Michael K. Brown

@miggi @figma 🤯 What?!?!?

Here is an evergreen @figma tip: Drag your selection to more expertly select something amidst other things on your canvas! 1. Press V to get the move tool and drag a selection. 2. Press spacebar to move the selected area to select what you want!

Seeing as Twitter is a bit bleak today, who’d like some swag? - Figma logo hat - Two pairs of white socks - One pair of black cursor socks - Limited edition stickers, NASA style I’ll post anywhere in the world 🌎 To enter, retweet this (sorry, it’s the easiest way to track!)

Steve Burns investigates one of the great mysteries in our language.

@brad_frost My kids' school uses PowerSchool for forms and grades. It's a constant source of frustration. It has terrible UX and constantly throws errors with completely useless error messages. I'm getting angry just thinking about it.

What's the worst website you've ever used?

WTF?

Need an example of how important understanding your user and investing in solving their problems is? Look at @figmadesign. It's not easy to convince designers to switch tools, but designers are abandoning Sketch in droves because Figma's value prop is that good. @uxtoolsco

@timyeo How to avoid seeming disengaged because you don't talk, just to hear yourself talk, in meetings or want to skip the social events that you aren't required to attend

I'm running a workshop to help #introverts have impact and influence without pretending to be extroverts Why? cos' it's hard being an introverted designer in a world that desires extroverts. If you were participating, what would you like to see covered?

BREAKING: Miami’s School Superintendent hits back at DeSantis: “I won’t allow my decision to be influenced by a threat to my paycheck, a small price to pay considering the gravity of this issue and the threat to the health of our students.” RT IF YOU’RE WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT!

@brad_frost Been digging this track lately. open.spotify.com/album/4XEgFZJ1…

Recommend one great song to play today.

Designers who "don't want to write" are going to have a really tough time in the future. And yes, I’ve heard this from enough design leaders that I believe this is a real problem. A short thread... 1/8

Looking forward to Config tomorrow! #config2021

Check out BetterXD Quick Tables for Figma — a design resource on @figmadesign: figma.com/community/file…

Hey designer friends. I've made my Sketch toolkit "name a fair price." Grab it for free, tell your friends, make cool stuff, and give me your feedback so I can make it better. betterxd.com

@mturnwall D'oh! Not surprising.

@michael_k_brown sandiegouniontribune.com/business/story…

Forming a team of product managers, engineers and designers is easy, however cross-functional collaboration can be challenging. Join us on Wednesday March 24th 8-9am PST to learn how cross-functional teams can deliver exceptional outcomes. ow.ly/C6Y950DTHe2

.This should be a great session. Hope you can join me, @cmkonrad @skunkwurx and Elizabeth Casey

@skunkwurx @sketch @HelloBetterXD Ha! Thanks buddy

Hey designer friends! I've launched the BetterXD UX Strategy & Design Toolkit: An end-to-end Sketch UI kit for strategic UX designers on Product Hunt. I'd love your support! producthunt.com/posts/betterxd… via @michael_k_brown

I thought I was the only one...

Ha! Best one yet.