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This great story about how the calculator was designed on the Mac.
Things like this are why I am not too concerned about AI, there will always be humans making wonderful things just because they can.
Things are feeling really gloomy in UX right now

At Linear, I’ve found a rare kind of playground, a place where focus and clarity are genuinely built into the culture. With less than three hours of meetings per week, I’ve had the space to fully immerse myself in design work: exploring ideas, refining interactions, and polishing details. It’s not just about having fewer meetings. The async-first culture fosters trust and precision in communication, which results in less distractions and more intentional work.

Watching

I believe the term is "Shit or Bust"

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Basement Files 92

Basement Files 92

Reading "The first 10 years of your career are for learning what you want to do. The next 10 are for getting great at it. The next 10 are for making an impact and making money.” The worst-case scenario is someone looking up to pop stars or athletes for

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Reading Career paths aren’t linear progressions. They’re complex graphs of relationships, often invisible until you step back and map them. Each node represents not just a job or a skill, but a person who took a chance, offered guidance, or simply showed up at the right moment. Don’

Basement Files 89

Basement Files 89

On Quality Great design springs from personal conviction, not just objective analysis. Instead of striving for objectivity—which can compromise your vision and potential—design something that inspires you. The quality of your designs is directly correlated to how well you understand the underlying problem. More often than not we

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Basement Files 88

Reading "In a world where we can outsource productivity to technology, the people who reap the biggest rewards aren’t those who work the fastest. They’re the people who make things that are wonderful, original, weird, emotionally resonant & authentic." First we make the new tool fit