Phuong Tran

UX Designer 👩🏻‍💻 Voracious Reader 📚 Curious Creature 🧐 Sharing content that inspires me 🧠 ✨

[cari @caricakes]

“I’m always amazed at how books find us at the time we need them, as if there’s some omniscient, benevolent librarian in the sky” - @smdanler

[Phuong Tran @uxwithpt]

I just published 4 Ways to Optimize a Mentor call as a UX Designer https://t.co/NROpHqMBXO #uxdesign #mentorship #uxdesigner

[Phuong Tran @uxwithpt]

“Beware the stories you read or tell; subtly, at night, beneath the waters of consciousness, they are altering your world.” — Ben Okri

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@tferriss has been my top podcast since 2017, full of interesting guests and actionable advice 👏🏻#SpotifyWrapped https://t.co/seHReTu8KX

[IGN @IGN]

The acclaimed Studio Ghibli legend Hayao Miyazaki is coming out of retirement at the age of 80 to direct a “fantasy on a grand scale” called How Do You Live? When asked why he's making one more movie, Miyazaki replied “Because I wanted to.” https://t.co/VnS9DaSYjG

[Timothée Chalamet @RealChalamet]

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[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

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[Gordon Ching @gordoncching]

An analogous way to frame the purpose of design management is to ask: "What are the necessary conditions for [x] to be effective?"

X = Designers, Researchers, Writers, Managers, etc.

You can think of yourself as a gardener: what soil, nutrients, light do my plants need to grow?

[Phuong Tran @uxwithpt]

“Survival is the ability to swim in strange water.”
― Frank Herbert, Dune

[Tim Ferriss @tferriss]

https://t.co/a66El0m1yO

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“Think before you speak. Read before you think.” —Fran Lebowitz

[Headspace @Headspace]

Give yourself permission to make mistakes, to change your mind, to be fully human.

[Phuong Tran @uxwithpt]

Mental Models: The Best Way to Make Intelligent Decisions (~100 Models Explained) https://t.co/pQ7FnPFmDY via @farnamstreet

[Gordon Ching @gordoncching]

The first Chief Design Officer for my design executive research interview series is @jaffoneh. Who is a design exec? What makes them effective in the c-suite? Let's dig in. A few summarized takeaways from our chat. 🧵

[Naval @naval]

The success formula: solve your own problems and freely share the solutions.

[Phuong Tran @uxwithpt]

@gordoncching Can’t wait!! 🤩

[Phuong Tran @uxwithpt]

“First principles thinking helps us break down, reexamine, and recombine information in new ways.” — @choicehacking https://t.co/F51DLsiE0V

[Phuong Tran @uxwithpt]

"Always remaining open to the idea that your beliefs might be wrong is the best way to get closer to the truth " - @TheCrashCourse #Philosophy Episode #8 - Karl Popper, Science, & Pseudoscience

[Dune Quotes @DuneQuoteBot]

Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense. The real universe is always one step beyond logic

[Phuong Tran @uxwithpt]

“You can certainly create an experience that is good enough and will work for people around the world, but it won’t necessarily feel like it’s meant for them.” Wonderful article on designing address forms for a globalized world!  — @virginiastart https://t.co/filIOfLMsp