Delightful Reveal #35

“I’m just going to put my computer in a ring of salt so the AI can’t get it.”

What we did:

• Replaced a third party input mask with a custom currency input component wrapped with dollar-sign icons. 
• Connected with our product stakeholder to learn more about their administrative needs in our product.
• Reviewed/sync’d on our plan of attack this epicycle, and reminded ourselves of the need for a roadmap.
• Put the finishing touches on the slides and mural for a multi-product-team workshop focused on concept modeling.
• Identified known research questions and design hypotheses.
• Planned and held three user research sessions, updated our prototype. Drafted acceptance criteria.
• Learned to love the bomb — I mean, Slack’s new design.
• Held a knowledge transfer meeting to learn more about a new user group.
• Created Ruby stickers for Ruby Central.
• Worked on some monster illustrations.
• Continued to work on Madison+ Ruby 2024 website.
• Started concepting for Flagrant laptop stickers.
• Researched coffee bag suppliers and pricing.
• Reset a production database with freshly imported data.

What we’re reading:

• The Bone Shard Daughter
• 100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People by Susan M Weinschenk (FYI she’s from Wisconsin)
• Dead-end Memories by Banana Yoshimoto
• Finished Distributed Blackness: African American Cybercultures by André Brock, Jr.
• Started The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America By Richard Rothstein
• ”On Craft” by Dr. Cat Hicks 
• “Do digital products have information architecture?” by Dan Brown 
• ‘Privacy Nightmare on Wheels’: Every Car Brand Reviewed By Mozilla — Including Ford, Volkswagen and Toyota 
• On creating fearlessly - Musician Lucy Liyou discusses remaining authentic in your creative process, trusting your intuition, and finding the joy in working through an intentional vision.

What we’re watching:

• Game Changer
• Glow Up S4
• Um, Actually
• Star Trek Strange New Worlds (S2)
• Star Trek Lower Decks (S4)
• Ladies First: A Story of Women in Hip-Hop
• Art in the Pre-Apocalypse

What we’re listening to:

• Margaret Glaspy - Act Natural (Official Video) 
• Castles in the Air by Don McLean
• Limbo by Keshi
• Gary Wright - DreamWeaver Official Video - YouTube

What we’re interested in:

• Whether to multiclass dip my Gloomstalker Ranger into a few levels of Rogue (and if so, Assassin vs. Scout) 
• Starfield
• Mimochai’s art
• Finding a place to start doing ceramics

What we’re struggling with:

• Too many things to do before traveling abroad.
• Housing affordability.
• Anxiety.
• Making cold brew.
• LiveSelect.
• Dry weather.

What we’re buying:

• Earbuds for go-to-sleep podcasts.
• New water pipes!
• A new jute rug for the bedroom.
• Lego sets: Tranquil Garden and A-Frame Cabin.

What we’re celebrating:

• Water pressure!
• Sweater weather.
• Rainy weather.
• Trips to the library.

If you’re looking for a team to help you discover the right thing to build and help you build it, get in touch.