Chris Allen

VP SAP Design Language & Systems, previously at Flipboard, Peapod, and Motorola.

[Chris Allen @ckcallen]

This is by far the most mind blowing interaction in iOS for me. The ability to zoom seamlessly and effortlessly from thousands of items to one is just magic. What’s your favorite?

[Chris Allen @ckcallen]

@Sonos - please turn my Play:5 into an Amp. I’d love to connect a turntable and be able to play on all my speakers, not just the 5. Take the input, buffer and add to my Sonos queue, and then play on any speaker (including the Play:5 taking the input). Please?

[Chris Allen @ckcallen]

Nice work @zoink @yuhkiyam @nlevin and the @figma team on a huge #Config2022. Can't wait to dive into all these amazing new features, especially component properties and variable fonts!

[Figma @figma]

Just announced at #Config2022. 🚀

1. Dark mode
2. Redesigned auto layout
3. Component properties
4. Spotlight
5. New @jira, @asana, and @github widgets for FigJam
6. Variable fonts
7. Spring animation
8. Individual strokes

See all of our updates: https://t.co/osvMli5OCc

[Chris Allen @ckcallen]

@didierh @Uber Congrats Didier! Seems like you and your amazing family are living it up in Paris. Can’t wait to hear what comes next!

[Chris Allen @ckcallen]

@raphaelschaad @Cron @ycombinator Congrats Raph! Can’t wait to check it out!

[Chris Allen @ckcallen]

At what point will we start calling these pocketable devices cameras and not phones? The imaging sensor has become a lot more important for communication than the microphone... #iPhone13Pro

[Chris Allen @ckcallen]

It's really hard to make AA accessible designs look good. Contrast is just too high so we need to find creative ways to achieve good usability, accessibility, and aesthetics! Any good examples out there? Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Airbnb aren't AA compliant by default...

[Chris Allen @ckcallen]

Hey @figmadesign - I'd like to ping my team by simply mentioning "@all" or "@everyone" in a comment. Sure, this could be abused, but helpful to have the ability to focus everyone's attention via notification + email.

[Chris Allen @ckcallen]

@figmadesign - interactive components with hidden layers lose their overrides when nested in other interactive components (like a button within a text field). Should I not use this method of having hidden layers inside auto-layout interactive components? #figma #designsystems

[Chris Allen @ckcallen]

An abhorrent conclusion to an obvious inevitability. I only hope this is our rock bottom. I love our country but hate everything this administration stands for. I'd say eat shit, @realDonaldTrump, but I don't believe in endocannibalism.

[Chris Allen @ckcallen]

Used to have trouble getting motivated in the gym. Now I just try to get support over the phone from Verizon and I'm ready to bench like 1000lbs and hit the heavy bag for another hour. It's the quickest way to get angry, try it!

[Chris Allen @ckcallen]

@raphaelschaad This

[Chris Allen @ckcallen]

Really wish Apple named the iPhone 12 Mini simply as “iPhone Nano” like the good old iPod days :)

[Chris Allen @ckcallen]

@yocline @letsgorally Your work, especially on the National Parks app, made me fall in love with product design... I’ve always looked to Rally from the beginning for inspiration :)

[Chris Allen @ckcallen]

Dropped my ballot off in the box in front of my local fire station. Why isn’t this a thing for everyone? It was so simple.

[Chris Allen @ckcallen]

So designers, what are we calling Apple’s new trend in using a shadow + blur effect in #ios14? Blurdow? Either way, not really a fan...

[Chris Allen @ckcallen]

At first I thought it was the mounting existential pressure of 2020 giving me headaches, but then realized it was just the pressure from my Bose headphones pinching my skull for 7 straight hours of virtual meetings...

[Chris Allen @ckcallen]

@figmadesign is an absolute joy to use, but I’m not sure I’d categorize it as vacation, @mint. Maybe this is @zoink defining a whole new class of subliminal messaging 😆

[Chris Allen @ckcallen]

@dcreemer @Flipboard @mmccue Will you be on the same team as @edog1203? Congrats!