Ryan Singer

@rjs

Understanding demand, modeling problems, designing UI at Basecamp (formerly 37signals) since 2003.

Chicago, IL
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Joined November 2007
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  1. Apr 6

    The interactions are the design. The visual design is just the face.

    26 retweets 59 likes
  3. Apr 5

    Bezos: "Outsized returns often come from betting against conventional wisdom, and conventional wisdom is usually right" <-- great quote

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  4. Apr 4

    Can't say it enough. Shipping means shipping things you don't like. The net improvement is what matters, not perfection.

    108 retweets 203 likes
  5. Apr 4

    Part of doing UI design is lying to yourself just a little bit about how complex the problem is. You can't automate without oversimplifying.

    13 retweets 51 likes
  6. Mar 30

    Ed Catmull shares nuggets of experience and advice on running a creative business in this new McKinsey interview:

    6 retweets 23 likes
  7. Mar 24

    Quickly prototyping a state that may or may not occur in a Rails template:

    3:21 PM - 24 Mar 2016 · Details
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  9. Mar 21

    Do we "hire" politicians to: lead us; represent us; defend/protect us; or transform us? Very different w/ diff. hire/fire criteria.

    7 retweets 27 likes
  10. Mar 21

    How can we make a product better for customers unless we know what they struggle to do with it?

    16 retweets 42 likes
  11. Mar 21

    UI designers don't need to understand demand deeply to judge aesthetic changes. But for functional changes, demand is the appraiser.

    7 retweets 23 likes
  12. Mar 21

    Without a notion of demand, you can't call a design change an improvement.

    6 retweets 22 likes
  13. Mar 17

    "Any project involving multiple people exists in a continuous state of low-level confusion." - in Elements of Clojure

    32 retweets 46 likes
  14. Mar 17

    Computers as fashion accessories. Apple products in a WSJ piece today:

    1:12 PM - 17 Mar 2016 · Details
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  15. Mar 15

    Identifying two aspects of design (circuit vs. visual style) doesn't have to mean two people do the job. It can clarify the stages for one.

    2 retweets 16 likes
  16. Mar 15

    I appreciate the art of a UI stylist because, being more of a circuit-designer, I'm not as good at it.

    1 retweet 16 likes
  17. Mar 15

    Tufte is good for the "function" of style, with a grain of salt. Bad styling can hinder a cognitive task. But that's basic competency now.

    1 retweet 11 likes
  18. Mar 15

    Style and function do sometimes overlap. Eg. Tufte demonstrates visual choices with cognitive effects. But these cases are often overstated.

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  19. Mar 15

    This is what we call “visual designers”

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  20. Mar 15 Roslindale, Boston

    I’m way more the circuit designer than the stylist. I’d love to pair with a visually-centric designer. That’s a great way to put it.

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