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Some good reads, a 🧵

https://matthewstrom.com/writing/ui-density/?ref=sidebar

https://www.doc.cc/articles/process?ref=sidebar

Interesting report on sentiment of designers in 2024 https://matejlatin.com/blog/designer-engagement-report/?ref=sidebar

The 1% rule of communities https://verygoods.co/smallness

I really like this idea of calendar layers. Particularly that meetings could have blocked time before/after and that meeting agendas feel like a nested layer on top. https://julian.digital/2023/07/06/multi-layered-calendars/

The T vs V shape point is pedantic, but I really appreciate the design roles visualizations https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2024/06/t-shaped-vs-v-shaped-designers/?ref=uxdesignweekly

The Designer's Growth Model Pretty interesting take on design maturity https://medium.com/design-leadership-notebook/the-designers-growth-model-8240dafb7137

Easy to digest set of guidelines for tables. I like the options for row heights (40, 48, 56). I would rework that to be padding options instead of fixed heights but I like it. Data Table Design Patterns https://bootcamp.uxdesign.cc/data-table-design-patterns-4e38188a0981

I like how clear the steps are here. And specifically, the callout that not all steps must happen. It's an idealistic perfect-world process, but pick the tools you need to do the job. A Practical Guide to Design System Components:...

https://redesigningdesign.systems/component-process/getting-started.html

I didn't know there was a term for this but I've definitely known people (myself) who thought this way. The design purity trap & how to avoid it https://substack.com/home/post/p-145963044?ref=uxdesignweekly

I still think crypto was a solution trying to find a problem, but this is a really good read on delight in design and crafting details Family Values https://benji.org/family-values

A good overview of what value-pricing is and how to roughly estimate Don't Get Paid What You're Worth https://danmall.com/posts/dont-get-paid-what-youre-worth/

Some very useful advice for portfolio presentations. How to give a great product design portfolio presentation https://brianlovin.com/writing/how-to-give-a-great-product-design-portfolio-presentation

A really interesting take on setting accurate and correct expectations for projects. Underpromise, Overdeliver: The Greatest Lie a Business Consultant Ever Told https://danmall.com/posts/underpromise-overdeliver-the-greatest-lie-a-business-consultant-ever-told/

I appreciate the clarity of the different type of systems you can be thinking in. Five Models for Making Sense of Complex Systems https://eleganthack.com/five-models-for-making-sense-of-complex-systems/

After ping-ponging between enterprise and startup, this description rings very true. The Startup Designer https://paulstamatiou.com/the-startup-designer