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Published in Building Sketchpacks

·Sep 6, 2017

🎉 Sketchpacks 0.6.0 — Sync your Sketch plugins

Manage and sync your Sketch plugins across machines and teams — TL;DR: Sketchpacks 0.6.0 gives you the ability to sync plugins across machines and teams using your favorite file syncing app such as Dropbox, Google Drive, or Box. We’re excited to release multi-machine syncing — making it even easier to sync your Sketch plugins across machines. Better yet, your entire team. …

Sketch

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🎉 Sketchpacks 0.6.0 — Sync your Sketch plugins
🎉 Sketchpacks 0.6.0 — Sync your Sketch plugins
Sketch

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Published in Building Sketchpacks

·Jun 8, 2017

🎉 Sketchpacks 0.5.7

Improved Plugin Management, Better Plugin Detection, and much more — Since the last release, we’ve been heads-down addressing some much needed improvements, fixes, and nifty additions.

Design

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🎉 Sketchpacks 0.5.7
🎉 Sketchpacks 0.5.7
Design

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Published in Building Sketchpacks

·Mar 30, 2017

🎉 Sketchpacks for macOS v0.5.3

Manage & Auto-Update Sketch plugins from your menu bar — 🚀 What’s new You can now enable Launch on startup for Sketchpacks. 👍🏽 What’s improved Sketchpacks’ window will now open automatically after launching, making it more obvious. 🐛 What’s fixed Fixed window positioning for Bartender 2 users 👉🏼 Are you a plugin author? Serving your versioned plugin releases automatically in 15 seconds. Start by installing the Sketchpacks Relay Github Integration and choose which plugins you…

Release Notes

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🎉 Sketchpacks for macOS v0.5.3
🎉 Sketchpacks for macOS v0.5.3
Release Notes

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Published in Building Sketchpacks

·Mar 6, 2017

🎉 Introducing Sketchpacks for macOS

Manage and auto-update Sketch plugins from your menu bar — Last year I wrote about my ideas for a Sketch plugin registry called Sketchpacks. The goal was to help solve the problems with discovering, managing, and delivering Sketch plugins. With Sketchpacks for macOS, and the Sketchpacks Relay Github integration. I feel like we’re much closer to realizing that goal! The…

Sketch

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🎉 Introducing Sketchpacks for macOS
🎉 Introducing Sketchpacks for macOS
Sketch

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Published in Adam Kirkwood

·Jan 24, 2017

4 Steps to Publishing Versioned Sketch Files to Github

TL;DR — I’ll show you how to use NPM and Sketchtool to automate your Sketch.app file versioning process. Invest in your craft I consider tooling to be an essential asset to a designer’s craft and productivity. …

Sketch

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4 Steps to Publishing Versioned Sketch Files to Github
4 Steps to Publishing Versioned Sketch Files to Github
Sketch

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Published in Building Sketchpacks

·Mar 30, 2016

Sketchpacks.com API v1

When I first started talking about Sketchpacks, I outlined a few things I considered experience gaps in my workflow. The first step towards that motivating that vision of a better plugin ecosystem is one that is open. Enter the Sketchpacks API, a simple, RESTful, public API. [GET] /api/v1/plugins Currently, the Plugins Resource is a fire hose that returns a collection of all plugins indexed on Sketchpacks.com. The schema is identical to the one used by Sketch Toolbox.

Design

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Sketchpacks.com API v1
Sketchpacks.com API v1
Design

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Published in Building Sketchpacks

·Mar 16, 2016

Sketchpacks.com, a Sketch plugin registry and directory

An attempt to solve an experience gap within the Sketch community through open source software and design. The collaboration and talent found within the Sketch community is one to admire. There have been many amazing plugins contributed that have boosted my productivity by leaps and bounds. Plugins that allow me…

Sketch

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Sketchpacks.com, a Sketch plugin registry and directory
Sketchpacks.com, a Sketch plugin registry and directory
Sketch

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Published in Sketchpacks News

·Mar 15, 2016

Sketchpacks News Issue #1 — Sunday, March 13, 2016

Every two weeks, we highlight the latest plugins and news in Sketch plugin development. The frequency of each issue is still a work in progress, but feel free to respond and let me know what you think the frequency should be. New & Noteworthy Plugins Craft by InVision LABS | InVision We recently shared Craft, a groundbreaking set of free plugins for Sketch and Photoshop to bring real data and…blog.invisionapp.com

Design

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Design

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Oct 12, 2015

How To Design Like Malcolm Gladwell

TL;DR: Great storytelling is shaped by people’s experiences and insights, then simplified by curation. I admire Gladwell for many other reasons besides being a best-selling author. Most of all, it is his writing process that I admire. I have two parallel things I’m interested in. One is, I’m interested in…

Design Process

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How To Design Like Malcolm Gladwell
How To Design Like Malcolm Gladwell
Design Process

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Published in Adam Kirkwood

·Oct 7, 2015

Delivering a superior experience

Great innovation and experiences begin with empathy TL;DR: Starting a company is hard work. Figuring out what product to sell is even more difficult. I made sure to listen, learn, and observe potential customers to understand the problem and solve that problem as simply as possible. Most companies know what…

Design Thinking

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Delivering a superior experience
Delivering a superior experience
Design Thinking

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Adam Kirkwood

Adam Kirkwood

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Designing for a better human experience @FacebookDesign. Creator of www.sketchpacks.com.

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