"We pride ourselves on thinking out-of-the-box" 

"Actually, the most out-of-the-box thing we can do is put the thing back in-the-box"

"Yes sir, my doc prescribed 2 hours of Hades after breakfast, and 1 hour of Factorio before bedtime."

If Linkedin forces me to do this while I'm still unemployed, that's cyberbullying

The amount of bloat in some experiences just infuriates me.  To view a recording of a call, I had to pass through a long onboarding as a new customer because I can't view it as a guest.  Ultimately, it didn't bring me back to the recording.  Who is designing these things?

The "Are we there yet?" of authentication

Honestly… for a beginner you should try for in person roles. You’ll learn a lot more that you’ll miss out on in a remote role.

There are good things that Suppli as a eco-friendly business intends to make happen, but ultimately I think there are some realities that ruin my impression of them.  I have serious doubts that they even move the needle that they claim to.

Get a load of this dark pattern introduced through poor UX writing.  Clicking "Yes" answers the "Can we store cookies?" question in the affirmative.  Clicking "No" answers the "Customize" prompt in the negative.  Neither option brings up an option to customize your cookies.

Does anyone else get these unsolicited meeting invites with absolutely no specific context, in their inbox?

Of all UI patterns I've seen, I think this annoying one signals "yea, we gotta rethink this whole thing" pretty strongly to me.  Top 10, for sure.

Is Google warning me about a potential zombie apocalypse?  How arbitrary is this 28-day threshold?  Also can we have more helpful UX copy when doing something than 'You cannot do that thing'?

Easiest 3-pointer of the entire show.  Got this in less than a second.  Not even embarrassed.

Arguably the best disguise any thief could have

Did Elaine Benes take control of Twitter momentarily?  I don't recall the exclamation point being there.

I legit love Wikipedia.  For context, the match is ONGOING lmao (currently at 2-0, hardly a rout).

Is this the most pointless collapse since that of the Ottoman Empire in 1922?

It made me miserable for a good 15 years, wondering where I had previously seen the iconic black turtleneck and denim look that Steve Jobs stole and made into part of his own legacy.  I'm glad to announce that my misery is finally over.

Does anyone else miss the tortoise feature in Duolingo?

Is getting verified on LinkedIn a big deal?  I really don't want to install the LinkedIn app on my phone, considering how it harasses me to turn on notifications, like every friggin' time.

Excuse me?  We're in 2024 and I still have to bear with this?

Send this screenshot to anyone who asks why you're not very active on LinkedIn - tHe #1 jOb SeArCh pLaTForM

I just don't get the difference between these two options - am I losing it?  FWIW, every time this happens, I use the third option - force quit the Duolingo app

Yea, no.  I'm not gonna answer this suspicious phone call.

The change that this file organizer can bring about is insane.

Is this what's passes for a great customer experience these days; software emailing me like I report to them for tasks I didn't create?  I'm aware Notion and Google do it too.  My first instinct is to scoff, second is to unsubscribe because there are 8 more emails coming my way.

Gosh, I wasn't going to stay on as a customer to begin with, but which customer in their right mind is gonna stay on, after being talked to like a reprimanded child or a repeat offender?

Gee thanks, LinkedIn.  But you're not eligible to receive my government ID.

Can anyone guess what this field is in the Apple payments page and why is it mandatory?

The next generation of gamification is.. twerking?

In every talk, Mihály Csíkszentmihályi is consigned to Mike "Last-Name-I-cannot-pronounce".  Have to feel for the guy, really.  Hint: It sounds close to "chick-sent-me-high-lee", in case you want to set things right in your next talk about flow.

Curious if anyone knows a word/slang in English or otherwise that describes something as "revealing more about itself, every time you experience it".  And curious if there's also something (other than well, hindsight) for "meaning less, every time you experience it".

How the hell is one supposed to cancel an Apple Fitness+ subscription? I've tried every possible channel that seems like a logical place to find it, and it's just not there.  For all the design glory that seems to be bestowed on Apple, their software often gets goddamn unusable.

Unaddressed abuse complaints about malicious behavior?  It's a VPN for chrissakes, not a cereal convention.

Aw man, we can't have nice things I guess.  Here's my https://www.linkedin.com/in/ganeshiyerv/ for anyone looking to connect.

Apple's UI for trimming a voice memo on your iPhone is garbage.  It's utterly impossible to do it, especially for audios that are over an hour long (which are great contenders for trimming). The key interactions expect my fingertip to be a pixel-wide.

That funny feeling when you get an Apple support agent to give you a Windows-specific solution, unprovoked.

Duolingo has an interesting opportunity through some self-awareness.  For the consistently high performers, don't give them made-up rewards like promotions to an "Obsidian league", but give them a no-ad experience for free.  Use the number of these high performers in marketing.

LinkedIn getting the absolute basic of visual communication wrong.  See if you can spot what's bothering me about this.

International airports that require travellers to enter an OTP sent to their email addresses or phone numbers, to access the airport WiFi - why do you do this?  Is it a norm for people to travel with roaming turned on considering how exorbitant rates can be?

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