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UXR roles don’t deliver value. Hyper specialized roles inflate costs and do work around the work. Process can be learned, research can be learned. Research reduces risk, but never eliminates it. Research isn’t always needed because , in most cases, you can quickly ID & accept/mitigate risk.

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Uncle Ellis @e11is.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

You mean *on its back*. It’s on a ventilator. Might not make it.

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Uncle Ellis @e11is.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Oh man, another distillery. That’s awful.

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ᴍɪᴋᴀʏᴇʟ ᴍʏᴇʀs @chaclo.blacksky.app · 05/05/2025

Today, let’s all Cinco De Mind our fuckin business!

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Uncle Ellis @e11is.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Jack Daniel’s 12 year is better than the 14 Year. I was surprised by this realization. They’re both great bottles but the 12 year is a little less tannic (read: dry) than the 14 year.

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Uncle Ellis @e11is.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

TJ Holmes and the homley looking yt woman.

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Uncle Ellis @e11is.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

It was harder to get in the door, you had to have talent. Developing talent meant learning respect. When music became easier to create & consume, dumber people & music became more prevalent. What annoys me is that there is rarely a new song from a new artist, longer than 1:30. Ringtone rap, SMH

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Uncle Ellis @e11is.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

I hear you, but using AI in writing is a lot like using grids and type systems in design. Sure, they’re common tools, maybe even clichés, but they don’t decide the story. The designer does. Craft isn’t just in the tool or the component, it’s in how you wield it, when you break it, and why.

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Uncle Ellis @e11is.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Using AI to write is like designing with a pattern library. The creative intent, the layout, the flow, that’s all still the designer’s job. The components aren’t the creativity, they’re the tools. It’s not curation, it’s composition. AI might hand you the bricks, but you still build the house.

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Uncle Ellis @e11is.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Druski is not funny. I said it. Watched 3 of his videos. My face while I closed the app.

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Uncle Ellis @e11is.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Break out the rabbits and praise Ostara! It’s spring!!

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Uncle Ellis @e11is.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

AND you can’t have ownership without accountability.

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Uncle Ellis @e11is.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Update: her name is Amy Lee and she did have a career after that group.

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Uncle Ellis @e11is.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

I wonder what would have happened if the woman from evanescence would have done blue-eyed soul. She could have been Adele before Adele was Adele

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Uncle Ellis @e11is.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

I liked a couple posts and followed a new person here and instantly got hit with a block. It was good observations on the job market and hiring. Now I am sitting here like…

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a man standing on a balcony with the words " i did n't even do anything " above him

ALT: a man standing on a balcony with the words " i did n't even do anything " above him

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Air-rum @aarum.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

If you followed me on the bird 🐦 app you know I work in the HR space specifically Talent acquisition and I give advice or tell people things. The market is absolutely hiring again. But this hiring cycle will be to replace everyone they laid off & bringing people in for lower salaries/ 5 days etc

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Uncle Ellis @e11is.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

*Jay-Z’s greatest rap song. Also, Pharrell made that song so good. That beat, the production, the vocals. It elevated that song so much. Allure is an incredible song. The greatest rap song of all time is: “It Was a Good Day” by Ice Cube.

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Uncle Ellis @e11is.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

“Evil is the absence of empathy” Damn… Something to reflect on.

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Uncle Ellis @e11is.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

You could yield your time to me when you need to take a break. WWF Tag-Team style.

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Uncle Ellis @e11is.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Huh…how about that? Black people invented Punk Rock. That’s dope 🤘

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Uncle Ellis @e11is.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

The culture vulture tried to clone Phonte’s whole persona. The problem is the colonizer can only act as Drake, never as Phonte, Soulja, The Weeknd. Kirk’o Bangz, etc…

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Uncle Ellis @e11is.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

This is still in rotation 20 years later. With some certified classics.

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Uncle Ellis @e11is.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Whelp, I have a legit question. Do we have to be in Cupertino? I know a guy, internally, who is looking for a change, but isn’t at the Home Office.

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Uncle Ellis @e11is.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

True understanding, and empathy, comes from experience. Doing is faster than reading AND listening. They absolutely do need to know how to code.

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Uncle Ellis @e11is.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

The answer is code. Designers need to know how to code again. If you can’t create the experience in code it’s not making it to production because it won’t fit in a sprint and the value of that experience isn’t THAT great that it can’t be reduced or cut. Designers have no dev empathy.

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Uncle Ellis @e11is.bsky.social · 12/03/2025