It is so hard as women to stop apologizing for everything. Was in a small meeting with all women and at some point we all took turns apologizing for things we perceived as inconvenient. 🥲 (they really weren’t)

Last year, I helped build and scale a new Design team in the Canadian government under very scrappy conditions. 7 understatements I learned by doing design together 🧶: 1. The design process rarely feels structured, or finished.

@tannerc Me: good design is invisible! Also me: good design is invisible :(

developers will spend $300 on a mechanic keyboard that makes a specific sound and then use it with $400 noise cancelling headphones

the most confusing part about being the eldest child of immigrant parents is knowing/creating the relationship you have with yourself in place of the relationship you meant to have with them bc they may not hold the capacity to be what you need them to be.

I’ll always have them.

Just heard “Don’t miss out on your life trying to get it together” and I might’ve needed to hear that more than I know

Me opening the link not expecting to land in a figma file of 160+ people

Happy Monday fellow designers

Part ?? of me dealing with the consequences of my indecision: I finally decided to shell out $$ for this mid-century modern dresser after weeks of mulling over it… only to find out that it’s not only sold but is a prototype that was never mass-produced!!

I appreciate PMs who provide the most important information upfront in a brief and actionable way and include the relevant and detailed context below.

Best slide at #Config2023.

The last time I caught up with this man, he said he was going to take a break from design. Now he’s on to another pursuit at Atlassian. 🎉 It’s always a good time catching up with you! We’ve got to rally other SF Viet designers for a dinner—maybe for some good Bo Kho again?

Redownloaded this app because I got @ mentioned. I guess it’s a sign I should stick around and reconnect with design twitter. I guess Musk has won this time, but I’m still calling this Twitter.

As someone who loves sharing music, this is cool, but unlike Myspace, I don’t visit my friends' Instagram profiles very much or at all. There was just more on Myspace profiles to engage with and catch up on.

Cue: monthly existential crisis