Matthew Hansen 🎯

1/10 🧵 Chasing productivity is killing your creative work. Here's why:

I figured it out. When was the last time your figured something difficult out? Has it been awhile? Anyway, I found myself chewing on a problem for the last several weeks and I decided to put it down and forget about it a few days ago. Woke up this morning with an answer - clear, simple, easy. Resolved by the end of the day. Perhaps, in my lack of wisdom, I have have found something you can use to solve your most pressing problem. Put it down for a minute. Have a sandwich. Throw your phone in the woods (or a drawer at least). Take a walk. Go to sleep for 8 full hours. Forget about it entirely for 48 hours. You will know if it’s laziness or if it’s rest. Give it a shot.

10. Fuse creativity with functionality. A winning website merges sleek design with practical layout. Look to top brands for inspiration but tailor your design the story that you want to tell vs cramming your story into a template - your content matters.

9. Conduct regular usability testing for key insights. Optimize UX/UI based on real user behavior. Continuously iterate to enhance features and meet evolving user needs.

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@ananyyye thanks for the follow!

@samharrisonco They are in the zone. Tomorrow is going to be awesome.

Webflow are making all the right moves at the moment. You’re going to want to tune into Thursdays livestream, let’s just say that 👌🏻

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@awfulannouncing Commercials are a vastly better experience than the ESPN halftime show. I think beyond making money, they know that people just tune out. The ESPN studio team adds literally nothing to the viewing experience.

The ESPN/ABC Finals halftime show for Game 1 had two segments with the on-site panel totaling around a minute and 20 seconds. They also had some brief thoughts from the game announcers. And lots of commercials. bit.ly/3z2iutK

@onlyfootnotes Kindle is on my short list. Extremely underrated. My Espresso machine made it as well hahaha. Great minds.

@mattonpurpose candidates: my mac / iPhone / airpods, pen type c from cw&t, my espresso machine / aeropress / french press, my MQ24-7B2 casio watch, our Subaru, or my Kindle.

What is the best-designed physical item you own? (Think of something that works flawlessly, functions well, and looks great.) Hint: It might be something you take for granted... it usually is.

I really love weird things. I think weird things are where good taste comes from. I’ve recently been watching “Everybody’s in LA” a live show hosted by @mulaney. It’s funny, and human, and it doesn’t always work, but it’s perfect. (And the typeface is great too)

@nbaschez @bnj I do think this is the kind of think that would be most helpful. There’s so much nuance to good design. It would be great to spend all the time there.

@bnj Yeah that’s what it seems I would love to be able to select a bunch of stuff in Figma and click a “clean up and make nice” button where it organizes and names layers, does auto layout, makes things into components, etc

Designers, are you using any AI tools yet? Every programmer I know, myself included, is more or less constantly using AI to help with their work. But I don’t (yet) use AI to help with design. I just do things in Figma like I always have. Curious what y’all are doing.