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Writer's Pick: From Brainrot to Steve Jobs, read all about what our staff is currently into.
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🤳 Try Not to Doomscroll Challenge: Instagram vs TikTok
Written & edited by: 👽 Joelle Lee
TikTok and Instagram are the apps that define our generation. Their impact? Doomscrolling and a whole new term for mind-numbing media—“brainrot”.
But how do TikTok and Instagram differ? Does one cause more “doomscrolling” than the other, and how might their apps’ UX and UI contribute to it?
🐎 Managing Resistance to Change
Written & edited by: 🦖 Gabi Howse
“If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.”
— Henry Ford
This is why we practice UX: people cannot recognize their own needs or how to satisfy them, but we can figure that out with the right research and design approaches. But what if people really think they need a faster horse?
🍎 Lessons from Steve Jobs & How the iPod Revolutionized Design
Written & edited by: № Viviana Staicu
"If you don't cannibalize yourself, someone else will.” — Steve Jobs
There are many design lessons we can take away from Steve Jobs—the highly controversial but influential co-founder of Apple. In part 1 of 2 articles, first we’ll be looking at the iPod to contextualize Jobs’ principles.
📖 Cover to Cover — Continuous Discovery Habits
Written & edited by: 🐥 Grace Conard
“Many companies put a heavy emphasis on delivery… while under-investing in discovery, forgetting to assess if you built the right stuff. This book aims to correct for that imbalance.” — Teresa Torres
🤔 Who’s behind the scenes?
The editors behind this week’s issue are 🐥 Grace Conard, 🦖 Gabi Howse, 👽 Joelle Lee, № Viviana Staicu, and 🦑 Kaitlyn Ng
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