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Jeff Golenski
Staying focused by shifting focus.
As designers, we have a single task. Finding a solution to a problem. No matter what discipline of design we work in, the premise is always the same. A problem exists and we need a remedy. But the thing is—problems are sometimes hard… really hard. Depending on the scope of the issue, finding the answer often…
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John Maeda
June 2017 Digest
Creative Leadership: Critical Thinking Brie Anne Demkiw (#) “Kill Your Darlings” Rick Banister (#) “Remote Leadership” David A. Kennedy (#) “How to Know When to Walk Away from a Project” Tammie Lister (#) “Designing contributions” Design Standards: In The Flow Jay Koster (#) “Designing products for efficiency” Laurel Fulford (#) “Consistency isn’t just good for…
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John Maeda
June 2017 Digest
Creating New Paths: Imagination and Execution Kjell Reigstad (#) “The ‘Smashing Things Together’ Approach to Editorial Illustration” Ashley vonClausberg (#) “Using Stock Photography to Elevate Small Campaigns” Designing Inclusively: The Vital Frontier Joan Rho (#) “Democratizing Identity” Marina Pape (#) “Inclusive Marketing” Designing Computationally: The New Frontier Gareth Allison (#) “Same same, but different” Allan…
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Kelly Hoffman
Should designers API?
There’s plenty of discussions on the internet about whether or not designers should code, but what about API’s? Hear me out. I’m going to tell you about a project I’m working on and how I went from knowing almost nothing about API’s to knowing a little more than nothing and along the way, discovered how…
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Rick Banister
Remote Leadership
I believe remote work is the future. I’ve been working as a designer for Automattic for three years and I worked from home half time the two years prior. Before that I did freelance work on nights and weekends at my dining room table. Working remotely allowed my wife and I to move from Philadelphia…
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Ola Bodera
The Art of Shipping and Fulfillment
Over the last 3 months, we’ve been thinking a lot about shipping and fulfillment on the WooCommerce team. When the thought of shipping comes to mind for most people, it usually goes something like this – “It’s not that complicated. You just mail an item to someone by going to the post office.” Yes, it…
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sarah semark
Teaching robots to steal my job
Have you heard about the robot revolution? According to the internet, it’s coming, and it’s coming for your job. As “creative” types, we often feel that we’re sheltered from automation. Sure, a robot can beat a human at Go, but can they pick a colour scheme?
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Dan Hauk
Don’t forget the emails
Have you ever signed up for a new site or product, forgotten about it, only to remember later when you check your inbox and see the welcome email? What if that email looked nothing like the service you signed up for? It would lead to a lot of questions in your mind, rather than a…
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Dave Whitley
Designing icons for Gridicons
Gridicons is our open source icon set for WordPress.com. No one works on it full-time, but it’s a passion project for a handful of designers at Automattic. Icon design is a nice break from regular work, and it’s something you can start and finish in less than a day.
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Eduardo Villuendas
La personalización como feedback
Would you like to read this post in English? Google Translate does a pretty good job translating it! Automattic es conocida por sus productos más visibles: WordPress.com, Jetpack, WooCommerce, Simplenote… Herramientas utilizadas por millones de usuarios, en las que trabajamos a diario (¡y duramente!) para mejorar. Pero en Automattic no solo desarrollamos las herramientas que todo…
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