Not mad about it

Who’s giving up AI for Lent?

This week’s newsletter is about raising children. Not that I am an expert. But I’ve done it. buttondown.com/monteiro/arc...

happy half price box of chocolates at the drugstore eve to all who celebrate

from the people that brought you all of this the star wars jedi team at respawn is now hiring for 12 roles www.respawn.com/careers-list...

Everything sucks. We are all overwhelmed. What can we do? Well… we can help others. Let’s help some Brooklyn Park, Minnesota folks make their rent payments. We're going to clear the board, folks get their rent money, and it’s gonna feel amazing. Wins all around! www.gofundme.com/f/minnesota-...

My book, Accessibility For Everyone, is now free and online as a website. accessibilityforeveryone.site The book was first published by A Book Apart in 2017 but it holds up! It covers web accessibility for designers, developers, content folks, and really everyone who works in tech.

Kicked the tires on Figma’s extended collections and hoo boy are my colleagues in for a treat

'A sea of people': Thousands turn out for anti-ICE march in downtown Minneapolis

Would you like to work with me? 👋🏻 I’m currently helping to strengthen the existing design systems team at Kesko and we’re looking for a nice & talented designer/developer to join us. arielsalminen.com/2026/hiring-...

turns out letting a cadre of circus peanuts run rampant on your government for the lulz has uh downstream impacts. news at 11

Executives don’t want to just sell juice. They want to empower you with an agentic, customizable, and seamless juice experience. But no one has stopped to think about what any of that actually means, so the product becomes shit. Before designing a "solution," you need to design the problem.

Stay safe out there

The music, the editing, the flow… such a feel-good skate video — youtu.be/0aUbimOURT0 From Monster Children's article: Best Skate Parts of 2025 www.monsterchildren.com/articles/mon...

Getting back on a skateboard and pushing around with my son makes me feel wonderful.

Just one day left to get your answers in for The Question! I’m joining @bencallahan.com to explore the design system learning curve. Do you work with design systems? Are you just starting out in design systems? We’d really love your input… bit.ly/answerTheQue...

Digging my new Magic tee. Play the song!

Alright coming back to my #gamedev network with some open roles. Full remote, and official job posting will be coming next week. This is not in game dev sadly but the work is impactful. I have 4 open reqs, looking to fill with full-stack engineers, mobile experience is a huge plus. (1/?)

Maybe, in the spring, the ice will melt

Thinking of using likes as a reverse bookmark so that when the app refreshes I know when to stop scrolling

A reminder to all design sytem folks - the Design System Report survey closes in less than 10 days! We've already had 88 folks fill it in, but we'd love loads more, so if you could fill it in (and then share it!) I will love you forever report.zeroheight.com

Going great here at the robot show

I am on the lookout for a contract games designer for paid work. Preferably with experience in Unreal and at least 1 shipped game (due to the responsibilities). Remote Australia, VIC preference but not required. Send them my way for a chat!

Last chance to download! LL Agip77 is free for download until Jan. 1 at Lineto.com LL Agip77 is the third font in a series of design exer­cises play­fully reflect­ing on the DNA of Lineto’s neo-grotesk super­fam­ily, LL Unica77.

One of my goals for bsky has been to rebuild Design Twitter. But what we got instead was something better: Design Bsky.

another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls

We’re doing hood rat stuff at the Hyams house

Hope he got a stocking full of coal

If you are leaving Twitter and want to follow some wonderful games User Research and Games UX folks then these two starter packs are super handy! Games User Research: go.bsky.app/D1E7MxP

“i can tell from the pixels” : 1998 :: ”i can tell because that nose is a toe” : 2025

The Asian lantern festival at the local zoo was pretty fun

If we are banning cell phones for kids we need to be talking about banning chatbots for boomers www.persuasion.community/p/my-chatgpt...

My book is delayed and you can help! The illustrator I had is too busy to engage in the 35 UI illustrations needed to complete the book. If you are or know of an illustrator that has time to deliver UI illustrations soon please let me know! 🙏

If it ain’t broke then don’t “fix” it

Here's the free tip about federal digital service surfe teams, bringing out of context staff & throwing them at problems solves very little unless they have a mandate, expertise in the areas where they are parachuting in. Most of all without knowledge transfer it'll be wasted effort.

We're hiring at Arcanaut Studios with our project Star Wars Fate of the Old Republic. Take a look: www.arcanautstudios.com/careers

The more CSS focuses on typography the more we can convince designers that it's the best design tool for the web IMO. Love to see it.

We’re hiring for a ✨UI Designer II✨ role at Owlchemy Labs - if you think you’d be a fit, we’d love to hear from you! 🎉💖 apply.workable.com/owlchemy-lab...

KFC is opening a Saucy location nearby. Is this a good thing?

#Jamaica is still recovering from #HurricaneMelissa, and could use all the help we can offer. I’m throwing a fundraiser bashment on Wednesday, joined by DJ Mensa, Kadhja Bonet & Sydanie so pull up if you’re in Toronto, or send a donation! 🎫 luma.com/61mub41j

Redesigning parental controls should be the new redesigning boarding passes.

Hey all, The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships. Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits. You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.

Free product idea: Cable management but my back still works after doing it.

The ICE secret police have kidnapped and disappeared this child. It's unconscionable what these sadistic racists are doing to children and their families.

Man, I can skate in my garage for 30 minutes and my old body feels like it did a HIIT workout.

this role is still open and we're actively hiring; if you're an expert in unreal materials this is a great opportunity to work on our little corner of star wars

I WANT a ceiling. We need a maximum wealth law. No one needs a billion dollars. Strong floor and a sensible ceiling is how you heat a house.

Not for nothing Elphaba has a wicked 3 shove

Error messages (for bugs and game states) are worth spending some time on from a UX Research perspective Is the language clear in them or is expert tech speak? Do they provide information that the error happened, why it happened, and how to fix it?