Post-COVID design, AI in Figma, Chrome vision — and more UX this week
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Published: 2020-07-25 14:02:57

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title: Post-COVID design, AI in Figma, Chrome vision — and more UX this week
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date: 2020-07-25 13:18:06 UTC
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### Post-COVID design, AI in Figma, Chrome vision — and more UX this week

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A different perspective.

- [**Running & Black**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jw8oz-ynaP4) →  
Why has it been easier to talk about runner’s safety for white women than for runners of color?
- [**Theirtube**](http://www.their.tube/) →  
What Youtube looks like for people on the other side of the political spectrum.
- [**Post-COVID design**](https://theinnovationseries.com/project/fabricio-teixeira) →  
Fabricio Teixeira talks to Randy Fisher about learnings from remote working.


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### Stories from the community

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[**Let’s talk about that GPT-3 Figma plugin that shook designers to the core**](https://uxdesign.cc/lets-talk-about-that-gpt-3-ai-tweet-that-shook-designers-to-the-core-d2b31ad3d63b) →  
By [Jonathan Lee](https://medium.com/u/c7a45942a54b)

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[**Why is designing for inclusion still treated as optional?**](https://uxdesign.cc/why-is-designing-for-inclusion-still-treated-as-optional-c3f9fd759c03?source=friends_link&sk=37662146432f95f55b1c13c89e90189a) →  
By [Karishma Patel](https://medium.com/u/f7c1f8093585)

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[**What I learned after 2 years failing to build a fintech startup**](https://uxdesign.cc/what-i-learned-after-2-years-of-trying-and-failing-to-build-a-fintech-startup-ee1597db320a?source=friends_link&sk=522a796ade360d93d29cddd78cbc7dab) →  
By [Soren Iverson](https://medium.com/u/4f54c3108595)

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[**One step beyond**](https://uxdesign.cc/one-step-beyond-3e2742ddcf91?source=friends_link&sk=5f371631befc5837c7741b5ff7830d12) →  
By [Alejo Romano](https://medium.com/u/afe7843dee36)

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[**Designers: stop disparaging other design**](https://uxdesign.cc/designers-stop-disparaging-other-design-34fe0310001e?source=friends_link&sk=2a7b822c58106e51348e9677ec7423aa) →  
By [Ryan Houk](https://medium.com/u/2ecaf3e10270)

More top stories:

- [**Canada’s solution for intersectional design**](https://uxdesign.cc/canadas-solution-for-intersectional-design-faf3ef90f9b7?source=friends_link&sk=9ce3a80af15a8ac915f8c5957c10f69d) →  
By [Clark Jang](https://medium.com/u/aa117acbe11a)
- [**The worst arguments for building a new feature**](https://uxdesign.cc/the-worst-arguments-for-building-a-new-feature-b30ac3d75f48?source=friends_link&sk=7af934df485624934b1f330d1dc9b963) →  
By [Michal Langmajer](https://medium.com/u/9c07bfd143c)
- [**How to write an image description**](https://uxdesign.cc/how-to-write-an-image-description-2f30d3bf5546?source=friends_link&sk=080d93a2f30b7a7ac7a6c9a565cc6dd8) →  
By [Alex Chen](https://medium.com/u/da52dd7ef6a7)
- [**Convergent Design: why all phones are black rectangles**](https://uxdesign.cc/convergent-design-why-all-phones-are-black-rectangles-e7108dc7b50d?source=friends_link&sk=71c5a4809ab5bd218fcdc366ccae001b) →  
By [Steve Deery](https://medium.com/u/2ec7795218f0)
- [**The future UI trend of 2025?**](https://uxdesign.cc/the-future-ui-trend-of-2025-14d9fdf6745?source=friends_link&sk=d617f724499ed057a5a9e18ba36c03ea) →  
By [Michal Malewicz](https://medium.com/u/fde1eb3eb589)
- [**How much oversight does your UX team need?**](https://uxdesign.cc/how-much-oversight-does-your-ux-team-need-31df02f38eab?source=friends_link&sk=44f70f0b905e63abce7794235462b973) →  
By [H Locke](https://medium.com/u/8af8791ca929)
- [**An introduction to Liberatory design**](https://uxdesign.cc/an-introduction-to-liberatory-design-9f5d3fe69ff9?source=friends_link&sk=fc585c8ca15afaed4749a0231a76865d) →  
By [David Pinedo](https://medium.com/u/a13db9e361d0)

### News & ideas

- [**GPT-3 Figma**](https://twitter.com/jsngr/status/1284511080715362304) →  
A Figma plugin that designs for your boss.
- [**Docs at Google**](https://www.industrialempathy.com/posts/design-docs-at-google/) →  
Defining software designs through design docs.
- [**iPadOS pointer**](https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2020/10640/) →  
How Apple designed the new iPadOS pointer.
- [**Silence is deafening**](https://devonzuegel.com/post/the-silence-is-deafening) →  
How to have reasonable debates online.

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### Tools & resources

- [**Wavium**](https://www.getwavium.com/) →  
Easily create and customize a newsletter.
- [**Spreadsimple**](https://spreadsimple.com/) →  
Website management with Google Sheets.
- [**UI naming**](https://www.uiguideline.com/) →  
A guide to standardize UI components naming.
- [**Chrome vision**](https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2020/03/devtools?utm_source=devtools#vision-deficiences) →  
Emulate vision deficiencies with Chrome (new)


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