Small but mighty Figma update that was shipped last week...

Smaller PDFs! They now export at 70-80% smaller than previously 🚛

👋 Hi! Is your team's brand/marketing design team using Figma? We'd love to chat and learn about how you're using it. DM me!

Markus Söder

A British writer penned the best description of Donald Trump I’ve ever read:

“Why do some British people not like Donald Trump?”

A few things spring to mind. Trump lacks certain qualities which the British traditionally esteem. For instance, he has no class, no charm, no…

Any designer friends looking for a freelance gig? (Brand + product design)

There is a project I'd have liked to take, but I don't have capacity at this time.

In my career I got told to dress differently to impress C-Level. I didn‘t get the promotion, because „women seem like they want the job of their boss“. I got belittled, ignored, cut off.

We are far from done, so let‘s fight today and everyday for the end of the patriarchy. #iwd

“If you’re happy, have found love, are surrounded by good people, doing what you like, and giving back to others, that’s success. Selling your soul for a buck is not worth the real price you pay.' —the inimitable Iris Apfel. Rest in peace.

In the state of Missouri a 14-year old can carry an AR-15 in public but a pregnant woman in an abusive marriage cannot divorce her abusive husband.

Please do go on about how this isn’t a war against women, won’t you.
fox4kc.com/news/missouri-…

Using only food, where are you from?

Wealth of Elon Musk
2012: $2,000,000,000
2024: $204,500,000,000

Wealth of Jeff Bezos
2012: $18,400,000,000
2024: $196,000,000,000

Wealth of Mark Zuckerberg
2012: $17,500,000,000
2024: $170,400,000,000

Federal Minimum Wage
2012: $7.25
2024: $7.25

Three words: tax the rich.

When a startup is competing against a large competitor, they aren't competing with the *entire* company, they are likely competing with some PM focused on internal politics/career progression.

With this framing, it shouldn't be surprising to see startups win as often as they do.

I feel like we’re not talking enough about the fact that the Alabama Supreme Court quoted the Bible and cited the “wrath of God” as their legal reasoning for why frozen embryos are in fact “children.”

AskAubry 🦝

I would love to share some inspo with juniors, but need your help. 🤝

Which portfolios did you like lately? And why?

Product Design/Design Systems, from junior to senior.

Let's go, #FriendsOfFigma ! Check out these upcoming Figma events happening around the world👇
*cue around the world by daft punk while you read 🎶*

The biggest career cheat code:

Only work with exceptional managers.

7 simple questions to ask when you're interviewing them:

Designers looking for a job right now – listen to me carefully ☟

Drop those skill progress bars and double diamond method diagrams from your resume & portfolio. They are making you look silly.

You might be a perfectionist...

And that might be holding you back. Here's how to tell:

Anyone from NYC flying over to anywhere in Europe (the closer to Hamburg the better 😅) in the next couple of weeks and is able to bring a package?