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Fiona Lai

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an ever-changing designer. In(terweb)trovert.

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Name somewhere, anything that has actually made Search correctly!πŸ™„

01.03.2026 21:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I often tell people that I have massive ambition when it comes to bold ideas, but not when it comes to titles. Sometimes the bold ideas work out and result in career growth but I’m not motivated by titles. If it works out, it works out. I believe that the work should speak for itself.

17.02.2026 19:33 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We already live on a planet where we could house and feed everyone with 30% of resource produced.

Assuming true, of course any new tech that makes us more productive would NOT make anyone work less.

10.02.2026 08:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

when did LinkedIn become Tinder?

10.02.2026 11:18 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Invisible Work The coordination work that holds projects together disappears the moment it works. On the unfairness of recognition and finding leaders who see it anyway.

We all know that person, who does the invisible work, who quietly coordinates and holds projects together. They sadly rarely get credit for it though. It’s hard to measure, and often overlooked. We need to find leaders who can see and reward this invisible work.

10.02.2026 08:30 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
TikTok - Make Your Day

It's all thanks to Jeremy Burge on Tiktok (expresstrainsitdotcom) vt.tiktok.com/ZSmRyHfmD/ πŸ™Œ

10.02.2026 11:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Victorian Train Network Map – Better Map for Melbourne

People people people, if this hasn't entered in your view, here it is!
bettermapformelbourne.com

Anyone visiting Melbourne, this is the only map you need to getting around Victoria state!

10.02.2026 11:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Why Owning Nothing Is So Expensive
Why Owning Nothing Is So Expensive YouTube video by Business Insider

It's timely that Insider released this topic: youtu.be/8AKn-zJMIwY?...
Cancellation subscriptions in the auto-renewal cycle definitely needs a Law clause to be upfront obvious for people to not be in long-term debt when it comes to living with a subscription 🫠

09.02.2026 05:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It's a great time to build software that actually does things.

02.02.2026 23:46 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So, I'm an engineering manager at Stripe who is most responsible for our Design Engineering discipline, and my team would be the first to tell you that our definition is a bit imprecise. (It's actually a thing we're actively working on collaboratively as we come back for the year.) But my take:

03.01.2025 17:32 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
Chris points onto a TV screen to explain his "hacker" theme. (From right to left), his folders of Skills, then what is the skill built with, requirements and then output, commands he can trigger it what to do)

Chris points onto a TV screen to explain his "hacker" theme. (From right to left), his folders of Skills, then what is the skill built with, requirements and then output, commands he can trigger it what to do)

Chris Rickard demos his Claude Skill that helps him filter on what a client has done, drafts an email (doesn't send), drafts a calendar event (doesn't save) unless he's reviewed it.

15.01.2026 10:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Xavier Andueza pointing to a TV screen with a pink background displaying Claude Melbourne, sponsored by Anthropic hosted by MLAI Australia, AI Engineer

Xavier Andueza pointing to a TV screen with a pink background displaying Claude Melbourne, sponsored by Anthropic hosted by MLAI Australia, AI Engineer

🀫🀫🀫 cheers to Ethan Lee for getting me in through the back for the Claude Code Meetup in Melbourne

15.01.2026 07:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

not to mention recent news of ICE in Minnesota and Iran attacks...

Why is January harshly drastic?🫠

14.01.2026 08:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If anybody wants a UX Designer part-time who's making an effort to build things the "old-fashioned way" (no AI, very little javascript, etc.) let me know.

13.01.2026 23:42 πŸ‘ 32 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

So, SXSW Sydney gets cancelled.
EB Games in New Zealand announces to shut down all its stores.

What else could sound even more demotivating?

14.01.2026 08:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Also in Western Australia, it turns out FigJam isn't appropriate to say out loud... @figma.com

09.12.2025 07:05 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Our designer didn't want to show all the cursors in the FigJam file while he was screen-sharing, he said it was distracting with 30+ people in the file...
But it would still be helpful to pick the multi-player cursor to appear as they're speaking or spotlighted! (2/2)

09.12.2025 06:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

another thing @figma.com is in FigJam, can there be a choice to choose which cursors to hide or show?
If there were roles/tagged group of multi-cursors to show or hide. (1/2)

09.12.2025 06:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
Jailbreaking Calculators Is (Unfortunately) a Thing Now
Jailbreaking Calculators Is (Unfortunately) a Thing Now YouTube video by Dammit Jeff

New vid youtu.be/3a-X6FZfl2Y

This was originally just gonna be a fun teehee haha jailbreak video but it ended up being much deeper and disappointing than I thought. Turns out Big calculator doesn’t want you installing apps. Anyways check out the vid

26.11.2025 04:01 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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old man yells at cloud is written on a newspaper Alt: Grandpa Simpson, is on a torn newspaper that says "old man yells at cloud"

Moral of this...
Cash is still kingπŸ‘‘πŸ€ͺ

22.10.2025 23:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

On the way, walking passed the cafe and i second-guessed if i really, really needed that almond croissant + ice choco... Walked along and there's a CBA ATM, so obviously it's meant to be that I get cash out.. used their cashless withdrawal feature, and hurrah, i got my πŸ₯+ice choco = venturing dayπŸ˜‹πŸ˜†

22.10.2025 23:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Didnt have my physical cards/wallet on me, so spent 30 mins trying to add my bank cards to Google Pay/Wallet whilst commuting, and it kept rejecting... didn't have time for help/knowledge articles to resolve the problem..

22.10.2025 23:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

people, people, throw yourself in situations and all kinds of situations!🀣 it's the way to really emotionally test moments - seriously! No AI can help you out on this!

22.10.2025 23:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Meme with the title: Do you ever look at stuff and wonder how it got there... then pictures of a car on top of a tree, a horse stuck in a fence, a cat trapped on window blinds, and some HTML with the code for a Tailwind button

Meme with the title: Do you ever look at stuff and wonder how it got there... then pictures of a car on top of a tree, a horse stuck in a fence, a cat trapped on window blinds, and some HTML with the code for a Tailwind button

13.07.2025 04:24 πŸ‘ 110 πŸ” 26 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2

Another is a business card organiser for the phone books. Now it's QR codes to scan for🫠

14.07.2025 12:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Using a landmark when you tell someone where to meet after mentioning the street names.

14.07.2025 12:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Seeing Marcus getting to learn from Chef Luca, Richie getting to learn from Jessica and Chef Terry and even Carmy getting to learn from Chef Thomas Keller in The Bear. I really wonder if most industries would have this type of exposure for someone to learn from another.

14.07.2025 12:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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On Freedom, Curiosity & Happiness I have been recently contemplating the intricate relationship between my personal life and the work I do, particularly how these domains inevitably get intertwined and influence one another....

New blog post: On Freedom, Curiosity & Happiness

…Where I contemplate the intricate relationship between my personal life and the work I do, what kind of values I believe in, and what’s next after resigning from my full time position in the Nord Design System team

arielsalminen.com/2025/on-free...

02.07.2025 10:40 πŸ‘ 56 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 1

the best taste of research

03.07.2025 09:01 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œWhen you build a thing you cannot merely build that thing in isolation, but must also repair the world around it… so that the larger world at that one place becomes more coherent, and …takes its place in the web of nature.”

β€” Christopher Alexander
(A Pattern Language, 1977)

24.02.2025 15:29 πŸ‘ 31 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2