Yakari Van Dessel
@yakarivd.bsky.social
Improving people’s lives with #UX
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It was unavoidable that this week I'd end up writing about Apple's latest blunder. But in the context of Figma's Sites bullshit and Shopify recasting designers as "artists" it's even worse than one OS making a stupid decision.
The mission of UX is being changed: from making shit work, into branding
The mission of UX is being changed: from making shit work, into branding
Apple's Liquid Glass is a grim portent for UX
Industry leaders like Apple and Shopify are redefining design excellence from making products usable to solely luxury branding.
productpicnic.beehiiv.com
June 13, 2025 at 9:23 PM
It was unavoidable that this week I'd end up writing about Apple's latest blunder. But in the context of Figma's Sites bullshit and Shopify recasting designers as "artists" it's even worse than one OS making a stupid decision.
The mission of UX is being changed: from making shit work, into branding
The mission of UX is being changed: from making shit work, into branding
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Dear #OpenSource folks, I'd like to offer #UX help to your teams. I've tried "making a small PR" on projects and it turns out that's TERRIBLE advice for a UX designer. The PR is usually misunderstood or ignored. I don't fault the teams for this! It's just the wrong tool for the job.
April 5, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Dear #OpenSource folks, I'd like to offer #UX help to your teams. I've tried "making a small PR" on projects and it turns out that's TERRIBLE advice for a UX designer. The PR is usually misunderstood or ignored. I don't fault the teams for this! It's just the wrong tool for the job.
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There are two problem-solving approaches:
1) identify a problem that you want to solve, then find a method that will solve it
or
2) pick a method you want to use, and go hunting for problems.
The second way is the stupid way, so it shouldn't surprise anyone that it's the default method in tech.
1) identify a problem that you want to solve, then find a method that will solve it
or
2) pick a method you want to use, and go hunting for problems.
The second way is the stupid way, so it shouldn't surprise anyone that it's the default method in tech.
April 4, 2025 at 3:09 PM
There are two problem-solving approaches:
1) identify a problem that you want to solve, then find a method that will solve it
or
2) pick a method you want to use, and go hunting for problems.
The second way is the stupid way, so it shouldn't surprise anyone that it's the default method in tech.
1) identify a problem that you want to solve, then find a method that will solve it
or
2) pick a method you want to use, and go hunting for problems.
The second way is the stupid way, so it shouldn't surprise anyone that it's the default method in tech.
Received a pretty cool UX eBook from the IxDF - Interaction Design Foundation in my mailbox today. These unexpected little suprises from a business make me happy. www.interaction-design.org/literature/b... #greatcx #ux #hci #ixdf
The Encyclopedia of Human-Computer Interaction, 2nd Ed.
The Encyclopedia of Human-Computer Interaction, 2nd Ed. Free textbooks written by more than 100 leading designers, bestselling authors, and Ivy League professor...
www.interaction-design.org
November 19, 2024 at 1:06 PM
Received a pretty cool UX eBook from the IxDF - Interaction Design Foundation in my mailbox today. These unexpected little suprises from a business make me happy. www.interaction-design.org/literature/b... #greatcx #ux #hci #ixdf
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Alright brats and rats, it's time for the ol' looking-for-a-new-job-aroonie. If anyone has NY-based or remote Product or UX roles at the lead/manager/director, I'd be obliged if you send them my way.
August 8, 2024 at 9:03 PM
Alright brats and rats, it's time for the ol' looking-for-a-new-job-aroonie. If anyone has NY-based or remote Product or UX roles at the lead/manager/director, I'd be obliged if you send them my way.
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How much of your organization’s Learning and Development budget have your leaders allocated to training about who your users are and what they need?
A 🧵…
A 🧵…
August 17, 2024 at 2:48 PM
How much of your organization’s Learning and Development budget have your leaders allocated to training about who your users are and what they need?
A 🧵…
A 🧵…
Today I came across several articles via Paul Boag's newsletter about dark patterns & CRO etc. It reminds me of one of Paul Boag's fantastic books, “Click! How to Encourage Clicks Without Shady Tricks”. It's fun, aesthetically pleasing and insightful. www.smashingmagazine.com/printed-book... #UX
Quality Printed Books on Front-End, Design, UX, Accessibility — Smashing Magazine
The web has become a noisy place with millions of companies trying to get users’ attention. No wonder many of them apply increasingly desperate techniques to encourage users to act on their websites. ...
www.smashingmagazine.com
August 18, 2024 at 8:24 AM
Today I came across several articles via Paul Boag's newsletter about dark patterns & CRO etc. It reminds me of one of Paul Boag's fantastic books, “Click! How to Encourage Clicks Without Shady Tricks”. It's fun, aesthetically pleasing and insightful. www.smashingmagazine.com/printed-book... #UX
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If I could make a plea for BlueSky, it’s this: Please make a point of sharing links to articles, essays and more that you LOVE, that you enjoyed, that expanded you in some way.
I’m always surprised by the dominance of hate-shares, complaint shares on here. And I think it has a riptide effect.
I’m always surprised by the dominance of hate-shares, complaint shares on here. And I think it has a riptide effect.
August 17, 2024 at 9:50 PM
If I could make a plea for BlueSky, it’s this: Please make a point of sharing links to articles, essays and more that you LOVE, that you enjoyed, that expanded you in some way.
I’m always surprised by the dominance of hate-shares, complaint shares on here. And I think it has a riptide effect.
I’m always surprised by the dominance of hate-shares, complaint shares on here. And I think it has a riptide effect.
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Look at these amazing people
August 16, 2024 at 9:56 PM
Look at these amazing people
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One of my fav papers just got accepted to TOCHI!
Spearheaded by @comic-sans-soleil.bsky.social, we investigated how UX differs as a function of motivation (as per self-determination theory). Some really neat and nuanced findings here, imo
doi.org/10.1145/3689...
Spearheaded by @comic-sans-soleil.bsky.social, we investigated how UX differs as a function of motivation (as per self-determination theory). Some really neat and nuanced findings here, imo
doi.org/10.1145/3689...
Beyond Intrinsic Motivation: The Role of Autonomous Motivation in User Experience | ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction
Motivation and autonomy are fundamental concepts in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI),
yet in User Experience (UX) research they have remained surprisingly peripheral. We
draw on Self-Determination The...
doi.org
August 16, 2024 at 7:25 PM
One of my fav papers just got accepted to TOCHI!
Spearheaded by @comic-sans-soleil.bsky.social, we investigated how UX differs as a function of motivation (as per self-determination theory). Some really neat and nuanced findings here, imo
doi.org/10.1145/3689...
Spearheaded by @comic-sans-soleil.bsky.social, we investigated how UX differs as a function of motivation (as per self-determination theory). Some really neat and nuanced findings here, imo
doi.org/10.1145/3689...
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How are we still getting “you can find 85% of all UX problem with just 5 people” in the year of our lord 2024?!
August 15, 2024 at 11:47 PM
How are we still getting “you can find 85% of all UX problem with just 5 people” in the year of our lord 2024?!
“Most Help pages are walls of text making them hard to act on. So a few years ago, we tried something different.” - A visual approach to Help pages by @LukeW www.lukew.com/ff/entry.asp... #visualdesign #UX #IA
LukeW | A Visual Approach to Help Pages
As the functionality and scope of Web sites and applications has grown over the years, so has the prevalence of Help pages. Nearly every feature has an explanat...
www.lukew.com
August 16, 2024 at 11:09 AM
“Most Help pages are walls of text making them hard to act on. So a few years ago, we tried something different.” - A visual approach to Help pages by @LukeW www.lukew.com/ff/entry.asp... #visualdesign #UX #IA
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In this episode, I am joined by special guest, @jmspool.bsky.social! We are talking about transformational UX research and design strategies. We cover a lot of actionable insights and share a few laughs too. This is an episode you do not want to miss! 🙌
rethink.fm/podcast/epis...
rethink.fm/podcast/epis...
Episode 36: Experience Design with Jared Spool
In this episode, I am joined by special guest, Jared Spool! We are talking about transformational UX research and design strategies. We cover a lot of actionable insights and share a few laughs too.
rethink.fm
August 16, 2024 at 10:13 AM
In this episode, I am joined by special guest, @jmspool.bsky.social! We are talking about transformational UX research and design strategies. We cover a lot of actionable insights and share a few laughs too. This is an episode you do not want to miss! 🙌
rethink.fm/podcast/epis...
rethink.fm/podcast/epis...
Moby's songs give me goosebumps. It's been so long since I listened to him.
August 15, 2024 at 7:07 PM
Moby's songs give me goosebumps. It's been so long since I listened to him.
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Windows 95:
“Where do you want to go today?”
Windows 11:
“It puts the files in its OneDrive or it gets the hose again!”
“Where do you want to go today?”
Windows 11:
“It puts the files in its OneDrive or it gets the hose again!”
August 3, 2024 at 5:12 AM
Windows 95:
“Where do you want to go today?”
Windows 11:
“It puts the files in its OneDrive or it gets the hose again!”
“Where do you want to go today?”
Windows 11:
“It puts the files in its OneDrive or it gets the hose again!”
"The Generation Effect says that we remember messages that make us “fill in the blanks” better than ones we just read and immediately understand."
www.choicehackingideas.com/p/generation... via @choicehacking.bsky.social
www.choicehackingideas.com/p/generation... via @choicehacking.bsky.social
🧠 Generation Effect: How McDonald's, IKEA, and Aldi use it to drive engagement
www.choicehackingideas.com
August 15, 2024 at 9:20 AM
"The Generation Effect says that we remember messages that make us “fill in the blanks” better than ones we just read and immediately understand."
www.choicehackingideas.com/p/generation... via @choicehacking.bsky.social
www.choicehackingideas.com/p/generation... via @choicehacking.bsky.social
I need this poster. www.curiositytank.com/blog/no-one-...
“No one comes to work to F*** Up!” | Curiosity Tank
I still remember the day my manager Julie Shriver (RIP) hit me with that
line when I was a Design Director at Wells Fargo. One of my peers did
something so mind-blowingly wrong that it caused DAYS o...
www.curiositytank.com
August 15, 2024 at 9:14 AM
I need this poster. www.curiositytank.com/blog/no-one-...
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3/3 Perhaps the old idea of associating behavior with demographics will get replaced🤞 by associating behavior with thinking style within a specific context.
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Sign up for any of my 📍EU upcoming appearances:
👉 www.uxcon.io/events
👉 www.swissict.ch/event/ux-tal...
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Sign up for any of my 📍EU upcoming appearances:
👉 www.uxcon.io/events
👉 www.swissict.ch/event/ux-tal...
August 14, 2024 at 9:26 PM
3/3 Perhaps the old idea of associating behavior with demographics will get replaced🤞 by associating behavior with thinking style within a specific context.
⏤
Sign up for any of my 📍EU upcoming appearances:
👉 www.uxcon.io/events
👉 www.swissict.ch/event/ux-tal...
⏤
Sign up for any of my 📍EU upcoming appearances:
👉 www.uxcon.io/events
👉 www.swissict.ch/event/ux-tal...
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Time to get the ol’ web design and dev community finding each other.
I got ahold of @spavel.bsky.social’s UX list and its great, so I wanna do the same for web folks 👇
Boosts super appreciated, pals.
I got ahold of @spavel.bsky.social’s UX list and its great, so I wanna do the same for web folks 👇
Boosts super appreciated, pals.
Alright, Bluesky is picking up a lot of momentum and we know folks are struggling to find other web design and development people on there, meaning they’re staying on Twitter.
Drop your Bluesky handle in the mentions and we’ll make, then try to maintain a list on there 👇
Drop your Bluesky handle in the mentions and we’ll make, then try to maintain a list on there 👇
August 14, 2024 at 6:05 AM
Time to get the ol’ web design and dev community finding each other.
I got ahold of @spavel.bsky.social’s UX list and its great, so I wanna do the same for web folks 👇
Boosts super appreciated, pals.
I got ahold of @spavel.bsky.social’s UX list and its great, so I wanna do the same for web folks 👇
Boosts super appreciated, pals.
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Finally pared my UX Sky list down to the most active 50 people. Share this out to your network to get more user experience people on here!
go.bsky.app/2NKjZdu
go.bsky.app/2NKjZdu
August 13, 2024 at 3:39 PM
Finally pared my UX Sky list down to the most active 50 people. Share this out to your network to get more user experience people on here!
go.bsky.app/2NKjZdu
go.bsky.app/2NKjZdu
Unlocking Features: The Importance of Discoverability in #UX Design, by Dr Maria Panagiotidi
open.substack.com/pub/uxpsycho...
open.substack.com/pub/uxpsycho...
Unlocking Features: The Importance of Discoverability in UX Design
Research-Based Strategies for Enhancing User Interfaces
open.substack.com
July 30, 2024 at 9:11 PM
Unlocking Features: The Importance of Discoverability in #UX Design, by Dr Maria Panagiotidi
open.substack.com/pub/uxpsycho...
open.substack.com/pub/uxpsycho...
The newsletter of Greg Nudelman (from UX for AI) made my day: “TL/DR: If you do not have a well-run research program that will help you connect directly with your customers, walk away. If you cannot conduct even a single in-person, on-site interview with your target customers, run.” #ux #aiux #ai
July 27, 2024 at 9:06 PM
How people explored the Internet in 1996. I found this gem in a thrift store today. I'm too young to remember this, so I think this discovery is pretty darn cool! #UX
July 13, 2024 at 6:30 PM
How people explored the Internet in 1996. I found this gem in a thrift store today. I'm too young to remember this, so I think this discovery is pretty darn cool! #UX