Nick Elliott

Product design lead & design system product owner. Likes craft beer - collects craft beer cans (for the art!) & comics. Works for Iress. Opinions my own.

[Nick Elliott @Nickelliott__]

So, it’s the 20th anniversary of Cath and I getting together. I buy her flowers. She bought me a large bottle of HP sauce. Much as HP is the superior brown sauce, I’m not sure what to make if this.

[Nick Elliott @Nickelliott__]

Tomorrow Cath and I will have been together for 20 years. Today my eldest started his first part time job. Next year my youngest will be doing his GCSEs. With time moving so fast, it’s so easy to forget how incredibly lucky I am to have the 3 of them in my life. ❤️

[Nick Elliott @Nickelliott__]

Good to be back doing some user testing. Always eye opening. Always provides fantastic insights. Always offers so many ways to improve an experience. #ux

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I’m not a grammar prude, but something about the word ‘feedbacks’ for multiple pieces of feedback triggers me way more than it should.

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Just been trying out the generative AI feature in Photoshop. Let’s just say mixed results, but likely due to my very limited Photoshop skills than anything else! It is pretty mind boggling though what it can potentially do (or will go on to do).

[Nick Elliott @Nickelliott__]

@SlackHQ Well it isn’t making me more productive. It’s slowing me down. That’s the point. I love Slack, but you are now in danger of fixing things that don’t need to be fixed and feature bloat.

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@SlackHQ - why, oh why have you removed the ability to pin reactions and threads!! This is such a backwards step! Are you deliberately trying to become Teams???

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@SlackHQ Split View. You’ve just made it harder to track responses, especially when you are restricted to a laptop. It’s very much a backwards step you have taken.

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@Guilor4 Hope all goes well mate 🤞

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Interesting week ahead 😳

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So I did it! 15 rides in 5 weeks. Bloody hell that was hard - especially after Stage 3! 🚴‍♂️🚴‍♂️🚴‍♂️

[Nick Elliott @Nickelliott__]

I know, I thought. ‘I’ll do the long, medium and short routes on all 5 stages of @GoZwift’s Tour of Watopia and earn myself loads of points.’ 15 rides in 5 weeks. What a muppet! Stage 2 long ride was hard enough and I’ve just made the mistake of looking at Stage 3! 🫣

[Nick Elliott @Nickelliott__]

After trying out @SlackHQ’s new sidebar for a month, I’ve reverted back to what it was like before. I gave it a go, but found it harder to find the channels I was after in the new style.

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Loving this version of the classic Massive Attack song. Front the end credits is the Luther film. https://t.co/dHmXO6EIKO

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I wonder how many people who live in #cheltenham will have said ‘they’ll have had a good day at the races today’ 😎

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I shouted in exasperation earlier. It was very loud. I quite surprised myself. All it’s left me with though is very sore throat and a bit of a croaky voice.

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Been noticing a little ageism in the design community recently. Being over 50 and grey haired, I suppose this is something I just need to get used to. Still disappointing though.

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It’s these seemingly simple facts that blow my friggin mind!

[Quite Interesting @qikipedia]

If you scaled the Solar System to the size of a 10p piece, the Milky Way would be roughly the size of the USA.

[Nick Elliott @Nickelliott__]

@Amy_Hupe Thanks Amy. It's was extremely timely and a great reminder of what we are here for. A new Frontend Enablement team has been set up in my company to work alongside/with the DS Team, so this tweet has been front of mind, as we have conversations around this 👍

[Nick Elliott @Nickelliott__]

Can't stop thinking about this tweet!

Much as I'd like to say we do otherwise, there's so much truth in this.

[Amy Hupe @Amy_Hupe]

@nathanacurtis Prediction: 50% of people who respond "enable" are lying to themselves and if they weren't, would have selected "control"