Ben Garratt

@mikedotsullivan @WeBuild_Agency Looks like a nice build for the money, great fork. Not sure if I would be changing a 909 for it though over some component upgrades on current bike? What sort of stuff do you ride and why don’t you like full squish?

@WeBuild_Agency Got the 909. Not a fan of full suspension.

MTB Folk. Thoughts on the Whyte Secta RS

@scott_riley Stop politicising designs Scott, Tories need apps too yeah.

hire me to speak at ur conference i am v. professional

@jesslynnrose “Really? Another one?”

Introducing the new FARE. Your first design hire. fare.studio We've been slowly pushing a rebrand over at FARE to bring us closer to where we see ourselves. We work with ambitious early-stage teams to define their brand, design their product and build their team.

@DesignDamon I’ve wasted hours trying to get an ‘open’ state for a dropdown to work as it should, inside an auto layout form container just so it ‘works in a prototype’ and it made me a bit cross.

@Trev_Morris Congrats mate well deserved!

As a reminder - we're hiring at Fare⚠️ jobs.fare.studio/product-design…

We've got some great projects coming on at Fare and we'll therefore be looking for some on-hand support. If you know of any freelance product designers, send them my way!

“I wanted something that felt considered and designed, but not overly clinical.” Find out why Ben Garratt @wstn moved out from London, how his design preferences influenced his new workspace in Essex, and what fuels Ben when #WFH makerstations.io/ben-garratt-wf…

@andybudd My degree was absolutely useless, and not once have I been asked about it in any way during an interview. I learned a lot about Macromedia Director and had a great time being a student. I’d do it again tomorrow!

To summarise the answers in this thread. If you studied a UX related degree you believe that UX degrees are important. If you’re self taught, you believe that it’s OK to be self taught.

@andybudd Yeah that’s probably a fair way of looking at it. Hopefully it’s not an outright intention of a team and like you said, the result of competing goals.

@wstn However I’d argue that the whole “nobody sets out to create an uninitiative interface” may be a neat concept but is also a straw man argument that’s ultimately irrelevant.

Hard disagree with this take. While nobody sets out to create unintuitive interfaces (or slow, bloated or inaccessible interfaces) they happen. Often as a result of competing goals. So it’s useful to specify what you value.

@scott_riley Sorry Scott but I notice you’ve not made your website black and white, can you show some respect yeah?

the right: fuckinell all the left does is virtue signal jesus get a grip also the right: Today I Will Be Doing Wheelies In Tesco Car Park For 16 Hours Straight To Honour The Passing Of The Royal Fella Who Looked Like Someone Dressed A Half-Melted Caramac Up As A Prince

@scott_riley Makes me sad to think about how many actually good, useful and ‘innovative’ ideas have never gotten off the ground but hey look some oxbridge grads did a grocery delivery app

‘Creative’ or ‘innovative’ folks flocking around where the money lives is somehow construed as causation, directly attributed to $. Every SV apologist has somehow made the one mistake that every fuckin startup drills into their teams’ heads; correlation is not causation.

‘Money fuels innovation so capitalism is good’ is the laziest silicon valley take that doesn’t revolve around pipelines or diversity. Pure fuckin neoliberal propaganda.

@rachaelgrocott Thanks, it’s with the solicitors and I feel your pain! Your new place looks great, enjoy!

@wstn Ah that would have been cool if you were here too! Good luck with your move!

Live in Margate now, k? No more drama from me 😂

@scott_riley You didn’t check with the copyright holders for gradient masked in type? Silly Scott.

getting accused of ripping off a site you’ve never seen before for a product you’ve never heard of is always fun.

@scott_riley Someone should probably do a cute collage of all the tweets about how design all looks the same.

almost every single one of these sites no longer looks like they do in this cute collage btw. also lmao if you want innovation in design and illo you do not look at enterprise and startup landing pages or you’re gonna be left very fuckin disappointed. twitter.com/wakefield00/st…

@scott_riley Dreaming again has been enough of an emotional rollercoaster tbh

@wstn Is right lad! The 'smoking in a dream then waking up guilty then realising it was just a dream' thing has been pretty common for me; pure emotional rollercoaster to deal with at 7am like.

haven’t drank in well over a year (2+ if you don’t count my wedding day), haven’t smoked in well over three years; but last night i dreamed i had a big cold pint and a nice menthol ciggy and honestly it was cozy and wonderful.