Ville Vartiainen | UX Designer

The Magpie

One morning as I sat working on my laptop, suddenly there was a loud thud from the kitchen.

Was reading this article about UX Designers in Grafia (a Finnish Graphic Design magazine), and I had to laugh at this because so far in my experience it rings really true. The definition and reality of what your role as a UX Designer can vary a great deal.

Joe Pesci

The best thing in “The Irishman” was, without a doubt, the frames worn by Joe Pesci. So damn stylish.

Notifications

Every time I go into macOS settings, I think I have a notification about notifications. In general that little red dot has become a horrible, ubiquitous distraction.

Working in digital

Do you remember when people first started talking about this new kind of industry you could get into: ‘New Media’, ‘Digital’, ‘Web Design’?

I do!

An ode to information overload

I’ve just returned to work after 2 weeks of holiday. Before I left, I decided that I had had enough of being addicted to looking at the endless feed of information and hysteria on twitter. It’s one of many bad digital addictions, and it ruins my ability to concentrate.

Is this really happening?

Another morning, trying to fight down the sheer panic and disbelief.

It’s like this has come out of nowhere.

The Village and the Haters

Once there was a village and in it lived many types of people from all over the land, the Mayor, a few rich merchants and a small group called the Haters.

ToDo Hack

Here’s my todo/pm hack – I use the stickies app on MacOS to list my current projects or tasks, and the length indicates the size or how much is left. Just for approximation.

Are you Agile?

I think that most companies that say they practice Agile are kidding themselves.