Nick Finck @nickf.bsky.social · 29/08/2026It involves taking over many rural communities (very rural) where land is cheap, giving up water rights is easy for the naive, and stresses on the electric grid in the area won’t materialize until long after the datacenters are operational. AI can’t persuade & manipulate people at that level yet. 010
Nick Finck @nickf.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Excellent point and I agree, there should all be investigated. Every single one. This is so cringe. 020
Nick Finck @nickf.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Isn’t it that case that only a judge can remove a grand juror once the jury has been selected? Criminal procedure.6? So Mecklenburg took it into her own hands to dismiss a grand juror without involving a judge? Do I have that right? And Mecklenburg is not disbarred already? What am I missing here? 1454
Nick Finck @nickf.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Looking for opinions about the MLS Go program for youth soccer. Current Parks & Rec youth soccer league is alive & well, lots of interest. I want to hear mostly from parents that had their kids in a MLS Go program especially if they had them in standard rec soccer prior to it. Thank you. #soccer 100
Nick Finck @nickf.bsky.social · 28/05/2026As always, when we want to change the direction things are going in, we vote with our feet and we make our voices loud.. together. 020
Reposted by Nick FinckJoel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Tom Gray is amazing at this sort of thing. An impassioned speech to the Ivors Academy. Inspiring stuff. 10414199
Nick Finck @nickf.bsky.social · 22/05/2026To me you’re still the good ol’ Anil I know. …Unless you’re a bot… you’re not a bot are you?? 🤣😉 010
Nick Finck @nickf.bsky.social · 22/05/2026I mean I get the intent to some degree … but this isn’t how it works.. this isn’t the way to get that kind of thing from customers. We’ve somewhat standardized these things ages ago and here they are taking a wild form factor for what rationale? 120
Nick Finck @nickf.bsky.social · 22/05/2026Can’t tell if this is AI slop created by an executive at Hasbro on behalf of WotC or a very intentional effort to get false-positive data on customer interest about various things including potential WotC products. 🤷♂️😱 130
Nick Finck @nickf.bsky.social · 22/05/2026Awwwards are highly overrated, offer no real value, promote highly inaccessible works that often also provide an ineffective UX, …but hey it’s flashy (pun intended). 120
Nick Finck @nickf.bsky.social · 22/05/2026Or it does actually take jobs, like it did today. These are not 8,000 open reqs they are not going to backfill, these are 8,000 employees impacted by a layoff to fund their AI investment. Mark even stated it as such. Maybe you meant the statement as a joke but these are people’s livelihoods here. 111
Nick Finck @nickf.bsky.social · 22/03/2026You can always sent me a private message on nearly any platform. It would be good to know what event so I can share the feedback with that organizer. I run the international Design Conference Organizers group and most UX conference organizers are part of this group. They want to hear the feedback. 030
Nick Finck @nickf.bsky.social · 22/03/2026I agree. If I’m ever asked to do a specific topic like that I always turn it on its end. I focus on what went wrong and what I learned from it… specifically what I did to fix it or how I got past it, etc. We can learn from mistakes but it’s pretty hard to learn from someone who never talks about it. 030
Nick Finck @nickf.bsky.social · 15/03/2026Places to check for a message you need to find again: text messages Messenger email your other email your work email Threads Facebook Instagram Twitter (does anyone check this anymore? no) Bluesky Mastodon Discord LinkedIn Slack YouTube?! 🤦♂️ FML 031
Nick Finck @nickf.bsky.social · 12/03/2026Could you let me know what specific UX conferences you are seeing this at? What sessions, exhibit booths, or workshops did you feel were MLMs? Serious, it would be helpful. The more insight I get the more I can help do something about it. 110
Nick Finck @nickf.bsky.social · 12/03/2026Curious feet percentage of your users have been identified as potentially color blind in some way? Additionally consider adding a pallet cleansing moment of just black before showing the next one.. why? physiological afterimage (caused by retinal photopigment adaptation or neural fatigue) is real. 010
Nick Finck @nickf.bsky.social · 28/02/2026You’d think so, sadly Deloitte Digital didn’t see it this way. Part of the reason the big 4 (was big 5 previously) very slowly dying off and will inevitably be a thing of the past. On paper, yes, “expertise” is sold, in actuality they didn’t want their experts to question anything & just deliver. 231
Nick Finck @nickf.bsky.social · 28/02/2026Yep, it’s the current state of the market. Cutting expensive talent to drive profit even higher. And then not backfilling but utilizing AI to, in theory, do the work. What gets lost is tribal knowledge, genuine empathy, deep contextual understanding, & ethical judgment. What could possibly go wrong? 0264
Nick Finck @nickf.bsky.social · 28/02/2026Me to the tool that generates the alt text: “well thank you for sharing the details of the fashion choices in this gif first but this doesn’t add much value to the reader just trying to understand that a nerd is fist pumping awkwardly. It’s ancillary information.” 020
Nick Finck @nickf.bsky.social · 26/02/2026media.tenor.coma man with glasses and a mustache is wearing a white polo shirt and saying yes .Alt: Kipland Dynamite (a nerdy looking guy) saying “Yesssss!” With an awkward looking fist pump. 020
Nick Finck @nickf.bsky.social · 26/02/2026The irony of the default generated caption (really ALT text) of this GIF is that it says she’s giving the middle finger. 130
Nick Finck @nickf.bsky.social · 26/02/2026media.tenor.coma woman in a leopard print shirt is sitting on a couch giving the middle finger .Alt: a woman sitting in a chair, eating popcorn in anticipation, and kinda laughing a little. 110
Nick Finck @nickf.bsky.social · 13/02/2026The D&D 5e game group I’ve been hosting for about 5 years is looking for a new player to join us. The campaign is epic-scale, takes place in a custom world, & is story-driven. We game from 7pm - 9pm pacific every other Thursday but flexible. Players are across the US. If interested DM or reply here.media.tenor.coma group of people are sitting in front of a castle and one of them is saying i got a good feeling about thisAlt: a group of people are sitting in front of a castle and one of them is saying i got a good feeling about this 151
Nick Finck @nickf.bsky.social · 27/11/2025Well… that’s not exactly how I imagined it all ending. AC 20, roll for initiative. ⚔️🛡️ 030
Nick Finck @nickf.bsky.social · 18/11/2025Matto’s ( @matthewoliphant.com ) UX show is far far underrated & undersubscribed. Definitely checkout this episode with Erin Casali (@folletto.bsky.social). #ux #design 161
Nick Finck @nickf.bsky.social · 18/11/2025My first reaction was “oh wow, Matto on a hoodie!” Then “Nah the annoyance with all the ridiculous shit going on in the world right now isn’t in this… can’t be Matto.” 🤣 110
Reposted by Nick Finckmatto @matthewoliphant.com · 17/09/2025Hello, peopleos! I'm looking for work and am hopeful someone in this place can help. Here's the low-down of what I've been up to, how I can help, and yes, I will move to Ireland. :) If you don't know of anything at the moment, a quick repost is appreciated.uxmatto.comIn Search Of... Work — ux mattoI’m looking for a Research and/or Design Leadership position. Can you help me find one? 055
Nick Finck @nickf.bsky.social · 05/09/2025Different era. I’ve seen the hops where it seems majority move to a next/newer but hey it keeps those who code gainfully employed. I say this having played a part in moving a lot of the AWS services to a single unified tech stack. Not there yet even today but it certainly helps with code components. 120
Nick Finck @nickf.bsky.social · 05/09/2025Are you going to be back in these sticks over here again? 110
Nick Finck @nickf.bsky.social · 05/09/2025The job market is so bad right now that there could be a single universal job application form. On it is only a checkbox that simply says “[ ] Yes, I would like to have the disappointment of rejection feeling sent to my personal email address regularly.” 🤦♂️ Folks, it’s not you it’s the market. 🙄 052
Nick Finck @nickf.bsky.social · 08/08/2025The diff in both the user base & product approach across social media platforms is astonishing. Today: Threads: Apple & Tim Cook/Trump thing, Instagram Map thing, and about 100 other triggering things BlueSky: the BlueSky growth problem, business as usual LinkedIn: AI, AI, AI, go to my workshop 360
Nick Finck @nickf.bsky.social · 07/08/2025Absolutely. Thanks for the reminder of this article. It reads even better the second time. 010
Nick Finck @nickf.bsky.social · 23/03/2025How would I go about building a feed, this UI isn’t intuitive. I was able to locate how to add existing feeds but not how to create my own feed (cough, it should be “filter” cough). 210
Nick Finck @nickf.bsky.social · 23/03/2025I use both plus other feeds in my navigation. I just went to the UX Sky feed and ..it’s got some UX in there but not really much. It’s mostly other stuff. I was just expecting UX posts to be more discoverable ..it feels like they punted surfacing relevant content to the user to figure out. 😔 020
Nick Finck @nickf.bsky.social · 23/03/2025I have a few on LI & YT: www.linkedin.com/posts/nickfi... youtu.be/ii9n95qKHBA Also this timeless one by @cwodtke.bsky.social: eleganthack.com/your-portfol... @joenatoli.bsky.social has a few as part of his UX 365 Academy: www.ux365academy.com/courses/buil... www.ux365academy.com/courses/give...linkedin.comNick Finck - UX + product design coach + mentor. | Nick FinckUX Job Hunting Tip 4: Portfolio intent This week I am going to talk about design portfolios. Most UX design / product design portfolios manifest into one of… 120
Nick Finck @nickf.bsky.social · 23/03/2025I mean the main feed. It’s not pulling my interests at all. Like it’s just a bunch of everything everyone is posting. 210
Nick Finck @nickf.bsky.social · 23/03/2025Does anyone actually talk about design here? I mean specifically UX Design, Product Design, UI Design, Interaction Design, etc. because if I do the algorithm or whatever is certainly not sharing it with me. 270
Nick Finck @nickf.bsky.social · 20/02/2025Hey folks, if I am following you on another social media platform but not here don’t take offense, it’s either I can’t distinguish you by your userID, profile photo, or a clever name you might be using. Just reach out and let me know and I’ll follow you back. 290
Nick Finck @nickf.bsky.social · 18/02/2025So this is what the tubes of the internet look like… huh, less exciting than I would have thought. 000
Reposted by Nick FinckRob Whiting 📓 @whitingx.bsky.social · 08/01/2025‘The History of the Web’ on how “#ProgressiveEnhancement brings everyone in”. thehistoryoftheweb.com/the-inclusiv...thehistoryoftheweb.comProgressive enhancement brings everyone in - The History of the WebEarly computers faced unexpected failures, and that gave us graceful degradation. But on the web, we needed something different. We needed progressive enhancement. 282
Reposted by Nick FinckRob Whiting 📓 @whitingx.bsky.social · 08/01/2025Looking back on the early work around #Inclusion noted in this article, by people such as @nickf.bsky.social and Steven Champeon, it's a shame to think how little progress the wider industry has actually made in this area. 131
Nick Finck @nickf.bsky.social · 14/11/2024Stopped by BlueSky & I see this, and can’t agree more. I feel like posting about agism in tech & the myths around more senior talent (e.g. cost more, too dogmatic, don’t know new tools & techniques, etc). I want to implore people to diversify their teams & utilize the different levels of experience. 171
Nick Finck @nickf.bsky.social · 15/12/2023Last chance to get a seat in today’s group coaching for UX designers, product designers, UX researchers, and those in the field of UX. calendly.com/craftandrigo...calendly.comGroup Coaching - Nick FinckA single 2-hour group Zoom session with Nick. Book if you have just one topic you want to share in a group setting with other clients. You will also be able to hear about the challenges Nick's other c... 050
Nick Finck @nickf.bsky.social · 22/11/2023With the success of our last group coaching + mentoring session for design & UX, we have opened up two more sessions. If those fill up as fast as the last one we will open additional sessions. Go quick, grab your spot, there’s limited seats per session: calendly.com/craftandrigo...calendly.comGroup Coaching - Nick FinckA single 2-hour group Zoom session with Nick. Book if you have just one topic you want to share in a group setting with other clients. You will also be able to hear about the challenges Nick's other c... 020
Nick Finck @nickf.bsky.social · 21/11/2023Our new website has launched! craftandrigor.comcraftandrigor.comCraft & RigorDesign Operations & Coaching 251