Roman

User Experience Designer, Strategist, and Co-host of @uxlikeus podcast. If it ain't broke, disrupt it.

[jonathanhatami @jonathanhatami]

I think so many people in Los Angeles are just tired of the homelessness crisis. It’s gone on for years. We are tired of the highest gas & grocery prices, highest electrical bills, skyrocketing housing prices and the expense of homeowners insurance or inability to get insurance at all. We are tired of the crime, home burglaries, animal abuse, sexual abuse, child abuse, rampant theft and of leaders telling us there isn’t crime at all. We are tired of our failing schools. Why can’t we have better roads and streetlights? We are so tired of the increase in taxes, the constant request by politicians for more taxes, but worse services and rampant fraud & corruption all while politicians and their friends get richer. We are tired of politicians telling us to follow the law when they don’t. We are tired of the same failed politicians jumping from one position to the next position making promises they never fulfill. We are tired of gaslighting, virtue signaling, turning everything political and just straight up lying. We are tired of politicians who don’t support children & families. We are tired of politicians thinking murderers are victims, safety doesn’t matter, all criminals should be released, and people aren’t responsible for their own actions.

So, when normal, reasonable everyday people decide to run for office, I’m tired of the group of LA entitled elitists who feel they get to decide who can and can’t run for elected office. Anyone challenging the status quo, anyone challenging their power, anyone “jumping the line,” they put down and demean. They don’t talk about issues, why they are a better candidate or why their ideas are better. It’s Privilege & Entitlement. They think they deserve the position and are better than us. They aren’t.

You don’t deserve anything - you earn it.

[Eliot @CDTEliot]

the braintrust at pixar is a pure “standard‑holding” mechanism. it concentrates experience, pattern recognition, and taste, but not authority.

directors are obligated to listen and to engage seriously with the feedback, but they are not obligated to obey it.

so you still get the benefit of accumulated taste without freezing the system around a small set of decision‑makers. new work can still emerge that doesn’t look like the previous hits, because the standard is advisory rather than veto power.

basically, architect your organisation so that taste is maximally shared and consulted, but minimally centralised in the actual decision pipeline.

[Joe Hudson @FU_joehudson]

Five signs you're about to talk yourself out of something you actually want:

1. You call it "being realistic"
2. You're asking everyone else's opinion but your own body
3. You keep researching instead of feeling
4. You've made a pros and cons list longer than one page
5. The "rational" choice makes you feel dead inside

[greg @greg16676935420]

Did we ever figure out what she saw?

[Lulie @reasonisfun]

🎙️ Episode #5 of Reason Is Fun is an even deeper dive into decision making!

@DavidDeutschOxf and I are joined by special guest Mark Alexander, producer of @artofaccomp's Great Decisions course.

Topics:
- competing wants
- morality & shoulds
- hangups
- inner critic
- suffering

[Roman @Stuporman]

@theShaneLevine I’d love to see this treatment applied to the new iOS nightstand mode for the iPhone. It’s already beautiful, but it would incredible as glow in the dark

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@GeekTyrant https://t.co/sz9xF8z5mZ

[Roman @Stuporman]

@MengTo @KaundaMarvin Thanks will check again.

[Roman @Stuporman]

@MengTo @KaundaMarvin I bought the early access via lemonsqueezy but can’t find where to access the content. Is it supposed to show up in the DesignCode app?

[Roman @Stuporman]

@ShitFacilitator Glad to hear it's an amicable dissolution of the co-facilitation. Let's be sure to run a quick sailboat retro to capture what went well and what could have gone better.

[Roman @Stuporman]

Dear @DeptVetAffairs, why in the world can’t I schedule an appointment without calling the phone number that never answers? Is it really so impossible to let me schedule through the app?

[Roman @Stuporman]

Last week I ran an in-person workshop for the first time in years. Main take away: while I missed some of the conveniences of Mural and Miro, live human interaction with nuanced face to face communication still rules and is worth budgeting for.

[Roman @Stuporman]

@jw @duolingo @duolingo is the definition of toxic gamification

[Roman @Stuporman]

Why does every modem and router hide the reset button on the back when that is literally the only interaction you ever need to have with the device?

[Roman @Stuporman]

Celebrating Presidents Day with a road trip with my son.

What are you up to this weekend?

[Roman @Stuporman]

@matt_pratta @vladquant I think you just invented the next billion dollar startup, my friend!

[Roman @Stuporman]

"When your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt." - Henry J. Kaiser

[Roman @Stuporman]

Folks, it’s easy to identify the fake news sites. They are the ones that actually show you the article without trying to get you to sign up for email updates, agree to their cookie policy, and watch a full screen takeover ad first.

[Roman @Stuporman]

@cliffhazell Now that you mention it … a bicycle ashtray would be awesome!

[Roman @Stuporman]

@JonYablonski 🔥🔥🔥