Career growth, social dilemma, good UX writing
Tags: startup, hotthisweek, socialmedia, productivity
Published: 2020-09-26 13:31:36

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[**Jess Eddy: To retain designers, companies should enable them to grow**](https://uxdesign.cc/to-retain-designers-companies-should-enable-them-to-grow-jess-eddy-adec6a74e442?source=friends_link&sk=deedfbfdfd0fdddf3e6a21e25e011280) →  
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### The Social Dilemma

> “I finally had time to reflect on #TheSocialDilemma and as someone who has worked on tech policy issues throughout my career, had many, many thoughts.”   
> [**Read thread on Twitter**](https://twitter.com/vaishnavi/status/1307455391249301504) →

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[**So you watched The Social Dilemma… now what?**](https://uxdesign.cc/so-youve-watched-the-social-dilemma-f85a03218ea6?source=friends_link&sk=a2c3efeba4fcefa8135d2fc8e54f5525) →  
By [Caroline Luu](https://medium.com/u/6a5406f6bbb7)

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[**The world needs a tech diet; here is how designers can help**](https://essays.uxdesign.cc/tech-diet/) →  
By [UX Collective](https://medium.com/u/8863cbbfbca7)

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[**How design contributes to toxic individualism**](https://uxdesign.cc/how-design-contributes-to-toxic-individualism-and-what-can-be-done-about-it-4933b47b15cc?source=friends_link&sk=06765594910ee4c7f27d9e5e3ccdf19a) →  
By [Jason Brush](https://medium.com/u/69a4cce7410b)

More top stories this week:

- [**Examining death, bereavement, and legacy through digital traces**](https://uxdesign.cc/examining-death-bereavement-and-legacy-through-digital-traces-bafb1d437a0b?source=friends_link&sk=3b02b73da41a1f7d8c8a2f5c43ef1f74) →  
By [Animesh Gupta](https://medium.com/u/b26fe9a12aa3)
- [**Brutalism in Design: why sometimes less isn’t more**](https://uxdesign.cc/brutalism-in-design-why-sometimes-less-isnt-more-6e2b12df1a12?source=friends_link&sk=e021f75b4b2cab3a95d8044f5ee674fa) →  
By [Malavika Doshi](https://medium.com/u/1aa4f5136c46)
- [**So you’re a content designer… what next?**](https://uxdesign.cc/so-youre-a-content-designer-what-next-54deceec671f?source=friends_link&sk=e03abfc8263b280e2eca748edf73fc09) →  
By [Rachel McConnell](https://medium.com/u/bfb4152b65a6)
- [**What makes a bad design?**](https://uxdesign.cc/what-makes-a-bad-design-302d1ca76185?source=friends_link&sk=3887945679957d2722e3a1445eae47d4) →  
By [Srishti Garg](https://medium.com/u/f6274e4cb1d3)
- [**7 strategies to build a successful Design team**](https://uxdesign.cc/7-strategies-to-build-a-successful-design-team-db9e944fbb8?source=friends_link&sk=e54c3b61c207fa95a53013f3eb839724) →  
By [Harrison Wheeler](https://medium.com/u/cfe3ac279f37)
- [**10 key takeaways from Google’s Material Design guidelines**](https://uxdesign.cc/10-key-takeaways-from-googles-material-design-guidelines-3b0867f0465a?source=friends_link&sk=50a84a42ed8adc305bbad9e1aebbb17c) →  
By [Danny Sapio](https://medium.com/u/ea241d603214)

### News & ideas

- [**Stop doing design systems projects**](https://uxdesign.cc/stop-doing-design-system-projects-b094369dcfdd?source=friends_link&sk=ee78bf426dd46b5d965c5ba69bc95ac0) →  
Your design system is not a project. By [Daniël De Wit](https://medium.com/u/9d393a295b).
- [**Future owners**](https://cennydd.com/blog/a-future-owners-test) →  
A test to assess the ethical risk of digital products. By [Cennydd Bowles](https://medium.com/u/4221b3505b52).
- [**Failed components**](https://lea.verou.me/2020/09/the-failed-promise-of-web-components/) →  
The failed promise of Web Components.
- [**Jazz lettering**](https://reaganray.com/2020/09/22/jazz-lettering.html) →  
A gallery of unique musician lettering styles.

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### Tools & resources

- [**Good UX writing**](https://uxdesign.cc/this-is-good-ux-writing-10c4b956a6c3?source=friends_link&sk=8331dc501987c95e9a85c5af69cb1274) →  
Eight principles for every interface. By [Nick DiLallo](https://medium.com/u/8d6c2e407e8a).
- [**Blacklight**](https://themarkup.org/blacklight/) →  
A real-time website privacy inspector.
- [**Pattern collect**](https://patterncollect.com/) →  
A curated gallery of illustrated patterns.
- [**Noun photos**](https://thenounproject.com/browse/term/photos/BLM/) →  
The Noun Project is now offering photos.

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