Matt Balara

@rdonoghue As a UX designer who plays RPGs, I've often wished I had the time to take a stab at this problem.

Someday, someone is going to actually do all the work necessary to make an RPG that solves the 3 product paradox (an RPG is a Teaching/Reference/Entertainment product) , and it will be a work of staggering genius that will pass without notice.

@ZachBurrell10 All buildings are mimics. What to do?

Let's see what you've got! #dnd

I bust on Jira some, but honestly, Jira is not to blame for bad company policies that turn it from a powerful, flexible (if sometimes cumbersome) tool into shackles forged from bullshit.

That's us! :) Thanks to @openathens for the recognition of our hard work.

@PeterSmedley1 @adamjury Some yanks apparently say “flipped”

@MattBalara @adamjury Interesting! I'm born in 85 in Perth, always used clocked as well.

Where did you grow up? What decade? What was the term you used to indicate you'd completed a video game?

@CogsandCakes Never played it, but recently bumped into lots of crossover in Control.

@dimbyd @_THE_KRAKEN_ Wow. That’s a terrible photo. Where the hell is that?

@_THE_KRAKEN_ 😘

@wheelyweb @nickf Not saying “this is the law of UX” of course. Just how I personally think.

@MattBalara @nickf For some, the “real thing” is the data. The content. The detail. The “pretty thing” can sometimes be the best to test for specific needs. Sometimes the HTML (or compiled code) is the best thing to test with. Sometimes it’s a whiteboard sketch. For me it’s content in context

Things you can use to prototype: - Figma - InVision - XD - Sketch - Principle - PortoPie - HTML/CSS/JS - Framer - Webflow - UXpin - Origami Studio - Keynote/PowerPoint - pen/paper - whiteboards - paper - construction paper - sticky notes - cardboard - Legos The tool matters not.

@wheelyweb @nickf The real thing is the actual software that people use. I love whiteboards for working out rough ideas quickly, but I hate wasting time creating complex prototypes in something that’s as far from the real thing as a whiteboard.

It’s so easy to forget how comfortable we are due to very basic things, like electricity. Large power outages, like today in Berlin, are a kind of shocking reminder.

Maybe interesting? Exciting time in our company... de-gruyter.jobbase.io/job/hps7927qe2…

@rdonoghue So bizarre. Every shelf lines up, just the top one’s slightly shorter? Criminal.

@MattBalara Blame Ikea! They changed their square shelf model a few years ago!

My RPGs are now more organized than I think they have ever been. Relatedly, my wife is a ninja

@rdonoghue And, um, Urban Shadows is right in the middle of the Fate collection?

@andybudd Wow. Tim's no Steve, is he?

So am I right in thinking that Apple just released a very large, colourful iPad on a permanent stand?

@RachelOldridge @hermesDE Standard for Hermes where I live now: doorbell doesn’t get rung, note doesn’t get left, package dumped at the tattoo/piercing shop around the corner.

@spookshow71 Oooooh, so many good things you can look forward to. Enjoy! 🙂