So, France wants to send a letter to 29 years old, to remind them about how their biological clock can affect fertility. Meanwhile, endometriosis, which is a disease that touches 1/10 person with a uterus and usually has a strong negative effect on fertility, is barely studied? Yeah, love the irony

Looking forward to the Green Day x Bad Bunny concert. I'm just not sure about the dudes running with a ball as mid concert entertainment, sounds cheap 😁

Rah I wish I was the kind of person who can quote a 2010 study, and call it a day. But my brain goes: it's been, 16 years ago, are those numbers still relevant? So, anyone knows of some updated studies on cost of fixing defects, in design, dev, implementation, testing, post release?

The inaugural edition of The CSS Selection is out! Super interesting look into how the top 100k sites use CSS. I very happily sponsored Barts work on this, go check it out!

"Create something before deciding on a solution. If people attempt to start projects with a solution, define the problem and scope first. Agree on working on the problem without committing to the solution."

We often call “dropdown” any list of vertical options. But there are different options on how to build those. Vitaly Friedman gives great form UX tips by to help you understand the difference, and when to use which. The goal is really to be consistent when talking with the people on your project.

Nest components, like buttons inside a clickable card, are always a tricky pattern. @ericwbailey.websiteBailey shows you how to make it work, with a couple of CSS lines, and semantic HTML, do not nest links within buttons!

Working theory: the Bridgerton boyz are orange cats. They share one brain cell. Benedict didn't have it when he asked her to be his Mistress. That's the most plausible explanation. Sorry not sorry 😅 (Didn't read the books, apparently the timeline is longer in there so it makes more sense-ish?)

Another must-read by @stephaniewalter.bsky.social! Discover how to design beyond the happy path in #designsystems, including... 👉 Design for technical states 👉 Design for flexibility across layouts and containers 👉 Design for inclusive interactions 👉 Design for user preferences and environments

Twist your brain, with the Thatcher Effect: the faces are wrong, but they seem right upside down, because our brain loves to make sense of things, even when they don't. (rotation animations might be motion sickness triggering) optical.toys/thatcher-eff...

Do you ever stumble upon a blog post and go "yep, dude is dead, and got replaced by an AI to make us believe he's not, it's the only thing that could make sense at this point"?

Same content, different impact: Diana Khalipina demonstrates how the same card component, will be perceived differently for different disabled users. Sometimes clarity for one person means confusion, stress or exclusion for another. a11yblog.com/2026/01/30/h...

Happy February! First newsletter issue of this perfect month (that's a reference to the practice coding question 👀) is out! cassidoo.co/newsletter

I think I need a "XX days since I didn't break anything" little calendar in my kitchen. But let's face it: it won't need 2 digits. Ever. It's also another proof that I'm a cat: I must test gravity once a week, to make sure it still works, it's in my life mission. You are welcome for my service.

I'm absolutely self-conscious about the way I say "for sure" now. Raaaah.

Tool of the day: Make Graph is a data visualization library to help you build graphs and charts. I like that it also has nice explanations for when to use each type of charts, with specific use cases. Very helpful when you are not a dataviz expert! makegraph.app/

How do you expect to push accessibility requirements like "all fields have labels" and "don't use placeholders in place of labels" when one of the most used UI Framework out there puts the label as false (hidden) by default in their Figma (paid) library and the placeholder as true?? I'm, annoyed.

Sound on the web has been overused and became annoying. But, sound itself isn’t the problem, it’s how and when it’s used. Sound should complement visuals, not replace them. It can add a powerful extra layer to your interface.

My curated weekly newsletter is out. This week includes sad accessibility predictions, a free accessibility book and some manipulative buttons. Also: some art exploring adult issues, a font tools and an SVG stroke animator. 👉🏻 stephaniewalter.design/blog/pixels-...

So... Helping other passenger get the 5 pigeons out of the train so that we can continue our journey was most certainly not on my to-do list today. I mean at least it brought some fun in a day of otherwise canceled train mayhem.

My brain is such a little troll. I overly stress in advance when I travel because some trains or flights might get cancelled and I won't make it in time. And when it happens, I'm chill, calm, numb going "well I shall arrive when I arrive what else am I going to do". I want that chill before. Meeeh!

When you are a UX researcher who can create her own workshop cards because you also have all the craft material at home for your sticker shop, hehe. I've been working on some cards to map accessibility barriers in public spaces (museums and beyond).

A literal book coming out this year, Named for exactly that reason: thecanarycode.com Best of 🍀& 💪 & ❤️‍🩹

Kids Toys, Adult Issues, Andrew Sahlstrom uses nostalgic toy-like sculptures to explore difficult adult themes like grief, addiction, anxiety, and mortality. The aesthetics is plastic, colorful, playful yet, which makes this honestly unsettling. shampoooty.myportfolio.com/port

Welcome to the "I told you so" week, where, everything I predicted happened. I need a shirt. Or a mug. Folks, please listen to your resident neurodivergent person. Many of us have high pattern recognition, which means that we are the canaries in the cold mine.

Question for people taking trains in Belgium: the PDF says you must print the ticket, but do they accept the PDF? Because, after printing 20 sheets double sized on 160gsm for my workshop, my printer decided that also printing the train ticket was too much and won't connect anymore to the macbook.

This week's fun object is, a giant spool table, it’s a statement for sure, but I still love it. yetch.studio/products/spo... I think it would go well with the giant BIC lamp from last week in case you missed it (shopdecor.com/products/sel...)

My buddy and I are running a UX book club, and the next thing we want to read is a book not written by a white guy. I’m looking for recommendations – thank you! Already on our list: - Brenda Laurel, Computers As Theatre - Erika Hall, Just Enough Research - Lucy Suchman, Plans and Situated Actions

Another "I don't like what he says, but I sadly agree" article this week: CTAs hierarchy. It changed from "what's best for the user" primary action, alternative as secondary, to "what's best for the company" (primary) what's acceptable for users (secondary). Yup, yup, raging yup By @jim-nielsen.com

I’m often asked for accessibility resources for beginners. @laurakalbag.bsky.social's book has been my go to. It’s clear, practical, and works for designers, developers, and anyone involved in building products. The best part: it’s now free and available online. Bookmark it. Read it. Share it!

I would like to thank anyone who named the Material UI React framework "MUI" for giving me the opportunity to meow in the office, because I've decided it will be knows as the "Meeeeww Framework", since I've zero attention span and always read it "MIU" in my head.

Tool of the day you might want to bookmark: Font Mojo is simple online tool to compare the same text in multiple fonts. Very useful when searching for a heading font, or designing logos fontmojo.com/

Am I the only one who feels stuck in a loop, where - people answer email using AI - recipient asks another AI to translate it to "human readable language" because the AI fluff is unreadable - same recipient then uses AI, to answer yet another more unreadable stuff, to said email - rinse and repeat ?

The designer’s happy path is only a fraction of the real experience. On zeroheight’s blog, I share a practical checklist to design components that survive loading, error, empty and offline states, real content, and diverse users. Less Figma fantasy. More reality!

In this essay, I'll explain, why quoting magical UX numbers dating from 1956 and debunked by their author, makes you look very unprofessional and is damaging the whole UX research profession... (that's my polite version)

I don’t like his predictions. But I can’t disagree with @ericwbailey.website. I’m already seeing the grifters circling, selling fake fixes and performative compliance. Just like with cookies. Accessibility deserves better than checkbox contracts and automated snake oil.

My curated weekly newsletter is out. This week: confusing macOS icons, why humanity over automation matters, and red flags for soul-crushing jobs. Plus: death to scroll fades, a giant BIC lamp, and a fun LinkedIn title maxximizer and more! 👉🏻 stephaniewalter.design/blog/pixels-...

I need a fan fiction where Frieren meets Esquie (expedition 33). Nothing lewd, just, the calm quite fun of those two people going hehe, wee, woo. He would show her rocks, she would show him her hoard of useless items and useless spells, they would have tea, and it would be the cosiest ever.

Dear friends, I'm now entering a morning period as the traditional Galette des Rois à la Frangipane officially vanished from the stores and I will need to wait a whole year to get it back. I thank you for your patience and support during those sugary dire times.

New travel rules for service dogs were meant to stop abuse, but they mostly punish disabled travelers. Imagine having to fill a form on a website that often doesn’t work with your screenreader, with fields that get repeated, to then have another untrained dog bark at yours.

Another episode of "forms in the wild", the series, where I share with you that, forms are still a mess, and we still need UX designers and UX writers in 2026 (and testers)

Real question for neurodivergent folks: how do you deal with it, when, part of your stimming self regulation routines is singing and dancing, and you were told to try to mask less in the office because it's draining you? Do you warn your colleagues, do you keep masking?

Looking for your next design job? Into Design Systems brings you a nice jobs directory where you can filter by countries, city (including remote/hybrid): jobs.intodesignsystems.com/

The irony of everyone chasing the same AI strategy is that it eliminates competitive advantage. When everyone optimizes for the same thing, nobody stands out. But a company that deliberately chooses humanity over automation? Right now that’s an admirable decision and a signal customers can’t ignore

An industrial design becomes iconic when form outlives function and enters collective memory. I present, the Seletti x BIC lamp pen lamp: same silhouette. Different job. I love it. shopdecor.com/products/sel...

Seven questions to sanity check jobs by Anil Dash: are they actually making things better, who really funds them, and are their success assumptions realistic? Also, talk to workers you trust, then get specific about pay, power and resources from day one. Because you deserve a job that respects you!

As a Teams user with no memory of names, working with 5 Dave, I want to secretly rename people just for me in the Teams interface, So that I can easily remember who is who: - Dave Front-End - Dave PO - Dave Java - Dave Bringer of Cupcakes - Dave 8th Floor Who is this Guy Again? #Microsoft

I hate scroll fading, I'm not the only one, sometimes it's hard to convince people. @dbushell.com brought you the perfect "a picture is worth a thousand words", enjoy the horrible experience of trying to read this article. dbushell.com/2026/01/09/d...

Optimize your LinkedIn profile headline for recruiters, with this must have growth hacking secret tool all the influencers are keeping from you. But today, I say No to the gate keeping!! The "Figma Prisoner" makes me finally feel seen! jobtitlemaxxing.com/

It's freezing outside but Frieren is back with all the fun German character names Ja Ja Jaaaaa!