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Andrew M

@AmacdDesign

{he/him} UX Strategist & Researcher @ Rumor Avenue / AFK @ ADPList || Voraciously inquisitive ~ Ardent word-smith

Joined October 2019
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"Organisations do not lack for brilliant people or ideas, but instead suffer from instituitional dysfunction that stiffles that brilliance." [paraphrased] - #vanUXawards Keynote @VanUXAwards


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I don’t think we’re honest enough with design students when they graduate whatever program (formal or not) about the gap between their abilities and the abilities required for a job.


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I spent $3M+ on Facebook Ads. And after testing hundreds of ads. I put together a pdf with the 7 best ad copy templates for coaches. They generated 50k+ leads for my clients. Want it for free? RT this and I'll send it to you (opt-in needed). Must follow so I can DM you.

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So many new designers entering the field and so many charlatans lined up to take their money.


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"Here's the number I used to win the lottery" –Entrepreneurs giving advice


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I want to be able to be less brave. I want to rest. I want to enter spaces where I don't need to ask, because someone has already taken into account universal design, and maybe even remembered my access needs. 9/10


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[ Secondary note to explore if combo businesses are a happy byproduct of a car-driven society that doesn’t know how to build walkable cities. ]


Better late than never if you didn’t get this memo yet. Tl,dr; Your will to solute is not a gift to those who don’t want/need it.

bro found the solutions for woman not wanting solutions



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"Do you really have to swear in these (courses, emails, talks, etc.)?" Yes, I absolutely fucking do.


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If we cancel all student debt, ppl will want medical debt forgiven. If we cancel medical debt, they're going to want free healthcare. If we give them that, they'll want us to house the homeless. Then everyone's going to want a living wage. The whole society will fall apart.


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If you sleep less than 8 hours, read this:


“… there’s a big gap between textbooks and check books.” @robfitz , The Mom Test Ain’t that the truth. Aka the ‘long road of blood, sweat, and tears’.


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Product managers helping the team ship a new feature

From Ma Shu Du

I got 99 problems but a session ain’t one @ADPList

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This short video from @ExtraCreditz is a lovely introduction to the thoughtful interaction design patterns built into the very first level of Super Mario Bros. youtube.com/watch?v=ZH2wGp…


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THREAD: One of our clients was an 11-year-old Black child taking a shower before bed when DC police burst into her bathroom, pulled back the curtain, and pointed guns at her naked body. Cops said they found a little marijuana on her dad (who didn't live there) two weeks before.


I swear watching people play tactical/strategy games and make stupid decision after stupid decision and somehow manage has me emotionally exhausted and confused while cringing myself into cramps over these flagrant public displays of unconscious incompetence.


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every day i login into this app and remember some of you have literally NEVER been poor. it's wild that people building products for everyday people have noooo idea what the average americans life is even like.


It’s interesting to watch an employee’s market and the antiwork movement get UTTERLY slow-steamrolled by the “mysterious” market forces of “a looming recession” The verge of a paradigm shift tilted back to status quo by moving money around & repetitive sound bites. Depressing af


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What’s the one thing you know well enough that you could teach it simply, without any preparation, with pen and paper, in five minutes, to 5th graders, today? Comment below. Now, go make a video and show the world. Content creation doesn’t have to be crazy.


After waking up at 0400 to take a call, and then getting to work after, I think I might convert to the pre-0500 crowd. This shit is kinda nice, and by golly I was productive.


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