Sam Anderson

Director of Design Systems @Intuit - Tweets are my own.

[Sam Anderson @whiteeyebrows]

@zoink Creating multiple, smaller events throughout the year might serve the community and Figmates better. I’m thinking of all those visibly exhausted Figmates admirably trying to entertain us all — and all the (I assume) last min push to get features ready to launch by the keynote.

[Sam Anderson @whiteeyebrows]

@pwnies Would love to follow up on how we ensure our training / fine tuning data (design system & general product design work) is safeguarded from / segregated from other customers. Can we even consider bringing our own model?

[Sam Anderson @whiteeyebrows]

@MoonManX22 So YOU’RE the flap guy???? If so, well done. 😎

[Sam Anderson @whiteeyebrows]

Property mgmt are increasing the friction considerably for @Airbnb and @vrbo, requiring me to sign agreements and place deposits off of the platform. One required I send a photo of myself holding my ID.
I have 8 years of 5 star history.
Why even have a trusted intermediary?

[Brad Frost @brad_frost]

🤖🤖🤖 AI and Design Systems 🤖🤖🤖 https://t.co/7hO9vaPcuE

In this post, we demonstrate all of the great ways we (especially Big Medium's resident AI expert, @kevincoyle) have been applying AI tools to many facets of design system work.

[Sam Anderson @whiteeyebrows]

The unglamorous and time consuming part of design systems work: aligning legacy product/code to the system so that updates matter.

[Yesenia Perez-Cruz @yeseniaa]

The other important part of this story is that the Polaris team shipped this very fast— in 10 weeks.

That was only possible because we spent a year getting the admin to 90% mainline coverage.

[Sam Anderson @whiteeyebrows]

Leadership lesson for today: When you delegate decision authority, the worst thing you can do is override their decision(s) without consultation.
Change is a natural part of learning, so decisions change. Just be sure to drive it back thru the team who made the original decision.

[elizabeth lin 🦄✨ @lalizlabeth]

i've been experimenting with the new @figma variables feature by creating a jeopardy game and it's pretty cool! all the jeopardy questions and answers are set through variables 😱

[Nate Baldwin @NateBaldwinArt]

If you’re thinking “now is the time” for implementing dark mode or high contrast modes in your @figma files, it may also be the right time to learn more about #color and #contrast perception 🧵

[Sam Anderson @whiteeyebrows]

Having worked on many mature products, I give @skuwamoto a “strongly agree” on this POV.

[Sam Anderson @whiteeyebrows]

After working together for almost a year, we finally meet in person! @amberfeinerman

[Sam Anderson @whiteeyebrows]

Beautiful keynote by @iamharaldur to close day 1 of #config23

✨The things you can’t do shouldn’t stop you from doing what you want to do. ✨

[Sam Anderson @whiteeyebrows]

@amberfeinerman Nooooooooo! Hope you feel better soon!

[Sam Anderson @whiteeyebrows]

T-minus 30 mins from #Config2023 Keynote!! It’s like a big design family reunion in here. 🤗

[Sam Anderson @whiteeyebrows]

@kellycodeschaos @harropj Congrats!

[Sam Anderson @whiteeyebrows]

In parenting, there's a clear difference between those who balance the parent-as-a-customer and the child-as-a-user and those who don't. As with #EnterpriseUX, parents will put up with a poor experience for a bit if your kid is having a good time, but everyone has their limit.

[Sam Anderson @whiteeyebrows]

And to round out this MSFT love fest... I decided to ask a cheeky question. And - well - at least it was honest. 🤣

[Sam Anderson @whiteeyebrows]

Today is the first day since 2003(?) that I used a Microsoft browser on an Apple computer. (BingAI/Chat is only available in Edge, it seems) I feel triggered, amused, and curious.

[Sam Anderson @whiteeyebrows]

Aaaaaaand now that I've tamed that window I get to enjoy another typical Microsoft thing: the junk-drawer-of-tools-nobody-wants-or-needs that seems to always accompany a Microsoft product.

[Sam Anderson @whiteeyebrows]

Aaaaaaand it immediately defies platform convention by launching itself at max-width+max-height on the primary screen.

I can't even find the installer window to "finish" the install.