Kristian Mikhel

Twitter is becoming a sad place. Follow me wherever you are: - bsky.app/profile/kotsky… - posts.cv/kotsky

Our Person of the Week is a product designer, accessibility advocate, speaker, writer, podcast host, and PhD candidate. Please give a warm round of applause for... Kristian Mikhel! Thank you for everything you do for the community, dear @sirkotsky! #smashingcommunity

@MattAndersonUT Thank you for sharing, Matt!

This is excellent: The Scent Of #UX: The Unrealized Potential Of Olfactory #Design by @sirkotsky smashingmagazine.com/2024/06/scent-…

Happy to see that some of my designs made it to this version 😉

Can't be more thrilled with my one of my favourite teams releasing the second version of my favourite tool! @formbricks is the finest example of what a passionate and talented team can achieve in the open source space. Amazing progress, fantastic growth!

Today is LAUNCH day 🚀 Super pumped to get Formbricks Two out there 🤩 Leave a comment on what you think about it 👇 producthunt.com/posts/formbric…

My article for the Smashing Magazine came out today. This time, I'm covering the use of scents in design and engineering for entertainment, education, and wellness. Give it a read! smashingmagazine.com/2024/06/scent-…

@toddlibby You will always be my hero. Thank you for your wisdom and passion, and take care of yourself!

Officially not a student anymore. With luck, not for long.

Join Eddie and I tomorrow as we discuss the future of open source, the role of design, and why designers should start contributing to FOSS now.

Come and GEEK out with me and @sirkotsky talking about Design and Open Source 🎉 ⏰ Saturday 4pm UTC

@briandito @asianxjay @joinuxplus @alexiscollado @csj89 I’m talking about accessibility and open source design, the best I can do is to hold back those tears.

@sirkotsky @asianxjay @joinuxplus @alexiscollado @csj89 You need to practice that smile

the X logo popping up when you “like” something Iooks so bad 🤣

On the ROI of Accessibility. If you've not subscribed to "The Accessibility Apprentice" yet, make sure to subscribe now: sirkotsky.substack.com/p/07-the-roi-o…

Subtitles are a great illustration of how an accessibility feature benefits everyone and becomes a standard. uxdesign.cc/subtitles-are-…

Finished my Medium chat this morning, thanks to everyone who joined & asked questions, really hope it was insightful. A full-blown version is coming in September in Manila!

@toddlibby I would absolutely love to give it a read!

Too many great talks here. hopin.com/events/medium-…

A gentle reminder: 13 Aug, 8am Singapore. Join a session where I will be speaking about how you can stand out as a designer by doing good things: focusing on accessibility, contributing to open source, etc. It'll be fun (maybe) and practical (100%). mediumday.com

@theryomac A good rule of thumb is to embed videos instead of gifs everywhere you can :)

@sirkotsky Oh that’s a good point! But that link looks like it’s saying most people use them in a way that’s inaccessible (eg. using them for providing info, like animated text) But not all GIFs will have that issue. So depending on what you have, you might not need to replace it. 👀

If you want to appear more professional, replace the GIFs on your landing page with videos. GIFs will look for professional for CERTAIN brands (it all depends)… but they can come off spammy, unprofessional, and outdated. If you’re not sure → just go with video.