Gerren Lamson

User Experience & Design Leader | Newsletter:

[Austin Kleon @austinkleon]

New book coming in June!

https://t.co/frtNyNbiNs

[Josh Johnson @secondfret]

Wender is the fastest AI design tool... and it's live on @ProductHunt today! I have worked SO hard to make Wender a great experience and useful tool, and it would mean the world to me if you would check it out and RT this post.
https://t.co/Dwf08NlryA

[Aaron Epstein @aaron_epstein]

“More designers need to be founders”, and @zoink is leading the way.

Before the @figma IPO, Dylan came to AI Startup School to share the Figma founding story, why great design is more important than ever, and how we’re still in the MS-DOS era of AI.

[Gerren Lamson @gerrenlamson]

I'm hiring! We're looking for 3 UX practitioners to join AffiniPay in improving the lives of SMB legal & accounting professionals.

Lead Product Designer: https://t.co/iSdAAPGIzC

Senior Product Designer: https://t.co/8uo3LMTBeK

Senior Content Designer: opens next week

[Gerren Lamson @gerrenlamson]

I recently had the pleasure of contributing to a fantastic discussion with 15 design veterans, led by Christopher Wong on a critical topic — how design leaders and organizations can effectively demonstrate their value.

Dive into the full article here: https://t.co/mA8W3RXOyp

[Aaron Epstein @aaron_epstein]

More designers should be founders. And we want to back them at YC.

Over the next decade, as new coding tools make it easier than ever to build and ship products quickly, great design is going to matter even more.

[Ben South @bnj]

Designers, it's time to build

[Gerren Lamson @gerrenlamson]

@bubs @secondfret @tlrobinson This is still one of my favorite shirt designs we made together Bubs: https://t.co/Ko9WFLm8Lf

[Gerren Lamson @gerrenlamson]

@bubs @secondfret @tlrobinson Yeah, what can I say. One person’s waste is adapted for another person’s side project?

[Gerren Lamson @gerrenlamson]

Leverage this synthesized user behavior principles & insights doc across the product lifecycle — influencing critical decisions from strategic direction and roadmap planning to granular workflow and feature designs.

Field Guide #2: Broad User Insights
https://t.co/7hWbCyN47n

[Gerren Lamson @gerrenlamson]

"Building the right product is still a human responsibility of understanding user needs, prioritizing features, and crafting a great UX. The true differentiation might shift to brand, data, and UX when the basic functionality becomes cheap to replicate." https://t.co/Ght2O737h1

[brryant @bryantchou]

we believe high-quality websites should reflect a brand's identify. To do that well with AI, we have to bring AI to the user, not the user to AI. this is our first attempt at this!

Looking forward to hearing what you think 🙇‍♂️

try it here: https://t.co/J9oCs9nFNZ

[Gerren Lamson @gerrenlamson]

If you're on the job market and open to working at a startup, you might want to check out Y Combinator's WorkAtAStartup. https://t.co/wYUxy5EplQ

[Gerren Lamson @gerrenlamson]

"I’ve seen both the promise and the pitfalls: How AI can uncover patterns in user data or even suggest a variety of solutions, but also how teams can get seduced by AI’s speed, rushing to solutions before truly understanding the problem." https://t.co/28nfprbhXe

[Gerren Lamson @gerrenlamson]

Recently compiled high-level data on the impact of UX on business and customer outcomes. Hope it helps UX professionals to successfully advocate for better UX! https://t.co/e35Lmqrqdd

[Gerren Lamson @gerrenlamson]

ICYMI: A few noteworthy brand/web redesigns from the last 6 months:

1. @funsize - https://t.co/4Jx0ytEi4s
2. @envato - https://t.co/OhX3wUwFll
3. @DocuSign - https://t.co/B1g5xA3wUs
4. @sweetgreen - https://t.co/zq6XNUUagr
5. @PayPal - https://t.co/VWEx55eaNT

[Gerren Lamson @gerrenlamson]

Stumbled upon variable font experiments that might be worth checking out:

1. VarType https://t.co/zmzqQLVXcl
2. Space Type https://t.co/fOFbfV0qJQ
3. Font Gauntlet https://t.co/ZpH8UGMEFw
4. Font Playground https://t.co/eTFb73VCAm
5. Wakamai Fondue https://t.co/oOV2jiG8qz

[Gerren Lamson @gerrenlamson]

Considering piloting these approaches to improve measuring design impact:

1. Follow Ozan's attempt to crack the code of UX metrics: https://t.co/QcDNmzwhUm

2. Leverage Tanner's approach using jobs-to-be-done (https://t.co/mqX746s5Cs): https://t.co/JoWNnb8vxB

[Gerren Lamson @gerrenlamson]

Try these if you need to offset a lack of impact metrics for your product design work:

1. Before, during, after framing: https://t.co/oMMOyyoUHC

2. Focus on emotion & behavior response:
https://t.co/7sAjaH87N5

3. Free user funnel analysis template: https://t.co/58wLzXdw3R

[Gerren Lamson @gerrenlamson]

"The stakeholders who wouldn’t give you time or resource to talk to users can also be the first to demand evidence to support your design." - @h_locke

https://t.co/ZefwP7pcmP