Zeke Kooyer

product designer @tovalafood

[Zeke Kooyer @KooyerZeke]

@joshdesignsxyz I’m there as well!

[Zeke Kooyer @KooyerZeke]

@Austen The UX program had its issues but the curriculum and instructors were great. Really glad I went through the program, and honestly not sure I would have done it without an ISA.

[Zeke Kooyer @KooyerZeke]

@kerrybtone In my experience it’s gotten worse/less directional since then

[Zeke Kooyer @KooyerZeke]

Having trouble finding specific places for design inspiration now that Dribbble has fallen

[Zeke Kooyer @KooyerZeke]

@lalizlabeth @kerrybtone @thedavid @thecosmos @itsnicethat I use Mobbin all the time

[Zeke Kooyer @KooyerZeke]

@lalizlabeth @kerrybtone @thedavid @thecosmos @itsnicethat These are great, thank you!!

[Zeke Kooyer @KooyerZeke]

@kerrybtone The quality seems to really have gone downhill since 2019. It’s becoming more and more stylized graphics vs actual product

[Zeke Kooyer @KooyerZeke]

@RVAtrout @itspatmorgan As a Lambda grad I’d say that’s fair - lucky to have a mentor who pushed me on visuals early on.

[Zeke Kooyer @KooyerZeke]

Some days its just about the small spacing/hierarchy wins

[Zeke Kooyer @KooyerZeke]

@lalizlabeth You @bylisainoue and @thedavid were so helpful with critiquing early work - will always be grateful for that!

[Zeke Kooyer @KooyerZeke]

@lalizlabeth helped me get better at visual design in 2019 when I was starting my UX/product career - highly recommend trying her new course!

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[Zeke Kooyer @KooyerZeke]

@lalizlabeth Really inspiring to see all the work you have been doing @lalizlabeth

[Zeke Kooyer @KooyerZeke]

@RVAtrout @riddacademy Really tempted to take this one 👀

[Zeke Kooyer @KooyerZeke]

This is true and a huge struggle. I do think it also depends on how much effort it takes on the dev side. If you are building a feature that will take weeks/months to build and cannot be quickly iterated on, it might need more than 80%

[Nick Stamas @nickstamas]

Designers at startups: getting a design to 100% is almost always a bad thing.

Shoot for 80% and move on. You'll get twice the amount of work done.

[Zeke Kooyer @KooyerZeke]

Inspired by the great @soren_iverson

[Zeke Kooyer @KooyerZeke]

Quickly start a private session when listening to Kanye on Spotify

[Zeke Kooyer @KooyerZeke]

Using @MobbinDesign to look at how apps have evolved their UX over the years is incredible. Underrated tool

[Zeke Kooyer @KooyerZeke]

@lalizlabeth We have $500 to spend but can get approved for more if there is a good reason (UX conference or something)

[Zeke Kooyer @KooyerZeke]

Shopping within Instagram is surprisingly bad considering they know exactly which brands I’m interested in. Having all the data in the world doesn’t matter if the UX is terrible