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Ricky Tucker

@tucktales.bsky.social

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User Experience (UX)/ User Interface (UI designer. Marvel/ Disney/ Star Wars person. Ravenclaw.

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@tucktales.bsky.social

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Ryan Teague Beckwith @ryanbeckwith.bsky.social · May 5

Implement a 100% tariff and ruin a movie.

The Twenty Commandments

May 5, 2025 at 4:17 PM

Ricky Tucker

@tucktales.bsky.social

Orlando tech friends!

Come join me for a cup of coffee and a chat on April 5.

www.orlandocodecamp.com

Promotional image advertising a techincal presentation at Orlando Code Camp on April 5, 2025 at 9:30 am. The name of the presentation is "A Great Big Usable Tomorrow: Walt Disney's Appraoch to User Experience."

March 17, 2025 at 5:51 PM

Ricky Tucker

@tucktales.bsky.social

For fun, I asked AI to build legal decks for Lorcana and Magic: The Gathering (standard).

Not only did it fail to fail miserably at constructing playable decks, it flat out started making up cards that don't exist.

February 28, 2025 at 8:35 PM

Reposted by Ricky Tucker

Thomas

@thomasfuchs.at

Imagine if those trillions of dollars had been invested in idk basically anything that actually makes the world better

Debjit Dutta @debjitduttaart.bsky.social · Feb 24

No shit Sherlock

February 24, 2025 at 6:04 PM

Reposted by Ricky Tucker

Robin-Yann Storm

@rystorm.com

Based on a true story.

Company Name <no-reply@companyname.com>
Subject: Your New Login Code for your 'My Company Account'

This is a massive bold headline with the company name
Here we are giving you bunch of redundant boring information.
Such as that you have requested a login code, and that you can use this login code to actually
log into your account on our website. Of course you know this, otherwise you wouldn't have
requested the code.
We also want to let you know that this is a 2 factor authentication code, which is very safe.
It is safer than just using a password. So it is important to use 2 factor authentication. This email
is starting to read like one of those boring AI generated articles that constantly state the obvious.
Are you bored and frustrated yet? Imagine having a screenreader and having to wait for the code.

Here is another bold headline that catches your eye
And yet that headline is completely unimportant too. Why the hell did we bold it? Because it fits
our styleguide, which we are following to the letter at all points even if the user experience
suffers for it. We also give you even more text to sift through, in which we tell you about the
'My Account' system that we use. That part is underlined as it's a hyperlink to the 'My Account'
system, and because of the underline it again catches your eye, same as the unimportant
headlines. We also tell you to never give this code to anyone else who asks for it.
Anyway, you were here for a code right? Here it is, unbolded and without any color, so you really
have to search through the whole damn email to find it: 978272
Here is some more text that explains we also have an app that has 2.3 stars out of 5 on both the
Google Play Store and the App Store. We will never updated it, as we outsourced its creation, and
now we don't want to spend any more money to fix it. Are you having a good time?

Cool Company Name <no-reply@coolcompanyname.com>
Subject: Login Code for your 'Cool Company Account'

978272
We put your code at the top of the email because of course the only damn thing you care about
is the login code that you literally requested seconds ago. We're a company that actually cares about
the user experience of our customers. We have in-house development team that developes and
writes copy for our apps and emails, both of which have good reviews and continual updates.

Also, if you did not request this code, please go to this page and change your password.

That was on a separate line with blank space above and below it, so it catches attention and
looks important, but is still secondary to the code itself. Alright, have a great day! I am glad you
did not have to read any of this text, as you copy and pasted the code above in literal seconds
and have already forgotten about this email. Anyway, we might have some kinda disclaimer here
at the bottom, or a link to an app, but we wrote it in type 12 so it does not catch your attention.

This e-mail and any attachment may contain confidential and privileged material intended for the addressee only. If you are not the addressee, you are notified that no part of the e-mail or any
attachment may be disclosed, copied or distributed, and that any other action related to this e-mail or attachment is strictly prohibited, and may be unlawful.
We had to put this in here because a lawyer told us so. In the off chance, which is like a million to one chance, something bad would happen, we would be protected just by putting that there.
We don't like it either, but that's just kinda how the world works.
Made by rystorm.com

February 4, 2025 at 3:16 PM

Ricky Tucker

@tucktales.bsky.social

Just heard someone panic over a simple mistake.

Meanwhile, I just sent a message to my team showing them a stupid thing I did while laughing about it.

February 3, 2025 at 6:38 PM

Ricky Tucker

@tucktales.bsky.social

Batman: Robin, I was almost hit by two bullets last night.
Robin: Did you come up with new training so it doesn't happen again?
Batman: No...

December 1, 2024 at 3:33 PM

Ricky Tucker

@tucktales.bsky.social

I'm curious how one becomes the graphic designer for a terrorist organization? I have lots of questions -- what are design reviews like? Is there a Jira board for projects?