UI/UX in space! (And other topics)
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It feels like this was yesterday. I still can’t believe I was a part of it.
At 2:36 in the video my back and head make a cameo while working with
@Astro_Doug
and
@AstroBehnken
. I miss you two!!!
Today marks the fourth anniversary of Falcon 9 launching
@NASA
’s Demo-2 mission to the
@space_station
, returning human spaceflight to the United States
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I've been having fun creating t-shirts for myself the past few months. Some people expressed interest in getting their own so I posted a few of them to buy. US/Canada only for now. Print on demand. All sales go to support my daughters' college funds.
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Sometimes I want help on personal projects. But I don't really need help. But I kind of want help because I'm second guessing myself. Then I realize if I had help there would be more differences of opinion. So then I remind myself I don't need help. So confusing.
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The greatest motivation for being good isn’t just more $$$ or a title. It's the potential for increased freedom over your work/life/career
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@DannPetty
Here’s how I look at my life.
I worked my ass off in my 20s and 30s so that I had the OPPORTUNITY to prioritize my family & myself in my 40s (Currently 49).
If you’re lucky you can also make the money you want, still do creative projects you love & work less hours.
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Do or learn something today that your future designer self will thank you for. Little decisions both good and bad add up over the years.
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A project I completed almost 2 years ago is finally going live in the next few days. Definitely the longest I've ever waited to launch something. Feels anti-climactic.
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Great podcast with my creative brother
@ericjordan
. He talks about creativity, the early days of the web, design, flash and interactive UI/UX. I am forever in his debt for the things he taught me, giving me my first big job and all of the things we learned together.
New podcast chat w/ Mark Swaine @ UX Institute covering my journey, the
#Flash
era, founding 2Advanced Studios, building
#interactive
experiences, the overall state of the
#Web
+
#UX
, new technologies & the future. Deep thanks to Mark
@UX_UI_Guy
🙏
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The small 4”x6” pocket sized 2021 book edition of is up on Amazon.
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Excited that some of the stuff I've been designing for
@gyroscope_app
is close to being released
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The legendary
@DannPetty
is such an inspiration to myself, and the community. The Designer's Journey book/website contains many items inspired by his accomplishments and career. He is currently named 10x in the book. Thank you for all that you do Dann!
Look what I got in the mail from
@shanemielke
! It’s his new book—The Designer’s Journey 😍
Snag your copy for just $6
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I giggle anytime I post something on Dribbble and disable comments.
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@claudioguglieri
@repponen
@Upskydown
@brijanp
@Toy_Fight
@davidnavarro
@EpicallyHarshed
@robbincenijn
@iamharaldur
@gregmwashington
@lifeasdave
2010 I was working on the Lord of the Rings: War in the North Video game UI
and website (pre-responsive) -
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I archived some of the
#WebGL
animations I did for the Us Open - Sessions Project -
http://t.co/guITePZ5J0
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Finalizing the LAUNCH IT
#webgl
location map. If you have the book & haven’t tweeted a photo, please post @ me to have special viz on map
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Excited to finally have the time to sit down and add some new achievements to my "The Designer's Journey" project and then relaunch the book and website with 2024 content.
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Just took a 15 minute break in the middle of the day to practice Lacrosse with my 12yo daughter. This is why I choose to work from home.
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