Mary Lane

Moderately caffeinated runner & yoga teacher with a soft spot for tech, travel, and teamwork.

Director, User Experience @meltmedia

[Mary Lane @mklanedesigns]

"Our solutions can only be as good as we are." #designethics @monteiro

[Mary Lane @mklanedesigns]

#relatablecontent

[Shit User Story @ShitUserStory]

As an…
– employee in tech
I want…
– Everything abbreviated, even when the abbreviation itself takes longer to say than the original, before you even account for the fact that you have to say the original thing for clarification
so that…
– I can save time

[Ana Lorena Fabrega @anafabrega11]

6 things kids know by heart that adults forgot 🤸🏽👇🏽

[Mary Lane @mklanedesigns]

💯

[The UX Design School @CenterCentre]

In doing design discovery, you and your team produce a shared pool of knowledge to drive your work. That knowledge informs design decisions, defines what “success” means, and forms the basis for your critiques.

https://t.co/kG2GXsCrPa

[Jared Spool @jmspool]

Great designers don’t fall in love with their solution.

Great designers fall in love with the problem.

[Mary Lane @mklanedesigns]

Why did this make me laugh so much? #relatableTechHumor 😂

[Shit User Story @ShitUserStory]

As a…
– consumer
I want to…
– know what technology stack was used to build your product
so that…
– I know what technology stack was used to build your product

[Mary Lane @mklanedesigns]

I can't wait to feel this level of devastation again.

[Josh Johnson @secondfret]

Trader Joe’s: Here’s a new treat.
Me: This is delicious. This is my new favor…
Trader Joe’s: It’s gone forever.

[Mary Lane @mklanedesigns]

PREACH. I'm a biased, complete proponent of working remotely, whether it's full time or as a part of a hybrid schedule. Flexibility it the future.

Work from home during this pandemic is another beast entirely...

[Charles Patterson @CharlesPattson]

I don’t know who needs to hear this but working from home is not the same as working remotely.

[Mary Lane @mklanedesigns]

"Reconcile what resonates...and move on." Damn. Anyone else need to hear this?

[Eric Brown @ericbrwn]

Don’t always fall prey to the idea that the next business book you read should upend your life, work, team, or organization. It’s okay to read a great book, reconcile with what resonates, put it back on the bookshelf, and move on.

[Mary Lane @mklanedesigns]

Nailed it.

[Shit User Story @ShitUserStory]

As a...
– user
I want...
– a PDF file
so that...
– I can view content with in a portable, compatible format with layout integrity, until this new “HTML” technology becomes widely adopted

[Shit User Story @ShitUserStory]

As a...
– website visitor
I want to...
– learn more
so that....
– I know more

[Jared Spool @jmspool]

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[Sarah Drasner @sarah_edo]

Make it work
Make it right
Make it fast
Make it work again because you broke it making it fast

[Mary Lane @mklanedesigns]

@NikiBlaker @jmspool Yikes.

[Kim Goodwin @kimgoodwin]

The most important part of information design is knowing what question you’re trying to answer with the data (and at what level of detail). This next-hour addition to the iOS weather app is a great example: when will it stop raining?

[Dani Connor Wild 🐿 @DaniConnorWild]

I put my microphone in front of a 7 week old baby red squirrel.

[Mary Lane @mklanedesigns]

@OhKPond @TuftandNeedle I think I has JUST bought mint maybe a few weeks before. Think they still hooked me up with the team discount -- was super nice of them.

[Mary Lane @mklanedesigns]

@OhKPond @TuftandNeedle I got mine maybe 5(?) years ago now? Right before I joined melt I think.

[Mary Lane @mklanedesigns]

Nailed it.

[Capybaras @CapybaraCountry]

just the right size!