Javier Gala

Pragmatic UX Designer by trade, curious by nature. Into technology, psychology, videogaming, movies, literature and general geekism. Back in Spain now.

[Javier Gala @JaviGala]

@Wattenberger Hi @Wattenberger , I tried to access this article today but got a "Not found" error, is there any other way to access it? Started reading it when it was published but wanted to read it more carefully now. Thanks!

[César Astudillo 🇪🇸✳️ @cesarastudillo]

...pero es muchísimo mejor probar el helado. O como dijo Charles Eames: "don't delegate understanding".

[César Astudillo 🇪🇸✳️ @cesarastudillo]

Es más: al final de un cuali bien hecho, tu mente queda configurada de una manera distinta. No solo has articulado tus hallazgos: eres más sabio de una manera difícil de articular. Como decía no sé quién: está bien leer un informe sobre a qué sabe el helado...

[Andy Budd @andybudd]

Most product teams focus on delivering features; New pieces of functionality which extend the capabilities of the product. They do this in part because they believe that a lack of features is the primary reason why people don't use the product.

[Luke Wroblewski @LukeW]

"drop-downs have — rightly — seemingly been determined to be a poorly performing design pattern, and have fallen out of favor completely with the largest e-commerce sites."
https://t.co/Bi9zdN7VcI

[Caroline Jarrett @cjforms]

@adamsilverhq Why not ask users what they want? It’s a perfectly reasonable thing to do.

Use what they say as part of your evidence and decision-making, not necessarily all of it.

Think about who you’re asking, who is responding, and who is excluded.

Do more listening than asking.

[Marta Peirano @minipetite]

Atención a este proyecto de @BjoernKarmann: una cámara que geolocaliza el lugar de la foto y se lo describe a un modelo de IA que produce la foto. No la que habrías hecho con una cámara tradicional sino la foto ideal que te encanta subir a IG. #BallardianTimes

[Andy Budd @andybudd]

Designers understandably believe that the quality (and usability) of a product is vital to business success.

Marketers believe that finding customers and driving traffic to the product is a more important predictor of success. Annoyingly the marketers are usually right.

[Javier Gala @JaviGala]

@ovall Yep, I think I was always telling people about its interface back in the day... another one that went to the grave too soon, like the great Palm Pre

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

In cultures of arrogance, people get rewarded for expressing certainty and conviction. The most confident speaker claims the most status.

In cultures of humility, people are applauded for admitting ignorance and asking questions. The most complex thinker earns the most respect.

[César Astudillo 🇪🇸✳️ @cesarastudillo]

"Aprendimos a vivir con" el tifus creando normas sanitarias permanentes, no decidiendo que perder a un niño o dos era un pequeño precio que pagar por la libertad de cocinar con los dedos sucios de caca

[Javier Gala @JaviGala]

The clearest sign of poor Architecture Information knowledge among product designers these days is the way they organise layers in their design tool of choice /s

[hareem @hareemmannan]

the (hard?) truth about your manager

[Stephen P. Anderson @stephenanderson]

I think I’m going to swap out the phrase “lifelong learner” with “perpetually distracted by side quests” 😂

[Javier Gala @JaviGala]

I love/hate @figmadesign autolayout

[Christina @cwodtke]

Once upon a Time, someone, perhaps Andy Grove, perhaps Peter drucker, came up with a very simple idea. What if we told people what result we wanted and trusted them to figure out how to make that result happen.

[Christina @cwodtke]

Success is not checking a box.
Success is having an impact.

If you complete all tasks and nothing ever gets better, that's not success.

[Javier Gala @JaviGala]

@osuka Looking forward to the return of Xavier the UX Designer, my favourite character!

[Kim Goodwin @kimgoodwin]

@berkun Biggest design lesson? That the vast majority / most consequential part of the user experience often depends on decisions made by people without “design” in their job titles. Influencing those decisions is how you maximize your impact.