James Melzer

UX designer and design system lead at EightShapes. Gamer. Gardener. Traveler. Runner. Conversationalist. Finder of parking spaces.

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@PepcoConnect No team assigned after 16 hours in a whole neighborhood without power. Can Wildwood get some love?

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@nathanacurtis @kevinmpowell Spec-ception

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@Clarity_conf
Big screen, little screen, and portable screen for #Clarity2022 today, so I can walk down to the kitchen without missing a thing!

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@mulegirl Insurance collapse will be the tipping point. Real estate losses will kill the global insurance industry in the next decade, requiring a US federal bailout and deep regulatory restructuring globally. Places like FL, LA, CA will be transformed. Politics and behavior will catch up

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@jahorne “Captcha”

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@brad_frost Nothing will ever come close to bulleted lists in any version of Microsoft Word.

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@nathanacurtis @brad_frost @brownorama @eightshapes “The Frictiony Morass” is the name of my next novel.

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@chuckborowicz Just staying out of trouble.

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@danachis Is this some kind of civics lesson?

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@JoJoFromJerz Evolution.

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@mulegirl You go where the money is. And it’s ALL at the top.

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@danachis Some days, it feels like the coup succeeded.

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@danachis Indeed.

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@figma Hey, I’ll admit I’m wrong - it is in the Inspect tab. But do designers use the inspect tab? I guess now they should.

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Hey, @figma what happened to the 'attach documentation' feature on components? Component consumers can no longer see the 'Link to documentation'.

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@cwodtke Morrowind (open world RPG with mods)
Descent (full 6-axis 3D)
Unreal (game = engine)
Enter the Matrix (movie/game narrative tie-in)
Eve Online (emergent economy and gameplay)
Dungeon World (streamlined, accessible TTRPG engine)

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@summers1981 @figma I’ve played with Gist and liked it. But Figma had what I needed until the May release.

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@sarahdoody I can Tetris groceries into a bag like nobody’s business.

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@nathanacurtis @bobafett part Spy Kids, part Lego Movie. Very strange choices.

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@chuckborowicz @nathanacurtis @eightshapes This is an uncanny portrayal.