An ongoing stream of what the Autogram team is writing, reading, and discussing.
“There are lots of reasons for OpenDoc’s failure, but ultimately it comes down to the fundamental question of why Apple was developing this technology when no-one in the company really wanted it.”
Jeff discusses the language of patterns.
Patterns didn’t start as a way to standardize architectural discussions; they were meant to reduce complexity down to choices a system’s users could make.
The team from Automattic discusses their new block layout feature in Wordpress 5.5, called Patterns.
Karen and Jeff were quoted in Are Your Design and Content Teams Fighting Each Other? at CMSWire.
“When you map the user journey with your team, everyone understands what it says and why. When you collaborate with your team, the journey map transforms from the designer’s magic to the team’s mission, representing the journey you shepherd for your users.”
“To justify ongoing investment in your design system, you need to be able to demonstrate the value in a way that’s meaningful to the business.”
An AI-based tool called Sepsis Watch reduced deaths and augmented doctors’ ability to diagnose and treat infection. While hailed as a success for deep learning, successful use also required new communication protocols and training that required hospital staff to navigate politics and employ skilled social behavior.
Ethan and Jeff appeared in Capturing the Elusive Promise of Design Systems at Knapsack Cloud Webinars.
Ethan presented The Design Systems Between Us at SydCSS.
Now this is a story all about how Clearleft integrates their pattern library with their CMS, Craft.