Connie Chen (陳穎慈)

Reminds me that I will never unhear Yosemite being called “Yo-sem-mite” smh lol

24 years ago…❤️

Moonlit Floor (Kiss Me)

Today’s bop❤️

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Having a really rough mental health day. Send hugs, please and thank you.💛

A call for papers on AI resistance strategies. The focus isn't on why to resist AI (pity, IMO, often for the wrong reasons), but how people are actually doing it - from blocking $98bn in data centre projects to student app-deletion campaigns.

For the first time, we now know how many Black-owned bookstores exist in the U.S. The National Association of Black Bookstores has released the “first comprehensive national report” on the state of America’s Black-owned bookstores.

There has never been an official, comprehensive record of Black-owned bookstores across the United States — until now

You could have all the accessibility toolkits and plugins and AI agents in the world and it still won’t mean much if your design practice itself is ableist.

Unlearning the ableism we are all taught is a much more important part of this work.

I should know, I’ve been doing it.

Gym Jams

Old and haven’t updated it in forever especially since I’m primarily on my Peloton, but it still delivers!

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What makes publishers the most money with Outpost's Ryan Singel Q&A and Office Hours (Free event) · Luma This is a free event, held in partnership with Outpost Publishers Cooperative. There's a secret weapon behind your favorite publishers and his name is Ryan…

I'm hosting the Co-founder of Outpost, Ryan Singel, for a secret revealing discussion on WHAT MAKES PUBLISHERS THE MOST MONEY. Ryan is absolutely full of gems you need to hear like when to discount and how to win back cancelled subs. You should come to this next week.

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How I arrived on Bluesky

Tapped the fuck out yo

Mental health day yesterday

Going to bed now

-Was gonna pull an all nighter to catch up on work since I took yesterday off as a mental health day, but I am so tapped the fuck out bc I grinded hard today so I’m going to bed at 8:34pm haiku

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This is cute as fuck. 😍🇯🇵🍣🌸

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Close up of peachy pink garden roses with some dark pink tips on some of them

Floral therapy💛

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Browt

Pombon

Gecqua

Browt, Pombon and Gecqua

One of the funniest things I’ve seen on the internet in a while.

Underline text links.

Thanks for coming to my TED talk.

#Accessibility #A11y #UI #UX

Have to fast and missed my chance to eat an edible. 😭

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People cancelling ChatGPT for Anthropic and bragging about it on LinkedIn

The bar for tech ethics is so damn low y’all

My dork laugh definitely delivered

Ways you can help me and many others that’s in the same position:

- Share my portfolio: conniechen.design

- Buy me a drank: buymeacoffee.com/conniechiiiwa

Thank you.💛💛💛

Welp, that was fun and made me giggle like an idiot.

Hello. Content design and design systems consultant

It’s that time again - I’m on the hunt for new clients from the beginning of April. I’m open to full or part-time contracts outside IR35.

I can help you with:

- design system consultancy, coaching, management or documentation
- content design
- UX writing
- technical writing

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I'm really sorry if you got laid off It's honestly awful.
Unsolicited advice: take a break.

Go outside. See some music? Maybe read a book? One in particular? Use the code LAYOFF for a steep discount on Good Job: Designing Interviews and Interviewing in Design sternlyworded.com/good-job-book

Happy birthday Ned!!💛🥳🎂🎉🥂

Connie Chen Connie Chen | UX Designer + Mentor

Today, the bad news bear got me. My contract with Disney will be ending in April instead of June.

I am actively looking for a Senior UX/Product Designer with full-time opportunities in healthcare, biotech, or ed-tech. I appreciate your support and connections. Thank you.💛

conniechen.design

Rigatoni pasta in creamy tomato basil sauce with spinach and sausage topped with mozzarella and Parmesan cheese

Nom nom nom 👩🏻‍🍳

Everything feels so obviously dark and heavy. No matter how much you decide to digest what’s going on, it’ll hit hard. Super fucked up and scary times.

Take care of yourself, each other, and stay safe.💛