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Into the Fediverse: Getting Started with Mastodon
This story was originally published on my Medium blog. Feel free to follow me over there or on Mastodon as @jasongraphix@uxd.social. Like a large porcelain sink dropped on a concrete floor, Twitter’s...
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Choosing and Migrating Between Servers on Mastodon
In less than a month, I’ve progressed from being a Mastodon skeptic, to a reluctant tester, to an enthusiastic advocate. I’ve engaged more on Mastodon over the last few weeks than I have with Twitter...
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I’ve been thinking a lot lately about writing and how beneficial it is (especially for designers) to connect and share with our broader communities of practice through storytelling. It can be scary to...
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Don’t call it a redesign!
The earliest version of “Jason’s Site” that I could find, probably from some time in 1999. It’s more like a sneaky reskinning or a slightly-modified theme swap. No matter how we talk about this...
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The Pool Renovation Project
When we bought our mid-century Orlando home in the summer of 2018, the pool was one of the biggest selling points. Our kids were 6 and 4 at the time and we were spending many weekends looking for...
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Family Favorite Weeknight Dinners
Like most families with elementary-age kiddos, dinner time can be a struggle in our house. Eating out hits the weekly budget pretty hard and even though Ames and I both enjoy cooking, trying new or...
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Vulnerable Visibility
This story was originally published on Design at Sprout Social. Our team is planning to share a new post every month, so if you enjoy this one, go check it out! At the latest Downtown Orlando UX...
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Building Simon for Arduino Uno
A couple of weeks ago I decided it was time to build something fun. My kids and I enjoy tinkering with maker projects here and there, but we haven’t made anything lately quite like our epic Twang LED...
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FlightFins Falcons for Onewheel
As someone who loves Onewheel trail riding, I’ve often wished I could be more “locked in” on my board while cruising over rough terrain. Replacing the stock grip tape was really the only change I made...
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Challenge Coins & Cheesy Trophies
For me, the creative wheels started turning when we set the dates for our product zone’s Chicago HQ onsite and decided to make a hackathon the focus of our 2 days together. I wanted to make this meetup...
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Custom Domains & The Social Web
In the future, the profiles you see on Threads won’t always be from Threads. With the news in December that Threads was starting to test an ActivityPub integration, there has been a steady flow of...
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Making a Fidget Toy From a Logo
As the holidays were approaching in December, I wanted to send a small token of gratitude to the product designers on my team at Sprout Social. My go-to holiday gift for teammates in the past has been...
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Celebrating Three Years at Sprout Social
It’s hard to believe it, but today is my 3-year anniversary at Sprout Social. Anyone who’s worked with me before knows that I’m passionate about design systems, and the role I originally applied for...
View ArticleIntroducing Team Design Team
I’m a big advocate for design teams that write about their work and process because so much of what we’re trying to solve is universal. Blog posts about work from designers and UX professionals create...
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Following Threads on Mastodon
Do you want separate chronological feeds for specific sets of profiles on Threads? You’re not alone! If you have a Mastodon account and follow Threads users who have Fediverse sharing turned on, you...
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More Guiding, Less Righting
That’s it. That’s the takeaway I’ve been trying to distill from my trip to Chicago last week. I was there for a Q4 onsite, working with and meeting new teammates from an additional product zone I’m now...
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