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These are the components I use for making user journey and service maps in Figma and FigJam. They're nice a clean and easy to use so I wanted to share them with the community!

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I had a Junior Designer from a startup reach out to me today.

They&#39;re the only designer at their startup and are struggling to keep on top of things while…

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A product & design leader with 9 years in the Bay Area tech world

Holtaway Design

Are you even a 42 year old designer if you don’t….

how often do y’all cry at work & where is your favorite spot to cry

And just like that, I have my first qualified lead for my freelance business, 6 days after losing my job.

This morning I joined the unemployed designers out there. Looking forward to re-starting my consulting business and taking back control.

Any designers here successful in creating passive income? I’m talking beer/coffee money not vacation/rent money level.

What I've learned in the last 2 weeks is that product teams are keeping it slim and a LOT of people want *websites*.

This is my new favorite website for dreaming about being useful while outdoors https://www.citizenscience.gov/about/catalog/#

One of my favorite parts of a design project is when you're just spamming out tons of variants of components the client can use. Template after template after template. Just feels good for some reason.

Never in my life did I think I would be making 70+ slide decks and enjoying it.

Throughout my career, I've received lots of compliments on my early wireframing style and how it is just the right amount of fidelity to communicate and sell concepts. So, I put it up for sale. Enjoy!
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Following up on a previous post. Damn I make good decks.

You know what’s more important to me than working for a company with values I align with? Feeding my family. Time to play the game of capitalism.

My 2018 10.5" iPad Pro battery finally had it. Just turned itself off with allegedly 76% battery left. Sob.

Maybe I should make a new squarespace for the company my grandfather founded but our family doesn't have anything to do with any more... http://www.holtaway.com/index.html

That feeling when you feel really good about the deck you’re working on, but it’s crucial, and you have 24 hours until deadline. Just constant tweaking and trying not to f it up.

Sharing my simple and flexible flow diagram / service map kit on Figma Community. Enjoy!

I love how easy it was to get a clean and clear search result with Squarespace 😍

Squarespace. So amazing and so, not, at the same time.

Recent-ish postcard that made it to its destination unharmed.

Like if you have Figma comments notifications switch on on your phone. Comment “no” if you don’t.

Getting increasingly uncomfortable with the word “human” alongside “AI” in marketing. I can’t put my finger on why, exactly, but “people” would sound so much friendlier and less threatening.

I kinda wish Figma would add a messy fig jam-like layer to the comments layer where you could put loose markup like this easily, without accidentally dropping note cards into auto layouts and stuff.

Grateful Toast Takeout didn’t let me place my order while I was on my UK VPN. Don’t tell me why but still grateful 🍔

It's freelance Friday! That is, I'm finishing up with a client today and don't have anything confirmed for the rest of the week lol

I'm running a London VPN right now and google fonts trending is so much more interesting there than it is in Silicon Valley / SF area.

Keep confusing colleagues and clients with high fidelity concept wireframes, or try the Spencer Icon and Mobile Wireframing pack for the price of 2 coffees or 1 fancy coffee :D https://creativemarket.com/HoltawayDesign/92533768-The-Spencer-Wireframing-Pack

Shoutout to all the solo startup designers out there. If you need some help, let me know!

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Enjoyed this card titling interaction on the BBC Sounds app.

With hindsight, and only with hindsight, it's hilarious that I once got laid off on the first day of Mental Health Awareness Month in 2020. Then I worked for Calm for almost 4 years.

One of the hardest ego things as a staff product designer for me is spending a lot of time in concepts and decks then needing to ask for craft feedback on design basics like the hierarchy of communication on a mockup. Shifting from thick pen to thin pen day to day.

Trying to lose weight? Have you tried the crushing weight of capitalism?

For those job hunting:

1: Look at successful VC firms and see what start-ups they've invested in. Look at those start-ups and see if there are openings. Some even have a job board.

2: Look at Crunchbase and see what companies recently got funding and what series/stage. 

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Thinking about freelancing/consulting again. What’s the market looking like for doing that remote these days? holtawaydesign.com

I do my best vision work from the couch. And tactical work from the desk.

Yo design freelancers with 20 years experience, what are your rates?

Now we're pink, Helvetica Neue and getting to the point.

We've gone pink and Helvetica Neue over here.

Full day of work including Photoshop AI in the full outdoor hot sun this morning. I absolutely LOVE my M3 MacBook Air!

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