Michael Gaigg

VERY excited to announce the release of my latest book "The Hitchhiker's Guide to Design" - a witty field guide to the world of #UX metaphors. #UXDesign #ProductDesign #DesignThinking #books hitchhikersguidetodesign.com

The Hitchhiker's Guide to Design - a shared language for Product Teams. hitchhikersguidetodesign.com

a vessel traffic app by colleagues @KVanGraafeiland and @vannizhang

Who says there are no kangaroos in #Austria... Those are the problems in Austria, land of the peaceful

New Hitchhiker patterns drop weekly - usually before they escape containment and spread across social media. Join the newsletter to receive: ✔ fresh UX metaphors ✔ anti-pattern sightings ✔ questionable design wisdom ✔ early access to new pattern drops Don’t Panic. Just subscribe. hitchhikersguidetodesign.com/book/newslette…

News from Austria, a country without real problems it seems. "Cat got stuck in window"

Stop adding content to your UI

New Hitchhiker pattern dropped 🚀 Projects take longer than expected - even when you account for things taking longer than expected. That's Hofstadter’s Law. New entry in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Design ↓ hitchhikersguidetodesign.com/book/hofstadte…

"Where are you?" ...just share it. Live Location Sharing lets others see where you are in real time - no screenshots, no guessing. Explore the pattern mapuipatterns.com/share-live-loc… #UX #Maps #GIS

What if the map wasn’t on your screen… but in front of you? Augmented Reality (AR) blends spatial data with the real world. Explore the pattern → mapuipatterns.com/augmented-real… #UX #Maps #GIS

New Hitchhiker pattern dropped: Bus Factor: measures the risk based on how knowledge and responsibility are distributed. The higher the number, the safer the system. New entry ↓ hitchhikersguidetodesign.com/book/bus-facto… Be honest: What’s the bus factor on your team?

Some of these aged like fine wine... others like expired milk

Pantone Color of the Year 2000 → 2026 Wild how trends shift… and somehow still feel familiar. Which year is your favorite? 👀 (And which one should’ve never happened? 😅)

software devs in 2030 🤣

Host Cities For The 2030 FIFA World Cup (from the FIFA website)

@Footballtweet The first I remember watching was Mexico - I still have the Panini album... CLASSIC

Be honest… what’s the FIRST World Cup you remember watching? 🤔

😉 Brand new #gis format just dropped.

New Hitchhiker pattern dropped 🚀 Try to hide it... and suddenly everyone sees it. That’s the Streisand Effect. New entry in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Design ↓ hitchhikersguidetodesign.com/book/streisand…

Just got invited to a party on June 14, a day featuring no less than 5 World Cup matches, and I immediately had to think of this amazing comedy bit.

No cell signal? No problem. Offline Maps keep navigation and spatial context available even when the network disappears. Explore the UI pattern: mapuipatterns.com/offline-maps/ #UX #Maps #GIS

@Vintage77Ball 11 - 10 - 9 in the front, in that order and without doubt

Brazilian legend from time to time. Who is your favorite player? Mention the top 3!