11 things I hope to see in every UX Designer's Browser History

A fun and short Friday bonus list

I’m posting almost daily to LinkedIn these days (follow me if you’re on there). It’s livelier than it used to be - probably because much of the twitter/work conversations have moved there.

This week I saw a humor meme about what designers do web searches for (out of frustration) and spun it around in a positive way.

Here are 11 things I *wish* were in UX Designers browser history:

1. "How can more of my ideas survive projects, schedules, budgets and politics, and improve the world?"

2. "How can I feel better, and less afraid, about the wider changes happening in design, business and work right now?"

3. "How can I do user research about my coworkers since they are the first users (hopefully!) of my ideas?"

4. "How can we modernize design jobs and training so we can thrive today and in the future?"

5. "Is there a way to treat the frustrations I experience at work as design problems, and then use my skills to solve them?"

6. "If I know PMs and VPs often know little about design, how can I stop being surprised and disappointed? And instead be better prepared to handle these common situations?"

7. "How can my design superpowers (curiosity, creativity, explaining) help solve my biggest frustrations?"

8. "How can I use the organizational systems that often frustrate me as leverage and to my advantage?"

9. "If many of my ideas are ignored, how can I prioritize becoming more persuasive ahead of learning even more design skills that will also be ignored?"

10. "What gravity problems are common for creative people in the professional world? How can I embrace them instead of holding on to magical thinking that they will go away?"

11. "Who are true design heroes that faced these challenges and overcame them? Why aren't their stories more popular in design circles?"

Here’s the post on LinkedIn. Happy Friday.