Nick Finck

Just a reminder, I am only regularly posting on Threads at this time. Find me there: threads.net/nick.finck

I came here to say this: Of the folks I regularly read in the UX field & adjacent areas, and once you filter out automated posts, RTs only posts, posts broadcasted across multiple platforms, & scheduled posts, only a few folks are active here. Why are you still here reading this?

@kentpd just saw a full SWAT team on exterior of an armored vehicle, several police cars and second armored vehicle going east on 277th looked like they were about to turn off. What’s going on? @KING5Seattle @komonews @KIRO7Seattle @kentreporter @seattletimes @cityofkent

@round The difference between driving in the US vs driving in Germany and why the autobahn works: In Germany drivers GTF over when a faster car is coming up on them. In the US drivers will refuse to get over despite going the same speed as the traffic to the right of them.

anybody going faster than me is crazy and anybody going slower than me is stupid

@ugmonk We have a cabin (photos post renovation) but it’s not prefab. Commenting to follow the discussion.

Have any of you built a prefab modern cabin? (or know someone who has) I'd be curious to chat.

@ugmonk Yes, one true way:

I have this problem where I can’t turn my brain off. 😫🧠 Sometimes it can be a super power, but most of the time it's really frustrating. ➡️ I'll wake up at 3am and my brain is racing with ideas. ➡️ I'll be chatting with a friend but my brain is thinking about all sorts of stuff unrelated to the convo. ➡️ I'll be 15 min into a movie and I'm lost in thought. ➡️ And worst of all, I'll be playing with my kids but in my head I'm processing all sorts of other things. Have any of you found ways to quiet your brain and be more present?

Seven years ago today I officially launched Craft & Rigor to help businesses that needed guidance on establishing, growing, & improving the effectiveness of design & research orgs. Visit craftandrigor.com to learn how I can help you & your business succeed.

I came back on here just to post this: Happy birthday, @joenatoli! I hope you are celebrating the occasion. I miss our chats and great discussions. Keep well my friend.

@juleschhghn Bluesky was very much lacking in terms of a design community. The experience was like the same three folks shouting into a void with no one there. Threads is absolutely banging.

Heads up: I’m rarely on this app anymore, tho I came here every once in a while to see the 5 folks that haven’t made the leap to a place that is not such a toxic hell hole. So where am I these days? Well, I’m absolutely loving the UX & design community over on Threads. 🧡

Not that it’s going to help with the misinformation and false equivalency going on here today but I will not stand for glorifying violence.

@DougCollinsUX lol

@kevinbethune I get a bit anxious voting on Election Day, like I’m going to be late to my flight. I guess years of mail-in ballots will do that to you the moment you need to go in to vote. But wearing the “I voted” sticker is 👨‍🍳 💋 👌

So, when asked to participate in a design candidate interview process, lead with empathy, understand the context, and avoid the need to be the bouncer or gatekeeper for the design org. That won’t help you find the best talent. 5/

So when it comes to critique of work that has shipped, especially in the context of quickly reviewing candidate portfolios, it is very important to understand the “why” behind those design decisions as well as business decisions that may have impacted the design. 4/

Love it or hate it but the truth is designers (UX & product) don’t ship, teams do. A designer may try to do everything in their power to get something out the door but ultimately it requires the collective team to make it really happen. 1/

@_nick_heller_ @robably__ Exactly. I mean I would love this service to exist and automagically generate all my content. Specifically know exactly how the project went and why we did various things during the project without having to spend weeks in interview sessions answering questions about the work. 🤷‍♂️

I hand over a finished figma file to a designer, and get back a bunch of finished assets/mocks for a case study/portfolio. Who’s offering this service and what do you charge?

@_nick_heller_ @robably__ Honestly I have a hard time imagining I could just sending over a Figma file and expecting to get back a depiction of what exactly happened on the project that is anywhere remotely near accurate for, say, AWS EC2 or AWS Lambda. I guess they would have to spend hours interviewing?

@_nick_heller_ @robably__ Thank you, I came here to ask this same question. I’m guessing these are for designers who focus more on UI and not deeper business strategy, or don’t do work on complex systems with a wide array of flows user types…? No snark, quite serious.