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Becky Colley, UX Designer @beckycolley.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Whoever dreamt up Figma's Cursor Chat, bless you.

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Becky Colley, UX Designer @beckycolley.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

They aren't already?! Source: BBC News

BBC News headline, stating "Starmer tells Apple and Google to ban nude images on children's phones"

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Becky Colley, UX Designer @beckycolley.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

The sunshine has brought out my colleagues' sass today, wow 💁

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Becky Colley, UX Designer @beckycolley.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Screen reader question 💬 Is there a way to correct screen reader pronunciation across the board rather than on one specific device or tool? Example: If VoiceOver says 'lead' as in Cluedo's lead pipe rather than as in leader? Both are right but actually not always, in context. #A11y #Accessibility

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Becky Colley, UX Designer @beckycolley.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Is it like 'adulting', and it serves no purpose other than giving the ick?

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Becky Colley, UX Designer @beckycolley.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

All I want for Christmas is my favourite protein powder back in stock ☹️

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Becky Colley, UX Designer @beckycolley.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

Particularly fun was trying something new every month: tarot, reiki, sound bathing, life drawing, learning self-defence, holidaying with my siblings, and more. Thoroughly recommend.

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Becky Colley, UX Designer @beckycolley.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

5 goals smashed in 2025: 1. Overpay my mortgage (i.e. get it under £x) 2. Exercise and eat well consistently 3. Visit at least 1 new country 4. Do 1 new thing every month 5. Go to at least 12 galleries or museums Take at least a couple of these into your 2026, if you can.

Lightroom immersive art exhibition, The Moonwalkers, projecting enormous images of space travel on the walls and floor at Factory International, Manchester

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Becky Colley, UX Designer @beckycolley.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Shocking to ask Slack to /remind you about something this week and the date is in the teens of December. How very British of me, but hasn't this year flown?!

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Becky Colley, UX Designer @beckycolley.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Don't get it twisted. As a UX designer you'll spend: 75% of your time in meetings 10% of your time understanding problems 10% of your time convincing people 5% of your time designing

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Becky Colley, UX Designer @beckycolley.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

As someone always trying to improve my French, I love this. Or should I say, j'adore.

Figma pop-up modal stating that you can now use Figma in French, with a call-to-action to change your language

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Becky Colley, UX Designer @beckycolley.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Writing messages as a woman: *Types* *Adds smiley face to seem friendly* *Deletes smiley face to seem professional*

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Becky Colley, UX Designer @beckycolley.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

That satisfying feeling of closing loads of tabs because you've dealt with those things 🤌

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Becky Colley, UX Designer @beckycolley.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

I spent the last week dog-sitting for friends and it reminded me of two things. 1. How important it is to go outside every day. 2. Especially in autumn.

Happy Chocolate Labrador smiling for the camera

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Becky Colley, UX Designer @beckycolley.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

I think the power is: This person loves/d me and I should love myself.

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Becky Colley, UX Designer @beckycolley.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Thanks to the speakers I managed to catch: Eva Horvathova, Nicola Hancock, Gianna MacKenzie, Keith Allan, and @heydonworks.com. p.s. Justice Digital are currently hiring Interaction (UX) Designers www.jobtrain.co.uk/justicedigit... #UXJobs #TechJobs

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Interaction Designer:National

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Becky Colley, UX Designer @beckycolley.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

3. To help generate ideas for solving problems, it can be useful to flip them on their head and think about the WORST thing you could do. Then do the opposite. 🧵

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Becky Colley, UX Designer @beckycolley.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

2. User research participants may cry. And so might you. That is often the correct human response. It shows you care. 🧵

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Becky Colley, UX Designer @beckycolley.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Lots to reflect on from this week's Justice Digital accessibility conference. Three key points for me: 1. We can't assume or decide how people will use our services, we need to hear the voices of disabled people then translate that into services. 🧵

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Becky Colley, UX Designer @beckycolley.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Maybe we should start drinking out of a hip flask 🌝

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Becky Colley, UX Designer @beckycolley.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

New delivery manager has shamed me for always having giant mugs. Apparently this is a designer thing?! (I confess it is true in my case.)

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Becky Colley, UX Designer @beckycolley.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Recent running views, to cleanse your timeline. Autumn in Manchester is really something this year 🧡

Manchester's Beetham Tower reflecting in the canal alongside trees turning golden

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Becky Colley, UX Designer @beckycolley.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Challenge yourself and your biases. If a woman has been in her role for a while and hasn't been promoted, why? Do you subconsciously apply the 'competence penalty' (women who use AI are seen as less competent than men doing the same, per HBR)? How can you support colleagues and reports? END!

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Becky Colley, UX Designer @beckycolley.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

p.s. Blaming childcare/caring for others makes it women's problem rather than the systemic issue it really is.

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Becky Colley, UX Designer @beckycolley.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

50% of women leave tech by age 35 and this costs up to £3.5 billion a year (2025 Lovelace Report). People assume this is because of caring responsibilities but it's also because of lack of pay parity. So pay women equally, allowing us financial independence and the freedom to have choices.

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Becky Colley, UX Designer @beckycolley.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

If you're in a position of allocating work and/or people, do it fairly. Give women the opportunity to develop and progress. We need the right projects to grow skills and gather evidence that we're worthy of promotion, when it comes to that (and if we want that).

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Becky Colley, UX Designer @beckycolley.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

First thing's first. We've come a long way, but we're not done. And we're tired. We want progress but we need to protect our wellbeing and our energy. It can help to do small things consistently rather than trying to change everything at once.

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Becky Colley, UX Designer @beckycolley.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Thanks to Lloyds for this morning's Ada Lovelace Day breakfast! Lots to think about, I'll share my takeaways once I've tidied up my (many) notes. #ALD25

Panel of speakers introduce themselves at Lloyd's Ada Lovelace Day event

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Becky Colley, UX Designer @beckycolley.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Final thought: I'm glad this finished with a musician's perspective. But the ending was weird.

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Becky Colley, UX Designer @beckycolley.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

The stats weren't quite right* but it's true that there are higher numbers of neurodivergent people in tech: 30% of us, compared to the typical population estimate of 15-20%. *This miniseries is from 2022 so we could have updated numbers in 2025

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Becky Colley, UX Designer @beckycolley.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

We will all identify with the character who is proud to create a "pure" product — before it's increasingly diluted to keep everyone happy 🤡

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Becky Colley, UX Designer @beckycolley.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

I like that each episode is from a different character's perspective. It really helps you understand why their priorities are what they are. Too often in reality, we get 10 seconds to share and appreciate that context.

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Becky Colley, UX Designer @beckycolley.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

People who don't work in tech, who think it's easy, should watch this to understand the hundreds of problems we solve every day. How X impacts Y. Why this is a quick solution, but that one's better. The compromises that are made and why. And why other things aren't budged on.

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Becky Colley, UX Designer @beckycolley.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

I'm being unfair, because Spotify was launched in 2008, but the design repeatedly referred to as "beautiful" is amusing in 2025. Times have changed, let's say. It was the work of @rsms.me, who shared his process here: rsms.me/work/spotify/ (and tbf he calls himself "more architect than artist").

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Spotify

Summary of my work with Figma

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Becky Colley, UX Designer @beckycolley.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

This stereotypical portrayal of a tech office full of young white men throwing paper planes, delivering drinks on remote control cars, and having play fights is tired... but not totally inaccurate.

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Becky Colley, UX Designer @beckycolley.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

People in tech are often considered disruptors and we can be. But most of the time we're problem solvers. Daniel Ek wasn't ruining the music business — times were already changing and his idea benefitted consumers, artists and industry execs. Those against change are often fighting the wrong people.

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Becky Colley, UX Designer @beckycolley.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Thoughts I'm having as a UX designer watching "The Playlist", a Netflix drama about the creation of Spotify. 🧵

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Becky Colley, UX Designer @beckycolley.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Idea to increase food bank donations in supermarkets: reminders beside relevant items e.g. tins, rather than just the donation point at the tills. Because when you've finished shopping, the chance of you going around the entire store again is zero percent.

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Becky Colley, UX Designer @beckycolley.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Nearly screamed when Taylor mentioned the Plaza Athénée, where I recently celebrated a big birthday! The Life Of A Showgirl exceeding expectations for so many reasons. She's unstoppable.

Flowers, chocolates and a glass of pink champagne at the Plaza Athénée's Le Cour Jardin in Paris

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Becky Colley, UX Designer @beckycolley.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

7:55pm on an autumn Tuesday. All over the UK, kettles click on and packets of biscuits are opened. It's Bake Off time 💝

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Becky Colley, UX Designer @beckycolley.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

To think I once left a job because I wasn't busy enough 🫠🫠🫠

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Becky Colley, UX Designer @beckycolley.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

See also: "Thanks for your patience", rather than "Sorry it's taken a while to get back to you".

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Becky Colley, UX Designer @beckycolley.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

One of my favourite language shifts as a woman in STEM: "Thanks for catching that", instead of "Sorry I missed that".

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Becky Colley, UX Designer @beckycolley.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Me, a millennial, sending bad news on Slack: "[Bad news] lol."

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Becky Colley, UX Designer @beckycolley.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Thankfully less popular these days, but carousels.

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Becky Colley, UX Designer @beckycolley.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

What a week. Though the dental hygienist said my teeth are "Great, well maintained". Finding joy.

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Becky Colley, UX Designer @beckycolley.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Bonuses for "our technical teams"? Way to alienate every other skillset that's contributed to OpenAI's success.

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Becky Colley, UX Designer @beckycolley.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

For us at Hippo, it is. You can't be a user-centred designer without it!

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