Aaron Ang

design practice // recreating icons from lucide.dev

design exploration // side-by-side git diff with curved connectors

design exploration // side-by-side git diff

A quick morning experiment.

Is ChatGPT killing higher education? Which companies are working through this problem today? Definitely recommend everyone to listen to this podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

Exploring a different mode for AI coding agents.

Learning some Blender this weekend. Any advice on where to start?

Recap of my design explorations this week.

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I strongly believe that design craft will be a differentiator in the era of AI. That's why I've decided to allocate at least 30 minutes a day for play, experimentation, and exploration. Here is a recap of the past couple of weeks. #designsky

Really liking monospaced typefaces recently. Do you have any favorite monospace typeface?

Do people ever get anything insightful out of NPS?

Design exploration for filters. Any favorite filtering patterns?

What do you think of this design exploration for pinning chats in Google Gemini?

Design exploration for time marks in the video editor.

Further design exploration for timeline editing.

Design exploration for the timeline editor.

Next step: setting target allocation and connecting brokerage accounts #ux #designsky

Working on an investment portfolio rebalancing concept.

It's been a while since I designed something in my free time.

I'm concerned about short-form video content. A quick search yields dozens of research papers finding evidence that short-form video content negatively impacts attention spans. I've also heard a lot of anecdotal evidence. Big companies just want more engagement, but at what cost?

Aren't most companies just working in a waterfall approach disguised as agile?

Delightful feature of the day: switching devices for an on-going Zoom call. It's so convenient and smooth! #designsky

It feels weird to already say "happy holidays" or "see you next year" to some coworkers in the office—one of the oddities of working in an optional hybrid environment.

I ran a usability study today and forgot to change the access settings for the Figma prototype. Had to figure out on-the-go how to change it while the participant was waiting 🫣 #designsky

Today, I learned why the Chart Increasing 📈 emoji uses a red line. In Japan, where emojis originated, red is traditionally used to indicate increases in stock values. #designsky

I can't wait for a future where we can bring AR glasses to the cinema and connect them to the closed captioning system. The current closed captioning devices are quite clunky to set up. AR glasses recording movies would be an issue though.

Does anyone get these on macOS? No clue what software is updating.

Why do we use the word "resources" to refer to our coworkers? Why don't we just say "people"? Before: We don't have enough resources for this project. After: We don't have enough people for this project. Someone please help me understand.

This is the worst. It's almost 2 AM and I can't fall asleep. I keep thinking about what I want to do with my career 🫠 Do I want to try breaking into product management? How do I become a better product designer?

How is everyone handling situations in Figma where changes to a component propagate to frames already marked as ready for dev? #designsky

I'm so curious about all the decisions that led to Jaguar's rebranding. Why does the home page highlight fashion models?

#designsky show me your favorite emojis

Advice I would give to people interested in UX: 1. Complete the Google UX course to understand what UX is. 2. Design something at least 30 minutes a day and share your work in progress. 3. Make use of ADPList to receive mentorship. 4. Follow advice that resonates with you regarding your portfolio.

I would love for @figma.com to make community files collaborative. For example, if I were to publish a Bluesky UI Kit as a community file, why couldn’t someone create a branch, and make a merge request? This would be a huge win for the open source community.

Sitting in on a user research study is always so inspiring! Even if it's not the product area I'm working on. Will make it my goal to attend at least one per week.

Is "id.atlassian.net" legit? The two-factor code was sent from "id.atlassian.com". Is this the actual onboarding experience or was I part of a phishing attack?

Is it weird to apply for a Product Design role at Apple if I don't own an iPhone? I'm a proud Pixel owner 😬

Will AI replace product designers? A key part of our role is helping stakeholders align and identify the right problems to solve. I often think about how our work drives meaningful business impact. I don’t think AI is anywhere close to achieving that yet.

Feeling pretty lost lately with my product design career. I'm not making the impact I want. I constantly think about how to improve as a product designer. The least I can do is create or copy designs daily. So, here's a small step towards building a Bluesky UI Kit in Figma.