Towards design convergence
As industries mature, the solutions to their problems start to look similar.
Ed Orozco
Thinking at the right level of resolution
Working at the right level of resolution reduces distractions and gets you to solutions more efficiently.
Skills overlap
This over-specialization in careers is a by-product of XX-century-style industrialization, where each worker had a perfectly scoped role akin to a cog in a machine.
Start by writing
When people can share their thoughts in written form, they become more invested in the collective success of the project.
Don't take processes for granted
If you ever worked at a company where things seemed to flow, chances are one or more folks intentionally built and tweaked a foundation to make that happen.
On being a leader
Leadership is about finding the best way to move forward and inspiring others to join you on that journey
Augmented designers are the future
AI's integration into design has already begun, and those who learn to work alongside these tools will lead the way.
Pieces of logic should be part of your product's design system
Treating logic as building blocks will allow you to keep an eye on where redundancy can be reduced to maintain a cohesive experience across features.
Repetitive work should be automated
The modern design workflow is full of repetitive tasks that could easily by automated.
We've reached a point in AI development where we can rely on it for what used to be creative tasks.
I haven't however seen any AI projects do any serious progress in aiding the design workflow,
Fighting cognitive noise
Noise makes it hard to get stuff done
We need every bit of focus in order to produce great work. Yet we are surrounded by an army of distractions robbing us of our precious mental energy.
From notifications to busy interfaces, it's never been harder to tune out the noise