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"we're also moving to a world of serving consumers one to one, [and] that naturally fights off bots attacks because now we're starting to develop individual relationships." https://www.engadget.com/2017/11/06/nike-snkrs-augmented-reality-bots/

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sunday mornings with tübi https://buffer-media-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/55f6e086539e95d018a73a52/5a92d73df78c53ce0f6f21ce/8e96009229fedff5ce9b430e1e3abd91.original.jpg

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the details, the details ... https://buffer-media-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/5a8e233fcc4b26003ec7a053/88dab8d9c407566d7a01564efa23f3e31a9ede2f_482eb734e4ae449f5eedabe702d0075281eaf2f6_twitter

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today’s temporary office https://buffer-media-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/55f6e086539e95d018a73a52/5a8ddbedf44702b723a81d36/256db87e3c5be2b17af66b9153b918e8.original.jpg

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🔅🔆🐞🔆🔅 https://buffer-media-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/5a8b73fc846cf76143665ca5/377cb7046071db56fe57625bfa9d8e9efd0fe5bf_44e119116c125c904138709fe85a0b813092019c_twitter

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the hotter the core, the coarser the pattern https://buffer-media-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/5a8b745a2a78ab2904665ca7/7601ab41cfd20522bedf598913073f3e445ed99f_9f8f0b2574b4cbf12552970fa7c539395814e1f3_twitter

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recent @nytimes quality is illegibly terrible; reads like no-one cares about the physical copies any longer. what happens when the offset printers are run by folks raised in the digital age? https://buffer-media-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/5a8a3be5846cf7dd04c9ee40/250b678c10cf7697ab78e5540e77461823d112ad_a7c7f19ed055058f16d228ee09d5d657c3fc230e_twitter

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rivulets in the ice. https://buffer-media-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/5a8a381ef447024204c9ee42/2c9cbaae29dee0a4395656610db4db3ebcb16320_91611023935c749a6d2cb7d148bcb87c559736d6_twitter

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gaping maw: my personal metaphor for this platform https://buffer-media-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/5a8a36eef44702857cc9ee3e/446aef607a449ea5efb6eab54a8b21a41eee5404_87e9661b14ce4631fd8a8188ba766b3b7190b6e5_twitter

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downmarket moving up, skipping over mass. curious to see if high fashion’s coming embrace of sneaker culture and streetwear will harm the fervent insider base. somewhat feels like the end of disco; so, what’s next? https://buffer-media-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/5a8a337502d772e927c9ee3b/685a837ce8ddeffaff4eb89943de53a41d9284ef_70b6d151d525682e1a39a660910b360044d0e814_twitter

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a 🦖 for every nook. https://buffer-media-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/5a89d307846cf7450fd202c6/36502c0fd982022560cbcfcb91225fc54051a6e9_a4f837cfacd48a47a676a2705074e12c30c73d65_twitter

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“Novelty is insidious and commonly misperceived as innovation or optimization.“ https://design.quora.com/Awareness-At-Scale

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“What Is Amazing” By Heather Christle http://therumpus.net/2012/11/what-is-amazing-by-heather-christle/

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hells yes @andreacrofts! “When we bring research to the table, the inherent subjectivity of the design is diminished, and it opens the door to more objective conversations around product decision-making.” https://medium.com/uxresearchto/uxrto-conference-preview-7-in-conversation-with-andr%C3%A9a-crofts-a60d496462cf

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🕷🕸🕷🕸🕷🕸🕷🕸🕷🕸 🕷🕸🕷🕸🕷🕸🕷🕸🕷🕸 🕷🕸🕷🕸🕷🕸🕷🕸🕷🕸 🕷🕸🕷🕸🕷🕸🕷🕸🕷🕸 https://buffer-media-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/5a824c5e02d7729516b607d4/cfd759fbae0f26a2b29f75dea11a95ef9d5e9bea_6859ca589ce39681b54a4d428c703ef28a29dcbd_twitter

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gorgeous. https://buffer-media-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/5a7e5520846cf70058319545/ce0a76f6b1d6bfe98b29422f5649a4299f6f2a90_e83955c8419bd31f0ddc2bee6468c000ad5142a9_twitter

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King's Dead (Instrumental) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlgNQhWvNnQ

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“It feels wasteful to take small steps — especially steps that may be rewritten — when you know your destination. We’re impatient creatures.” https://hackernoon.com/we-cant-do-that-in-one-sprint-a6780d67480

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"Solutions need understanding, too" https://blog.prototypr.io/the-circle-of-product-design-6c78ade2010e

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“Rather than designers only staying within the comfortable walls of their static design tools, encourage pairing with developers to ensure the design vision makes its way into the actual code that will be deployed to real products.” http://bradfrost.com/blog/post/your-sketch-library-is-not-a-design-system/

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taking a photo of someone taking a photo of someone taking a photo of themselves. selfie inception. https://buffer-media-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/5a7b8ca9310a005743d74301/95e4c32f190b4fa0172dd5b56dfa6df59087214f_1bcdffdcb70abd0f4924f53e0cfedfb447841d41_twitter

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can’t lie: pretty deeply into the craftsmanship on the model steam trains in the OT train station - each tiny gear, driver, and gauge. https://buffer-media-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/5a7b0ee3b81a53a21901ae0f/8562774a0dbf1bc76d1a3dacc80b37e772803872_c744cf023d6f17d0c379119874c4fbfea9a0d6d1_twitter

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the scale of the ambitions of @Shopify as a company/network are second only to the clarity of vision (and dedicated focus) of the thousands of amazing people in this room. #LifeAtShopify https://buffer-media-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/5a78daff846cf7aa0efa6ab8/99308924d71e270d95183b5b492b45926b12f1d7_0ce3713c76cf7263cab1906a1246ff8053c1b3ad_twitter

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often, the most impactful design is the erasure of design https://buffer-media-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/55f6e086539e95d018a73a52/5a7760d2846cf7f10af54dd7/c6980b2ffeaa1f6730cbbe54fc387bf0.original.jpg

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so excited for everyone at @loblawdigital to see this one ship. worked on the digital arm of this new program for about a year - very complex project with many constraints, but the whole team rallied around the customer journey, across channels. let’s go spend some points! ;) https://buffer-media-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/5a73bf1abfd67eec7973f104/cee2f6d02f4811158f9f59e3865f27d1bad21e0e_d2bceb6bfcf267163356f52aaf26f6d472b1fa78_twitter

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love these package designs for Dr. Jart+ by Pentagram https://www.pentagram.com/work/dr-jart/story

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🙌 - jony ive https://buffer-media-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/5a6e54c1cb78982b779b27ee/32f21dcd109844d3d0de4ae3b25a90bdb2e78dc1_8fb61917e5155a3fb9a6d954120188952beffed6_twitter

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retweet/favorite metrics have only been visible for 4 years https://buffer-media-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/5a6df2ae52f440163812e196/4a4c214195316d692e798e7c8d9c2fafadbeb3e5_7c5d381da74d7a8914e05dab9e2f650baea94a87_twitter

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bots are taking over. but growth is growth, right? https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/01/27/insider/twitter-buy-followers-bots-investigation-devumi.html?referer=https://www.google.ca/

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‘Handbags can teach technologists a lot about product design, but first and foremost, it teaches us that humans are not “rational” beings, but complex, emotional, and culturally aware.’ http://www.samladner.com/the-desirability-of-handbags/

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“At Amazon we’d always start with the customer and work backwards. You can’t completely prove something before building, but you need to be able to make reasonable inferences. There should be a model that can predict relative success.” paraphrasing @sladner 🙌 @sats_ko @elledog https://buffer-media-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/5a6a991709293bf206c2a333/6c0847d05bd08929d90e7b4d322065b9599c1542_4a99855a387ecf071169024cd37fbf6c3840f5f9_twitter

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big morning showing off some of the latest Shopify Garage projects to some very important VIPs. ps: we’re hiring for product design and design research roles. drop me a line ;) https://buffer-media-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/5a665b1fcb7898056287be48/59be30a7fea9035125a312a7964c31be6a203a3b_c00d81123527060c60bc8e7c4ba9414a955bc354_twitter

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first swing at the OP-1 https://soundcloud.com/user-582968527/standing-pat

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first swing at the OP-1: https://soundcloud.com/user-582968527/standing-pat

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dimbo https://buffer-media-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/5a63ea1f70e79101744740e4/bcf37601501891c85496e82f3c75151a2d7b0bf5_f67fd5dfe467b89444ef611bfd76dd4b6ba02838_twitter

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dombu https://buffer-media-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/5a63ea3d52f440174d4740e4/d23827b87617e5260ce604eae71c2cd8db146c7a_9b2b9dfe0ca8b2a93ae48b21825adef7f1bb88af_twitter

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the tron and tron reconfigured albums have been staple headphone heads-down working soundtracks for the past 7 years - actually watching the movie again is a little surreal. happy to say it’s still ridiculous but gorgeous. https://buffer-media-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/5a582b3af957365d1b4cd064/74e33e80a4596f1f0c0f1dd18f3605956f140b34_592dee41f26a5ec51dd567886b77aa2a0ebf0217_twitter

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“Huawei Technologies and ZTE Inc., were a national security threat because of their attempts to extract sensitive information from American companies and their loyalties to the Chinese government. “ http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/09/us/us-panel-calls-huawei-and-zte-national-security-threat.html

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“The annual tech trade show seems less about real innovation breakthroughs solving unmet needs and more about incrementally improved nice-to-haves for the 1%.” CES 2018: less 'whoa', more 'no!' – tech fails to learn from its mistakes at annual pageant https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jan/10/consumer-electonrics-show-ces-2018-lack-of-innovation?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

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teenage engineering is one of the most interesting companies in the world right now. https://teenage.engineering/designs/H

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re-installing slack after the holidays: https://buffer-media-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/55f6e086539e95d018a73a52/5a517a27c01c632211e7aa4d/1e32f5cc7374b6e26db309a0f2d0f9d6.original.gif

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aight 2018, let’s 💃🏻 💃🏻 💃🏻 https://buffer-media-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/55f6e086539e95d018a73a52/5a5179b6bee24a0a43df2b60/a15666ea66fcf9fa78f967fba7bfd58d.original.gif

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dreams: Big Cabin | Little Cabin | Renée del Gaudio Architecture http://www.rdg-architecture.com/work/big-cabin-little-cabin/

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Blade Runner 2049 - VFX Breakdown https://vimeo.com/248179339

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these textiles by @yawtonyy are 😍 https://buffer-media-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/5a4f8e01bee24ac31eaabbbd/ac9c5f9ccfa6be60bace668899a50aebf6d2c526_f8dbabe5b4b8e380c782708b30bb66251c959627_twitter

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after dropping and shattering another bodum beaker, i’ve decided to upgrade our lives https://buffer-media-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/5a4e3b2f708367675959259d/d8235b7956d71c144b64dd1d5f561d9f2dfa41e9_7f5e1c2dbbc1ecb0af09f68af96ca3d38441fa48_twitter

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📷: Lee Friedlander. “Boston, Massachusetts.” 1985. Gelatin silver print. MOMA, NY. https://buffer-media-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/5a4bd1d21f913d95741ee5b0/56a800ac72e5aa311dbf3234e4d861e05e7bb156_c726e2908dc20d04b70cb81cc65b0457c5721a33_twitter

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alphonse mucha’s poster for sarah bernhardt, 1894 https://buffer-media-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/5a498dc609df6a07747b917c/781d83f31ad4582d7837e648c36fd84f6d8bdb80_99e24b1e9cc41d9386ffc1bbc1225e989c808f0c_twitter

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“Companies who want to win must adopt a more aggressive strategy for embracing technology on the edge of the innovation curve.” https://designmind.frogdesign.com/2017/12/lessons-learned-from-the-hype-cycle/

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“The most effective way to define and deliver on innovative experiences that are embraced by customers is to focus on the customer journey and execute with multidisciplinary teams including strategy, design and technology.” https://designmind.frogdesign.com/2017/12/lessons-learned-from-the-hype-cycle/