Adam Sadowski

@ridd_design Interested

wow just saw a prettttty compelling demo for a new way that designers can prototype on top of production 👀 it's kinda in stealth now but if you're obsessed with prototyping and want to try it drop a comment I'm just going to send this tweet link to the founders as a billboard

@KMkota0 Interested!

a new type of motion graphics tool – keeping the beta super small rn if you want to try, reply to this post

@nike_thana @paper Wait wut I was just looking for a tool to do this!!

Man, @paper is so cool. Imma start saying "I'm an illustrator" now

@colin_dunn Ah bummmer :( congrats tho

Bittersweet moment. Visual Electric has been acquired by Perplexity and will be sunset over the coming weeks. Becoming a founder has long been a dream of mine, and getting to work on Visual Electric for nearly three years has been the most rewarding experience of my career. Thank you to the team, our investors, and customers who have supported us along the way. The VE team is leading agentic experiences at Perplexity, working on new kinds of products that have only recently become possible. Excited for this next chapter.

@adrianscottcom @jasonfried I think it’s more that time and attention are a resource (a currency). Prioritization is figuring out where to spend that resource. I think Jason is right in pinning attention as the bottleneck.

@jasonfried i think "priority" is a better frame than time or attention i can't prioritize that right now

A few years ago I realized that if I’m too busy to take something on, I shouldn’t say “I don’t have the time”. In fact, I often do have the time. It’s not that hard to squeeze in some extra time for someone. What I don’t have – and what I can’t squeeze in – is more attention. Attention is a far more limited resource than time. So what I should say is “I don’t have the attention”. I may have 8 hours a day for work, but I probably have 4 hours a day for attention. One summer, a guy wrote me out of the blue asking if he could intern for me. His email was great – clear, thoughtful, kind, inviting, confident but not pushy, and not too long (but long enough to say what he had to say without leaving anything out). He was studying at Harvard Business School and was going to be back in Chicago that summer. He asked if he could swing by and say hi. His email made it easy for me to say yes. So he did, and we had a great session. We spent maybe an hour or so together. I learned about his background, what kind of stuff he was interested in, what he wanted to learn, what he could teach us, etc. Then we riffed on a few ideas. It was natural, flowing, effortless. Really promising. Then I told him I’d think a few things over and get back to him soon. He checked in a few weeks later, and I said I’d get back to him soon again. And I didn’t. A month or so after that I wrote him and told him I was really sorry. I’d mislead him – and myself – thinking I had enough time to take on a intern that summer. I wanted to, I really liked him, I thought he’d be great, but I just didn’t have as much time as I thought I had to even consider it more and line up work and spend time with him, etc. But really, as I thought about it, I realized I had the time. Every day is the same 24 hour cycle. Every workday around 8 hours. Surely I could have found even 20 minutes a day to work with him. But it wasn’t that. It wasn’t that I couldn’t find the time. I couldn’t find the attention — especially sustained attention. My mind fills up with a few key projects and that’s it. I’m absorbed by those. That’s where my attention is. Had I made 20 minutes here and there for him, I’d be physically present in that moment, but mentally I’d be elsewhere. And that’s not fair to either of us. Time and attention aren’t the same thing. They're barely related.

@ridd_design When are you rolling out more invites? Would love to try it out!

Now my goal is to be able to drop multiple prototypes from any tool on a canvas and seamlessly get in and out of each

First-mover advantage doesn't mean you can't catch up on product. It means you can't catch up on distribution despite delivering an equally good or better product.

@DenisJeliazkov @bookingcom Is this booking app screenshot real? I book from there fairly often and have never seen that…

THE WORST 6. @bookingcom • Fake scarcity • Fake urgency • Fake reviews. Sure, it might increase conversions in the short term, but the "IN HIGH DEMAND" and "LAST CHANCE!" destroys trust. The web version is the worst. Good UX builds confidence. This builds cortisol.

I design apps for a living. Over the last 6 years, I've analysed every Travel App on the market. Here are 10 of the best (and worst) Travel Apps & what you can learn from their UI/UX: 1. @Airbnb

@mohsenooooo @hobdaydesign I’m not a fan personally. Doesn’t fit the vibe if the rest of the site IMO. Maybe they’ll be rolling out more visual updates that will make it feel more cohesive.

@hobdaydesign I don’t know how to feel about those icons 🫣 yike. It remind me of early 2000s internet icons.

Airbnb uses 10% of vertical height for their new main navigation. This is not great. But they have a solution: when you scroll they immediately hide the fancy icons and collapse the navigation to 4% of vertical height.

@ihor_designer @danmall @jesselnieman lol bro is trying to give Dan mall advice

@danmall @jesselnieman Closed mouths don’t get fed — but reckless mouths don’t get trusted. Boldness without feasibility is just noise. If you want someone to bet 10x, show them why you’re worth the risk first.

Business hack: Pitch a prospect something so bold that you’d be proud even if they said no. Ironically, that’s often what makes them say yes.

One of our users asked if we had dark mode. We don't... but I sent them some concepts anyway 🤤. We can both dream.

@hobdaydesign Happens to me 100% of the time!

When someone sends me a voice note on WhatsApp I first assume the "08:09" is the length of the message, then realise that's too long and look to the left. Every time. WhatsApp does put the message timestamp on the right of every message. Even still, I make this mistake.

@ilyamiskov @mymind for screenshots and @raindrop_io for bookmarks and links

Designers, how do find/save inspo? Do you just bookmark stuff you find on X, or perhaps use websites like Dribbble/Behance/Pinterest?

@hnshah They have bags under their eyes 😂

When it comes to startup advice what is the #1 thing that makes you believe that someone is credible?

@bart_goselink Will companies be willing to pay $35 per seat tho? 🤔

This is pretty neat! I really believe that the annotations and measurement specs can improve my communication with QA and Dev. Don't want to wast their or my time and focus on what matters most.

@ankurnagpal @dunkhippo33 Hey would love to get the course :)

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@DarioStefanutto Looking great Dario!

New project launched. This is the v1 of a larger website redesign. iq.global

@paowardini Hey @paowardini! I just submitted an application :)

So yeah, any designer looking to leave Twitter, DM me. Duolingo is hiring senior level product designer & up 🤭

Hey friends! Last month the UX Collective published my article on how to set up a performance review process for product designers. It's full of practical steps and real-world examples. 🤠 Have a look! uxdesign.cc/setting-up-per…