Jonathan Patterson

Reading Mode in Chrome literally removes all ads. Guessing this is going to be a well-used feature. (left: original, right: reading mode)

In Figma, the number of times I've accidentally clicked on "Agents" instead of the frame edge to resize it is maddening. 😬

Only edit: I particularly like Bluesky.

Here's a pretty good read. Though, the people who'll benefit most probably won't see it. 🙃 bigthink.com/books/the-ne...

“Opus 5.5 uses just 0.015 em dashes for every 1,000 words, a 99% drop from Opus 5.” Huzzah, I can go back to using em dashes without my writing looking artificial! 🎉

Here's a good read on the state of UX for those keeping up: uxmag.com/articles/the...

This word game on Medium is about to become an addiction 🤪 medium.com/games/good-w...

Spotify hack: If you want the best of New Music Friday but don't have 5+ hours to spare, just listen to Release Radar. And if you really want to min-max it, first track + last track = usually the best ones. #spotify1percenter

A nice scroll (and design) for your Sunday. ordinaryabundance.com #ux #ui #design

Check out the slick interactions on this site. www.ciaoenergy.com #ux #ui #productdesign

If working hard got you rich, the donkey would own the farm. #frenchproverb #quote

I love a good configurator. #ux #ui madera.app/p/z9kz2hma1c...

Remembering a friend of mine who passed away on this day almost 30 years ago today. 🪽 🫶🏾

The true cost of anything is the amount of life you’re willing to trade for it. Thoreau said this. Can confirm.

This video is genuinely packed with tips on how to limit your Claude usage www.youtube.com/watch?v=2f7Z...

My experience goes back to version 7!

I gave someone the most 🔥 advice in my dream right before I woke up… “Never doubt yourself, there are plenty of people to do that for you.”

What the heck is going on with the Spotify app icon? Is this a glitch or a rebrand?

I’m about five minutes away from vibe coding this myself. I want a mandatory pop-up that screams at me if I mention an attachment but forget to include it. #AI

Here's your design inspiration for the day. 👀 #ux #ui #typography exat.hottype.co

"After 77 Years, You Can Now Live in the Eames Pavilion System" Yes. design-milk.com/after-77-yea...

Can anybody shed some light on why Figma defaults to a specific folder on my hard drive when picking a new Fill image? For some reason it always defaults to a folder I never use.

Not sure, but I think Google might want me to use Gemini.

If we're living in a simulation, I'd like a word with engineering.

Ads in ChatGPT... search is becoming AI and AI is becoming search.

"Any plan you come up with today will mean nothing when the future arrives. You will decide then, in the future, what to do." I'm not sure who said the originally, but it makes a lot of sense. #quote

For anyone navigating the complexities of modern design-to-dev workflows, read this. It’s one of the most accessible guides I’ve seen on the subject. Essential reading for every designer right now. www.linkedin.com/posts/hugojs...

Yesterday I found myself thinking about a client I worked with over a decade ago. We haven’t spoken since. Today, for no particular reason, I checked my spam folder. There was an urgent message sitting there. Sent yesterday. From them. What do you call that? 🤯

I got pretty dang close! dialed.gg

Celebrating 15 years of freelancing full-time this month. Somehow I’m still here. Congrats to me! 🥳

I gave Gemini a complex homepage layout and it returned a functional build as good as what we used to expect after tossing design files over the wall back in the day. SMH.

Your website inspo for the week www.shopify.com/editions/win... #ux #ui

A morning thought about the industry. #productdesign #ux #ui

Most interesting read this week so far... Chatbot created, Chatbot answered, and “AI” interpreted survey responses are becoming a thing. www.fastcompany.com/91467125/dig...

If you’re a hybrid who builds what they design, bookmark this job site. It’s (unsurprisingly) a beautiful experience too: designengineer.io #job #career

Obligatory New Year’s post, 🎉. Proceed accordingly.

They have absolutely nailed the tone and vocabulary that we hear so much of in office politics. www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_tJ...

Proud to be included in Case Study Club’s Top 20 UX Designer Portfolio Websites of 2025 😎. Still iterating, but I’ll take the win! www.jonathanpatterson.com www.casestudy.club/journal/ux-d... #ui #ux

A fast "no" is the second best thing to a "yes.“ —Dana Walden 💯 #quote

It's getting easier and easier to make 3D models. Here all you do is select a spot in an image and the AI automagically generates a model. aidemos.meta.com/segment-anyt...

Webpage OG images are another opportunity to make a visual statement. Here's a web gallery dedicated to those that look intentional. www.ogimage.gallery #ui #ux

Behind the design layouts and late nights, this was the song that kept looping in the background. My Spotify Wrapped top song: “POP, POP, POP” by IDLES. open.spotify.com/track/5mvTUR...

In defiance of the metrics the world holds up, remember that age is a feature, not a bug.

Fascinating article on the passage of time as an illusion. "At any moment, I remember certain things. At later moments, I remember more. That's all there is to the passage of time." Bars! apple.news/AWMia2DMxSGC...

Waiting for Black Friday deals, versus seeing Black Friday deals.

This color palette generator has a cool way of visualizing each hue and the steps between them. 🟣 ⚪ 🟡 meodai.github.io/poline/ #ux #ui #design

If you don't cringe a little looking at portfolio work from back in the day, are you even improving? Hint: no

Looks like the fix is in. Altman says they finally fixed the annoying problem of ChatGPT adding em dashes everywhere despite telling it not to in your personalized settings.