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Five areas Figma need to improve on to stay a step ahead

Figma are dominating the product design tools space, but here are five areas I think they need to work on to maintain their market lead.

Sep 7, 2022

Sep 7, 2022

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A beginner’s guide to Design Tokens

Learn the basics of what design tokens are, how they’re used, their benefits, and some tools and resources to get you started.

Sep 6, 2022

A list of design tokens, showing content, background, and border colors

Sep 6, 2022

My year in gaming / 2024

Thoughts, feelings, and metrics on the games I played in 2024

Mar 1

A collection of screenshots from some of the games mentioned below.

Mar 1

My year in gaming / 2023

My own personal “wrapped” for the games I played this year.

Jan 2, 2024

My year in gaming / 2023

Jan 2, 2024

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A taxonomy for alerts and notifications

Is it an Alert, Toast, Callout, Popup, Snackbar, or Notification?

Mar 6, 2023

Three callouts, one blue information one saying “Heads up”, an orange warning saying “You sure?” and a red error saying “Sorry.”

Mar 6, 2023

Personalizing your own web experience

Exploring the tension between standardised and tailored experiences

Mar 2, 2023

A futuristic litestep theme, showing an integrated clock/menu/media player along the top of the screen, with shortcuts and running tasks along the bottom. It’s styled to look like metal and plastic, with 45 degree angles everywhere.

Mar 2, 2023

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Design system breakdown: select

Part 3 of a deep dive series on specific design system components

Feb 13, 2023

A select box showing 3 options, one of which is focussed

Feb 13, 2023

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Build Habits to Plan and Track Your Goals on the Job

Reflect regularly and leverage 1:1’s to help demonstrate impact and hit your goals.

Feb 1, 2023

A notepad with crossed off goals: Nudge 30 rectangles, check. Name layers, check. Set week goals, check. Consider life choices.

Feb 1, 2023

A brand is more than a logo or word-mark

Pushing back a little on criticisms of homogenization in modern brand design

Jan 26, 2023

Two batman logos, black on white, that look very similar

Jan 26, 2023

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UX Planet

You are not the Rick Rubin of design

What we can, and what we shouldn’t learn from Rick Rubin’s approach to his craft

Jan 23, 2023

A web designer wearing a Rick Rubin costume

Jan 23, 2023

Steve Dennis

Steve Dennis

Senior Design Manager @ Onfido, writing about design systems, product design, leadership, and tech @ clipcontent.substack.com.

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