Andy Thorne 🙃

Designer. Passing creativity and UX knowhow on to future gens.
Founder @factorypattern

[WDC @webdevconf]

Whoo! We have our full list of speakers for WDC2023!

@candiwrites
@YukaiDu
@thornemeister
@vic_bell
@gusso
@Rumyra

Along with Pete Thomas and Nicole Murrells. The schedule of the day will appear tomorrow!

https://t.co/36kZTiZpXh

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@webdevconf thanks for having me, it's been great!

Loving the talks this year. So glad to be a part of it!

#wdc #ketchup #ux

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What?! I'm talking at #WDC (@webdevconf ) today in Bristol.

Cannot wait to share the stage with all these clever people.

The Factory Pattern crew will be there and can't wait to meet you all.

P.s. I haven't brought my vacuum, but I am bringing 2 bottles of ketchup!

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@webdevconf Can't wait!!!

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“The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small, manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one. —Mark Twain”

And the secret to capturing those manageable tasks is to use @clickup

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Just found this in the bottom of a drawer from 2008. So weird that I finally got around to submitting an application for @TheDOLectures this year! Fingers crossed I get in.

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@scottsltr @JHarulow @factorypattern @scottsltr thanks for the recommendation. I haven't been on Twitter for ages, so only just saw this! @JHarulow still need any help with CRO?

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@brad_frost Really sorry to hear that Brad. And apologies, I only saw the last bit of that thread and didn't see the first Tweet. Sorry for your loss and hope you can find your way through ok.

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@brad_frost Bringing order to chaos, I think that's the true skill of a designer, not how well they can use tools like Figma.
That got me thinking. Do you think we rely on tools over systems?

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Stroud District Council: We want a lease extension until January 2022 for Rush Skatepark et al - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/N65MH6celk via @UKChange

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So short sighted. 50% funding cuts to arts subjects in higher education. Considering the current status of the world, we need more creative thinkers and leaders. @Design_Week thanks for sharing: https://t.co/Y7Z36V1IfC It's important that we figure out a resolution to this.

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@anthonyburrill thanks for the goodies. Not only amazing graphic art, but wonderful rules to live by. Re: Question Everything Art - I love that you have to twist and tilt your eyes/neck to read it, which literally makes you look at things from different points of view. Genius!

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@NuudGum You're very welcome! I will give you my Chewview (Chew review) soon...

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@NuudGum yay! My day's of chewing plastic are over! Absolutely adore this packaging and the product you've made. Very well done. #positivechange #sustainable #design

[Scratching The Surface @surfacepodcast]

This week, @jarrettfuller asks design anthropologist + Dean of Design at @OCAD @Dori_Danthro what she thought about the designer-savior industrial complex; that designers can parachute into any problem and fix it. Here's what she said. Full episode > https://t.co/QIexQOU1c9

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@DougCollinsUX Question Everything

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@BenIllustrator @skepstudio You're very welcome Ben. Keep up the fantastic work, I love seeing it.

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Note to self.

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Each chapter is based on an idea you may want to explore e.g. Experiment with style and form. Really useful. Nice work Steven Heller @thedailyheller & Gail Anderson @GailAndersonNY

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New 'idea books' arrived! Absolutely beautiful and really well structured.