Excited to share I'll be speaking at "Design Systems with @figma.com : Sydney" on 5th March. I'll be talking about how we build design systems at Xero β¨ See you there! Register to our spot now: figma.bot/4tv0qAl
Josh Harwood
Josh Harwood
@noworries.nz
Husband, Dad, Nerd. Design Systems Lead, Design Technologist π³πΏπ¬π§ bento.me/joshua designsystems.media designsystems.directory ds.events
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So @figma.com Figma Make AI can't access your Figma file directly OR use any Code Connect mapping? I'm really disappointed the input in Figma Make is limited to text/image. Seems bonkers we can't provide a direct link to a page/selection/node like we can in Figma MCP. Hope this is on the roadmap
Submitted to the "Suggest a feature" forum: forum.figma.com/suggest-a-fe...
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Time is almost up! Happy Monday, system nerds. You have until Wed at Noon EST to answer The Core Sample (an industry-wide, #designsystem pulse survey). I want to hear how you're doing. π We'll unpack it at The Redwoods Quarterly, but we need your help to make it happen. bit.ly/TheCoreSampl...
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This is a phenomenal resource for any #designsystem folks out there. So many brilliant talks and podcasts available here! Bookmark this one for sure. Well done, team!
Big news for the design systems community! π’ We've added podcasts to designsystems.media 1,000+ videos and podcasts in the library! Finding content just got way easier, search by speaker and topic! Shout out to @zeroheight.com for their support! designsystems.media/podcast π· #designsystems
Massive update for designsystems.media, now with podcasts! π§ 1000+ design systems videos and podcasts, indexed with topics and speakers
Big news for the design systems community! π’ We've added podcasts to designsystems.media 1,000+ videos and podcasts in the library! Finding content just got way easier, search by speaker and topic! Shout out to @zeroheight.com for their support! designsystems.media/podcast π· #designsystems
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Series 2 of Systems of Harmβ¦ things are happening π If you have no idea what Iβm talking about, series 1 is still available to listen to on all the main podcasting platforms. I talked to 6 brilliant guests about how design systems fit into wider systemic harm. open.spotify.com/show/5qXmICc...
We hit 700 videos on designsystems.media today! π₯³
Today we hit 700 videos on designsystems.media! We've tagged them all with topics and speakers, so you can easily find amazing design systems content βΆοΈ
Gutted @mozilla.org shutting down pocket.com - one of the main reasons I just bought a new Kobo π www.theverge.com/news/672924/...
We're hiring a Design Technologist at Xero.com to supercharge our prototyping capabilities and bring ideas to life through expert front-end and design skills. If this sounds like your kind of role, check it out! Locations: New Zealand, Australia Type: Onsite, Hybrid, Remote Links in thread π§΅
Role: Design Technologist Organisation: Xero Location: New Zealand, Australia Work Type: Onsite, Hybrid, Remote New Zealand listing: jobs.lever.co/xero/152ca98... Australia listing: jobs.lever.co/xero/dd5ce1a...
Weβre hiring a Senior Front-End Engineer for our Design Systems team! Location: New Zealand (Hybrid/Remote). Help shape the future of Xero, building scalable and accessible UI components to improve life for small businesses and accountants. jobs.lever.co/xero/bc60245...
Shout out to @zeroheight.com for sponsoring DesignSystems.media ππ₯
Update time! Fresh batch of videos added to DesignSystems.media, closing in on 700 π₯ And a big thank you to @zeroheight.com for sponsoring us! Go check it out here zeroheight.com π
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I wrote about design system documentation. It may be one of, if not the most important thing a team can doβas long as the documentation is good. pjonori.blog/posts/design...
To get any efficiency and cost-savings from Code Connect, these all need to be true.. 1. **Figma setup** - DS components setup with Code Connect 2. **Dev seats** - Devs have paid seats 3. **Training** - Devs know how to use CodeConnect 4. **Good habits** - Designers do not detach components (π§βπ¨ π)
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another issue of the Design Systems News curated newsletter is in the hopper. If you're wanting a (almost) weekly newsletter of some of the best links to articles, tutorials, tools, examples, and more then you can sign up here: news.design.systems ππ€ #DesignSystems #WebDev #WebDesign
@donnie.damato.design getting fired up for his next #designsystem blog post π₯
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π£π£ Important updates from Design Systems Community Chapter New Zealand π We have moved to a new community platform Join us on Guild guild.host/dscc_nzl πͺ¦ We are closing the DSCC NZ group on meetup (tl;dr too expensive) π Next DSCC NZ event planned for 9 May (12-1pm) More info coming out soon!
PSA: Figma measurements and annotations are for _paid seats only_ π° It's great to see new features arriving so frequently, but do check your developers have paid seats _before_ you get excited to use this particular feature. help.figma.com/hc/en-us/art...
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Our hearts ache for everyone impacted by the LA wildfires. Design systems extraordinaire Elyse Holladay set up a fund to help feed displaced people. Consider making a donation! We're donating $50 of every preorder of our design tokens course to the cause. More info: bradfrost.com/blog/post/do...
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The next release is still a few weeks out but we couldn't wait to show this off. Our astigmatism simulators are getting an amazing upgrade, courtesy of some wild CSS magic by Cubiq.dev and it looks amazing π
Holy s%&t, eBay DS team have knocked their doc site out of the park! I keep finding new things to enjoy, the color pairing tool is π₯ Nailed the brief, clearly communicated guidance with lashings of fun and creativity at every turn. Bravo, you've raised the bar. Docs don't have to be dull! ππ
Proud of my team! π Our eBay design system + brand team has been working on this collaboration for several years and I'm super excited it went public today. Check it out: playbook.ebay.com #DesignSystems
Holy s%&t, eBay DS team have knocked their doc site out of the park! I keep finding new things to enjoy, the color pairing tool is π₯ Nailed the brief, clearly communicated guidance with lashings of fun and creativity at every turn. Bravo, you've raised the bar. Docs don't have to be dull! ππ
Proud of my team! π Our eBay design system + brand team has been working on this collaboration for several years and I'm super excited it went public today. Check it out: playbook.ebay.com #DesignSystems
Color Pairing Tool playbook.ebay.com/foundations/...
The Onion just bought Infowars! Parody news site buys Fake news site, this is delicious π€£π§ www.nytimes.com/2024/11/14/b...
Friday afternoon game with the team, our list now includes a deathmatch in Quake 3 Arena (free, browser-based) π« openarena.live
Converge 2024 design system talks are now available: zeroheight.com/events/conve... #designsystem #designsystems
New update to Figma Analytics CSV Export extension v1.1 π β Fix export issue after UI changes. β Improved file naming for Org Libraries Just hit 670 users! π€―π #Figma #DesignSystems
Export your Figma library analytics to CSV π Resharing for anyone who missed this last year, reduce manual effort with your design system figma library reporting π€ #figma #designsystems #designsystem
Chrome Web Store link to get Figma Analytics CSV exports: chromewebstore.google.com/detail/figma...
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If you love RSS - I've just updated my .xml file of all the feeds I subscribe to (using feedbin) Here's the GitHub repo: github.com/sturobson/my... ππ€ #RSS #WebDev #FrontEnd #DesignSystems
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π£ Shout out to yuanqinglim for all his Figma plugins! Add `Insert Big Image` to your toolkit: www.figma.com/community/pl... Figma quietly downsizes images larger than 4096px in width/height. With the plugin you can import at full resolution (and even 2x them!)π₯ π Thank you!π
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Iβve put together a little Design Systems folks starter pack for yβall. ππ€ go.bsky.app/MR3D82R
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Products with`.new` domains is one of those awesome little shortcuts I just take for granted now. Here is a mega list of domain shortcuts: whats.new/shortcuts/ Some favourites i know and use: docs.new confluence.new sheets.new figma.new github.new pen.new What ones do you use?
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Export your Figma library analytics to CSV π Resharing for anyone who missed this last year, reduce manual effort with your design system figma library reporting π€ #figma #designsystems #designsystem
New update for @Figma UI Mod Chrome Extension that #DesignSystem teams should enjoy! πExport your Figma analytics to CSV Available now: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/figma-ui-mod/pakkdlcbmijjkcocojcgonopnbkeolle?hl=en&authuser=0
Finally hit the designsystems.media backlog, sitting at 538 videos now. Let me know if there are any other videos to include π€ #designsystems
Excited to announce Design System Events calendar is now live! ds.events π ποΈ Discover the best events around the world, and easily stay up to date by subscribing to the iCalendar and RSS feeds. Release announcement: x.com/donniedamato... #design #designsystems