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Fluffy & Ambiguous Objectives
"Passionate problem solvers also know to pick their battles. Arguing with you is a distraction to them. For new people, it feels risky. So when given fluffy goals, they immediately translate them to specific goals in their mind. If you're lucky, they'll ask some qualifying questions, but unless the ambiguity threatens their job (or ability to do their job), they will not push the topic. At some point, they'll show you their roadmap, you'll have a discussion, and everything will be (hopefully) fine. By that point, those slides from annual planning will be but a memory."
The productivity tax you pay for context switching
11 Things I Learned My First Year as a Design Manager
Designing Jour, A Mental Health App
The next frontier after remote work is async
Introducing Mercury IO
Fascinating look at the design process from designer Alex Price on the new Mercury credit card offering. So many thoughtful, beautiful little interaction details in here and throughout the Mercury product demo.
The Perils of Audience Capture
Lots of interesting observations on the influence of the audience on the influencer. "Who influences the influencers?" Opened a ton of tabs from interesting linked wikipedia entries on psychology concepts here.
Shaper: UI experimentation tool
