Uber’s UX Layoffs, Amazon Dating, #NoCode Storybook — and more links this week
Tags: design, productdesign, startup, hotthisweek
Published: 2020-02-08 21:37:43

---
title: Uber’s UX Layoffs, Amazon Dating, #NoCode Storybook — and more links this week
published: true
date: 2020-02-08 13:37:37 UTC
tags: design,product-design,startup,hot-this-week
canonical_url: https://uxdesign.cc/ubers-ux-layoffs-amazon-dating-nocode-storybook-and-more-links-this-week-65ddf3c59220
---

#### _A weekly selection of design links, brought to you by your friends at the UX Collective._


![](https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/0*a2KpjEtv2GqocQpb.jpg)

- [**Design Swimming**](https://ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/the-design-systems-we-swim-in/) →  
The design systems we swim in.
- [**UX Writing Mocks**](https://dropbox.design/article/how-to-mock-up-ux-writing) →  
Why is it important to mock up words?
- [**Refreshing Chrome**](https://design.google/library/refreshing-chrome/) →  
The work behind Chrome’s biggest revamp yet.


The UX Collective newsletter is a self-funded newsletter read by over 126,000 designers every week. Curated by [Fabricio Teixeira](http://twitter.com/fabriciot) and [Caio Braga](http://twitter.com/caioab).


### Stories from the community

![](https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/0*Kxmw5p8krgyULtZv.png)

[**Are we ready to abandon the desktop metaphor?**](https://uxdesign.cc/are-we-ready-to-abandon-the-desktop-metaphor-25ab1f783153?source=friends_link&sk=6637221bc60cfc39f9e75a633ad039b6) →  
By [Rubens Cantuni](https://medium.com/u/d7ca111e7984)

![](https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/900/0*F1DyXWk8SrxCRcOf.png)

[**UX 101: understanding Norman Doors**](https://uxdesign.cc/ux-101-norman-doors-c85231fe7adb?source=friends_link&sk=c2706b2cf460c84718e61a96add8973e) →  
By [Tania Vieira](https://medium.com/u/ce20ef22bcd)

![](https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/900/0*cTr_Y6WYLzvzOz-u.png)

[**5 things UX Researchers can do differently: a reflection after Uber’s layoffs**](https://uxdesign.cc/five-things-ux-researchers-can-do-differently-a-reflection-after-ubers-lay-off-9dd967148056?source=friends_link&sk=2169b3450f0cd8f6dd293ff04165d229) →  
By [Elsa Ho](https://medium.com/u/1067c4b58a16)

More top stories:

- [**Consistency the killer**](https://uxdesign.cc/consistency-the-killer-e7a305789c2f?source=friends_link&sk=088f5fdb81472c472df4802a6d09ed9c)  
By [Pascal Barry](https://medium.com/u/8010a58793f3)
- [**10 things that indicate designers have no clue about accessibility**](https://uxdesign.cc/10-things-that-indicate-people-have-no-clue-about-accessibility-eb4ade04ecf?source=friends_link&sk=b6bccf295df36ddaeede94685ff5a8e4)  
By [Sheri Byrne-Haber](https://medium.com/u/260ccf64b894)
- [**I redesigned the infamous IOWA App in 30 minutes**](https://uxdesign.cc/i-redesigned-the-infamous-iowa-app-in-30-minutes-478a7ae7ffc8?source=friends_link&sk=b13309e7149e95af3ce1293da9517450)  
By [Michal Malewicz](https://medium.com/u/fde1eb3eb589)
- [**Fixing Dark Patterns: making Google search ads visible again**](https://uxdesign.cc/fixing-dark-patterns-making-google-search-ads-visible-again-47aecfb5d2ca?source=friends_link&sk=4e33a68e3910a6571f785802c0511e9e)  
By [Mack Grenfell](https://medium.com/u/fdae08e71ee)
- [**Is it too late to get into UX in 2020?**](https://uxdesign.cc/getting-into-ux-in-2020-a73045f53bce?source=friends_link&sk=f20917f04a1a1f30f833da1e5c92086b)  
By [Rebekah Champa](https://medium.com/u/e939ccaa3f7)
- [**Interview with Hector Ouilhet, Head of Design for Google Search**](https://uxdesign.cc/interview-with-hector-ouilhet-head-of-design-for-google-search-assistant-and-news-family-of-ee5cb2914c5a?source=friends_link&sk=eae8ea0b9c095a74fc95343268419a90)  
By [Emi Knight](https://medium.com/u/ee4298b72c7b)
- [**Understanding UX in video games: the diegesis theory**](https://uxdesign.cc/understanding-ux-in-video-games-diegesis-theory-f59d5a94cbcf?source=friends_link&sk=17138d301403cb86bcc34d7bcb33bb67)  
By [Edoardo Galati](https://medium.com/u/d1e3317f9a0f)

### News & ideas

- [**Unionizing Instacart**](https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/4/21122632/instacart-workers-union-vote-succeed-gig-worker-economy-labor-activism) →  
Workers voted to unionize for better conditions.
- [**Parkinson’s Type**](https://writewithparkinsons.com/) →  
A Parkinson’s typeface that degrades over time.
- [**Neumorphism.io**](https://neumorphism.io/) →  
Generate soft (and inaccessible) UI CSS code.
- [**Amazon Dating**](https://amazondating.co/) →  
Loneliness is on sale.

### Tools & resources

- [**Cloud Inspector**](https://blog.sketchapp.com/introducing-cloud-inspector-free-developer-handoff-in-the-browser-59917220334a) →  
Sketch’s new browser-based dev handoff tool.
- [**NoCode Storybook**](https://www.storybookforteams.com/) →  
Good old Storybook, without the command line.
- [**Design Lint**](https://lintyour.design/) →  
Figma plugin that fixes your design mistakes.
- [**CSS Positioning**](https://ishadeed.com/article/learn-css-positioning/) →  
A class/demo to finally understand CSS positioning.


We believe designers are thinkers as much as they are makers. So we created the [**design newsletter**](https://newsletter.uxdesign.cc/) we have always wanted to receive.


* * *