Gerren Lamson
@gerrenlamson
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User Experience & Design Leader | Newsletter: https://t.co/CWBT9gQ2rz
Austin, Texas
Joined August 2010
Wender is the fastest AI design tool... and it's live on @ProductHunt today! I have worked SO hard to make Wender a great experience and useful tool, and it would mean the world to me if you would check it out and RT this post. https://t.co/Dwf08NlryA
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“More designers need to be founders”, and @zoink is leading the way. Before the @figma IPO, Dylan came to AI Startup School to share the Figma founding story, why great design is more important than ever, and how we’re still in the MS-DOS era of AI.
Figma co-founder and CEO Dylan Field (@zoink) on how AI will transform design and why craft and attention to detail will be the ultimate differentiators. At AI Startup School in San Francisco. 01:38 – How Dylan and Evan Started Figma 02:58 – WebGL: From Games to Tools 04:10 –
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I'm hiring! We're looking for 3 UX practitioners to join AffiniPay in improving the lives of SMB legal & accounting professionals. Lead Product Designer: https://t.co/iSdAAPGIzC Senior Product Designer: https://t.co/8uo3LMTBeK Senior Content Designer: opens next week
8am.com
At 8am, your career is more than a job—it’s a chance to grow with purpose, connect with driven teammates, and power a world where professionals thrive.
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I recently had the pleasure of contributing to a fantastic discussion with 15 design veterans, led by Christopher Wong on a critical topic — how design leaders and organizations can effectively demonstrate their value. Dive into the full article here:
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This analysis represents key findings from a comprehensive 15-leader study. Contact me directly for the complete research report, which includes a full list of insights, detailed findings, and...
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More designers should be founders. And we want to back them at YC. Over the next decade, as new coding tools make it easier than ever to build and ship products quickly, great design is going to matter even more.
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Designers, it's time to build
2025 is shaping up to be the "year of AI agents". We've put together a list of startup ideas that we think are especially promising— some draw attention to trends that are already in full swing, and some of them are where we think things are going next. https://t.co/AbQWcpKCZX
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Leverage this synthesized user behavior principles & insights doc across the product lifecycle — influencing critical decisions from strategic direction and roadmap planning to granular workflow and feature designs. Field Guide #2: Broad User Insights https://t.co/7hWbCyN47n
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Welcome to the second installment of my UX Field Guide series, where we delve into broad user insights backed by extensive research.
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"Building the right product is still a human responsibility of understanding user needs, prioritizing features, and crafting a great UX. The true differentiation might shift to brand, data, and UX when the basic functionality becomes cheap to replicate."
uxtigers.com
AI transforms software development and UX design through natural language intent specification. This shift accelerates prototyping, broadens participation, and redefines roles in product creation....
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we believe high-quality websites should reflect a brand's identify. To do that well with AI, we have to bring AI to the user, not the user to AI. this is our first attempt at this! Looking forward to hearing what you think 🙇♂️ try it here: https://t.co/J9oCs9nFNZ
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If you're on the job market and open to working at a startup, you might want to check out Y Combinator's WorkAtAStartup.
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Find startup jobs at the best YC startups and connect with founders on Y Combinator's Work at a Startup.
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"I’ve seen both the promise and the pitfalls: How AI can uncover patterns in user data or even suggest a variety of solutions, but also how teams can get seduced by AI’s speed, rushing to solutions before truly understanding the problem."
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For 20 years, the Double Diamond has helped us crack tough problems, offering structure and clarity when we needed it most. But with AI now…
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Recently compiled high-level data on the impact of UX on business and customer outcomes. Hope it helps UX professionals to successfully advocate for better UX!
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UX Field Guide #1: Data Claims of UX Impact
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ICYMI: A few noteworthy brand/web redesigns from the last 6 months: 1. @funsize - https://t.co/4Jx0ytEi4s 2. @envato - https://t.co/OhX3wUwFll 3. @DocuSign - https://t.co/B1g5xA3wUs 4. @sweetgreen - https://t.co/zq6XNUUagr 5. @PayPal -
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PayPal's new refreshed brand identity marks the next chapter for PayPal in the lives of its customers and signals a new direction for the business and the brand...
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Stumbled upon variable font experiments that might be worth checking out: 1. VarType https://t.co/zmzqQLVXcl 2. Space Type https://t.co/fOFbfV0qJQ 3. Font Gauntlet https://t.co/ZpH8UGMEFw 4. Font Playground https://t.co/eTFb73VCAm 5. Wakamai Fondue
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The tool that answers the question “what can my font do?”
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Considering piloting these approaches to improve measuring design impact: 1. Follow Ozan's attempt to crack the code of UX metrics: https://t.co/QcDNmzwhUm 2. Leverage Tanner's approach using jobs-to-be-done ( https://t.co/mqX746s5Cs):
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The Jobs to Be Done Playbook: Align Your Markets, Organization, and Strategy Around Customer Needs
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Try these if you need to offset a lack of impact metrics for your product design work: 1. Before, during, after framing: https://t.co/oMMOyyoUHC 2. Focus on emotion & behavior response: https://t.co/7sAjaH87N5 3. Free user funnel analysis template:
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"The stakeholders who wouldn’t give you time or resource to talk to users can also be the first to demand evidence to support your design." - @h_locke
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Thanks for the chat @cottonbureau @nathanperetic!
Had the opportunity to chat with the good folks @cottonbureau for a Feature Friday post that was published on their blog today! https://t.co/HnFwge9JjK All of my products are 15% off now through 3/1 with code "featurefriday15" on Cotton Bureau:
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"74% of HR leaders said it takes between 4-12 months for employee morale and productivity to bounce back after a layoff. 66% said their C-suite expects a full recovery
within 3 months or less." @LatticeHQ 2024 State of People Strategy Report https://t.co/3hkB9LdCfd
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🎧New music just dropped.
Happy Friday, folks. It's new music day! Listen to my 3rd release Enter Etherea (EP). 🎛️✨🎉 Spotify: https://t.co/YT5M9jCYcy Apple Music: https://t.co/VHdjIGytDF Bandcamp: https://t.co/QVRlylS7cp Soundcloud: https://t.co/hFdifA2H9D
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