Alix Nichols

interactive designer that enjoys reading tweets and retweeting, more than tweeting.

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“‘Simplicity is about subtracting the obvious and adding the meaningful.’ –John Maeda” — @jfarrellstudio https://t.co/CdRZ512nJP

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“For modern businesses to succeed, they must combine valuable content with an excellent user experience through brands and leaders that align with their users’ values.” — @micbuckcreative https://t.co/qkC6Y6q5yG

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The🐐
My comfort actor
#KeanuReeves #HappyBirthdayKeanuReeves
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UX + Solving Problems “You’re running that marathon with a backpack of kittens and being chased by a dude with a firehose. It’s difficult. It’s complicated. It’s kind of a nightmare at times…” — @MelaniePolkosky https://t.co/g9CwPX4ltj

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Reading all of the articles today. Here is another goodie: The 7 most overhyped trends of 2022 https://t.co/kyL7Ir1g1L

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“We do need to pursue consistency. But that consistency needs to be with people’s understanding — their mental models of how they need to get their thing done. Sometimes that means being inconsistent in other ways, such as visual design.” — @DuncanBSS https://t.co/LJ5cFCnepa

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“Fully automated accessibility solutions are the magic slippers of accessibility. They sound nice, but they don’t exist and can’t exist.” — @annaecook https://t.co/YeQMpEFtAL

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“Tesler argued that a designer and engineer should spend an extra week reducing an application’s complexity rather than making millions of users spend an additional minute.” — @newrichardyang https://t.co/WKeuF09OOL

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Don’t put your confidence in your knowledge, put it in your ability to learn. Learning means changing, modifying, and updating your knowledge. https://t.co/aWaX9USMQn #uxdesign

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@adeniro Happy, happy birthday, Anya!

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“Your users learn by example faster than from explicit instruction (again reducing cognitive load)” — @AlexanderRadahl https://t.co/peFzuqANdZ

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A rule is a complex set of things that organizes you – how to behave, what to do, how to think, how to relate to people. When you don't have any of that, and it's all happening at the same table in the same sweatpants, it becomes like a fog. https://t.co/GPl3wDxmlw

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☕️ Here’s the mf tea: #Webbys People’s Voice ends TODAY and @collemcvoy needs your votes to win! RT & VOTE: https://t.co/RVY5V28Dmt

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Interesting and useful: The Psychology of Clubhouse’s User Retention (...and churn) https://t.co/QEP3A52txU

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Do what you can today to support communities in need around you. Donate if you can. Brooklyn Center Mutual Aid - support our community https://t.co/xiWfPj6Gl1

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To build a better, more just future, we must address and repair the continuing legacy of slavery. Tell US Congress @SpeakerPelosi @LeaderHoyer @WhipClyburn @RepJerryNadler to pass H.R. 40. #ReparationsNow https://t.co/xnNGpMH2f3

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this article has put some things into perspective... https://t.co/w05VEuAsQm

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I just took action to urge Congress to help struggling distillers and pass #CBMTRA ASAP. You should do the same! #StopCraftTaxIncreases https://t.co/Ep1QOIv3Oi

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.@SenTinaSmith distillers across the nation stepped up to produce hand sanitizer to keep the public safe from #COVID_19. Please help America’s distillers w/ much needed FET relief, by passing the year-end legislative package, which includes #CBMTRA. #StopCraftTaxIncreases

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.@AmyKlobuchar distillers across the nation stepped up to produce hand sanitizer to keep the public safe from #COVID_19. Please help America’s distillers w/ much needed FET relief, by passing the year-end legislative package, which includes #CBMTRA. #StopCraftTaxIncreases