Michael Gaigg

Group UI Engineer Manager & UX/UI Tech Center Lead at #Esri • Author • Speaker • Husband • Dad • Soccer coach • #UX #UI #Apps #Maps #Design #California #Austria

[Michael Gaigg @MichaelGaigg]

VERY excited to announce the release of my latest book "The Hitchhiker's Guide to Design" - a witty field guide to the world of #UX metaphors. #UXDesign #ProductDesign #DesignThinking #books https://t.co/sRkPgXzfvG

[Yahoo Sports @YahooSports]

EVERY WORLD CUP GROUP STAGE GAME ⚽️🔥

Which match are you most excited to watch? 👀

[Michael Gaigg @MichaelGaigg]

I was thinking of this the other day, how to use drones to bring rescue equipment - but this is amazing, the drone being the lifeline

[NEW【テクノロジーニュース】 @sutoroveli_news]

【発明】空飛ぶ浮き輪が誕生した。溺れた人をGPSで追跡し時速50kmで水面すれすれを飛んで駆けつけ手の届く位置に着水する。救助隊が到着するまでの数分間を命綱に変える装置として水難救助の現場で実用化が始まっている。

[Michael Gaigg @MichaelGaigg]

@BeingScots Bro got no right

[Michael Gaigg @MichaelGaigg]

Ready for the World Cup - check out this map app: https://t.co/bcHh64CHm0
#soccer #esri #map #worldcup #wc26 #SoccerFans

[Michael Gaigg @MichaelGaigg]

Announcing The Hitchhiker's Guide to Design - A shared language for Product Teams
https://t.co/w1bi4GVoZe

50+ memorable patterns that help you recognize recurring design mistakes, product traps, and organizational dysfunction before they derail your project.

#ProductDesign #PM #UX #Design

[Michael Gaigg @MichaelGaigg]

New Hitchhiker pattern dropped: "Brainstorming"

https://t.co/R1EBlOfJFl
#ProductDesign #PM #Design #UX

[Michael Gaigg @MichaelGaigg]

Help needed, fellow Design Hitchhikers:

What design metaphor, pattern, anti-pattern, or organizational oddity should I write about next?

Send me your ideas 👇

[ExtraXTime @FTextraTime]

Leagues with the Most Players on the #FIFAWorldCup2026

[Michael Gaigg @MichaelGaigg]

Great Hitchhiker patterns in the queue: Brainstorming, Boilerplate, Data-Ink Ratio, Throwing Spaghetti at the Wall.

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[Michael Gaigg @MichaelGaigg]

🚀 New Hitchhiker pattern dropped 🚀

"Gold Plating": sometimes more effort creates less value.

https://t.co/3NrXKwOylK

[Michael Gaigg @MichaelGaigg]

Attention travelers of the #Design Galaxy:

We’ve officially reached 50 Hitchhiker Patterns

✓ 50 opportunities to say “oh no… we do that”
✓ 50 strange metaphors
✓ Approximately 42% more snakes than expected 🐍

Thank you for joining this strange little journey.

https://t.co/w1bi4GVoZe

[Michael Gaigg @MichaelGaigg]

Which famous movie is this quote from folks?
"If you work for a living, why do you kill yourself working?'

[Michael Gaigg @MichaelGaigg]

🚀 NEW HITCHHIKER PATTERN DROPPED 🚀

And somehow… we’ve reached Pattern #50 🥳

What better way to celebrate than with the thing that stops launches, kills demos, and appears precisely when executives are watching:

New entry ↓
https://t.co/qPL2v3SQWZ

[Esri GIS Education @GISEd]

🌎 Want a free, MapMaker lesson on Earthquakes?

Check out "Exploring Earthquakes & Their Causes" from Esri & NatGeo! Students use a sign-in-free #MapMaker tool to track seismic patterns, map plate tectonics, and examine human impacts.

https://t.co/aM1IwmWvcU

[Michael Gaigg @MichaelGaigg]

New Hitchhiker pattern dropped:

Thinking Outside the Box: nobody questioned where the box came from in the first place.

https://t.co/foMxNis0VA

What’s a “box” your team stopped questioning?

[Michael Gaigg @MichaelGaigg]

The Hitchhiker's Guide to Design - a shared language for Product Teams.
https://t.co/sRkPgXzfvG

[John Nelson @John_M_Nelson]

a vessel traffic app by colleagues @KVanGraafeiland and @vannizhang

[Michael Gaigg @MichaelGaigg]

Who says there are no kangaroos in #Austria...
Those are the problems in Austria, land of the peaceful