Ben Hernández

After a long hiatus the IveBenThinking podcast is back! In this episode, I have a great conversation with Product Innovation and Joyful Design Thinking leader @HemanSpeaks about his unique perspective on being a designer and finding joy in his occupation. benher.co/podcast/ep4-jo…

@danielthall Just ate at TB00001 in Abilene yesterday…

Things keep getting better

Starting the weekend off right

How it should work. #Ux #design

5 years into my time at a fintech start-up and I now casually use expressions like "I'm bullish on [thing]" in my everyday speech - does that make me a "finance bro"?!?!

When you try to make all of your users happy at the same time. #UX

Thanks to @stevenray & @raydawg88 for having me on @UXweekly. I get candid about my mental health struggles, getting help, how I live with them as a leader and person, and how I’ve approached leading my team during the pandemic. #ux #mentalheath benhat.es/32HjoMM

due to inflation 16px is now 32px

@mbxtr It's like 2005 problems all over again!

Protip if you're a Chrome user and you get an M1 MacBook: go download the M1 build of Chrome. Here I was like 🤨 at the performance of the M1 for several days. Then I download the M1 build and 🤩. HUGE difference.

Like a monologue of what’s happening in my head right now :)

Hey design friends I’m hiring again! @bestow_inc is looking for 2 product design managers to join our team(DAL/ATX or Remote). jobs.lever.co/hellobestow/ee…

@jessiofhall Had a similar experience with a waitress in Montreal…

Cultivating an atmosphere where hard work and impulsive fun are highly visible are simple but highly effective principles for building an incredibly talented team that produce very high quality body of work.

When force feed your Uber app “airport” rather then use the default current location and then aggressively approach strangers for help, only to dismiss that help and say “so you’re not going to help me?!?”It’s not the app’s fault it’s yours. #technologyapologies

@ronniecjohnson It’s a great deal for sure. I’ve been using mine as dedicated audio recording and editing rig. It’s great. Only complaint is that I can only plug in a single Thunderbolt Display (if 5k)

Really, really tempted to pick up a tricked out M1 Mac mini. I don’t know how much longer I can wait for the new Pro with my current one struggling to run Figma and Chrome at the same time. Anyone have any success with a Mac mini setup?

@danielthall …I see what you did there.

@ivebenthinking Hi, I’m Daniel, I Microsoft Office 365

Can we normalize the concept of describing yourself professionally by what you do not your title/level?

@nosinging And by “It” I mean both It and you…

@nosinging Wish I was in Brooklyn so I could check it out.

Hot take for my fellow product people - just because an external, sometimes immovable requirement limits scope or guides direction, don't let it dictate your vision. You're better than that.

I have seen 1st hand the power of putting ambitious early-career folks in a position to be successful. Being not set up for these folks is often a cop-out for managers who aren't willing to get more hands-on with their teams. It's hard, but so is finding good people to hire.

@whengoodenough Haha, you and a bunch of other experiences have taught me that…now I need to figure out how to teach that myself.

More and more I feel like the ability to deal with and thrive in an environment full of ambiguity is an invaluable professional skill...if only it was something that schools could teach you.