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Will Ryan

@wryan21.bsky.social

Researcher, founder, designer. Fighting to make a better world one product at a time.

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That's like a 2010 bad habit. Seems odd a major organization would still be missing the boat on such a major page (and also not be caught up in litigation due to it being an accessibility failing).

14.10.2025 12:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Ink and watercolor cartoon showing an octopus peeking out of a coconut shell underwater. The octopus says: "I've been working on a novel, but I'm afraid to show anyone. Maybe I'll put one page out there." A fish swims up to look at the page and says, "That stinks!" The octopus disappears inside the shell and says, "Everyone's a critic."

Ink and watercolor cartoon showing an octopus peeking out of a coconut shell underwater. The octopus says: "I've been working on a novel, but I'm afraid to show anyone. Maybe I'll put one page out there." A fish swims up to look at the page and says, "That stinks!" The octopus disappears inside the shell and says, "Everyone's a critic."

Here's a little cartoon for #WorldOctopusDay ๐Ÿ™

09.10.2025 00:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 382    ๐Ÿ” 65    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

Yes and the track record isn't great lately:

Television
Internet
Smartphones
Video games
Social media
On and on...

While the technology offers much promise, corporate interests suck the air right out of the room.

08.10.2025 22:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Presenting Work with Confidence! It doesn't matter how good your work is, if you canโ€™t present it it's going in the trash. Come learn how to present with confidence.

Maybe someone you work with needs help talking to people or giving feedback.

www.eventbrite.com/e/presenting...

08.10.2025 22:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Years of being "programmed" to format searches to a particular grammar has blinded us to realizing the power of asking a natural question to a machine unfettered by such restraints.

I keep arguing AI is the next big literacy challenge young people face.

08.10.2025 14:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This might get you more fights with the design crowd than the research crowd.

07.10.2025 13:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Why is it with every LinkedIn post, I feel like I need to impress the AI algorithm before it will even consider sharing what I post with my network. Don't need your intervention with people I know, brah.

21.06.2025 22:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You write your tongue and cheek posts with such confidence, I often confuse your seriousness with your sarcasm. Well done!

11.06.2025 15:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I do not get the apple liquid glass thing.

I mean beyond everyoneโ€™s valid accessibility issues with it I just donโ€™t see the business case for a UI overhaul.

Feels like itโ€™s trying to create hype, but this ainโ€™t 2012 we donโ€™t care.

10.06.2025 17:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 95    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 15    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Can I please have a mouse that stops storing up my scroll wheel to be applied later, randomly, when I really am trying to maintain my place on the screen. It's like Wakandan tech that redistributes energy, just scrolling. This could be the dumbest application of Marvel tech I can imagine if true!

09.06.2025 19:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

For all the doom and gloom, I do believe this is UX's time to shine. Not the version that is fixated on pixel-perfect UIs, that's not the heart of who we are. But, being there to understand problems and shape customer solutions. There will always be a need for folks who do that.

05.06.2025 17:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Post image

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03.06.2025 23:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 33    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Great quotes in there. Especially loved "We focused on tools, not outcomes; process, not purpose."

28.05.2025 18:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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We Built UX. We Broke UX. And Now We Have to Fix it! | Daniel Ruiz-Isasi, BM, CPM, POPMยฎ, SAยฎ We didnโ€™t just break UX. We let it get sidelined. Dan Maccaroneโ€™s piece is worth your time. But the fix isnโ€™t more tools. Itโ€™s more courage. User experience was never supposed to be a checklist. Not...

UX didnโ€™t vanish. We just stopped fighting for it.

โ˜‘ Experience isnโ€™t a checklist.
โ˜‘ Wireframes arenโ€™t outcomes.
โ˜‘ Speed shouldnโ€™t outrun strategy.

The real fix? Courage.
To ask better questions.
To protect the โ€œwhy.โ€
To stop mistaking tickets for impact.

#UX #ProductStrategy

28.05.2025 18:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

I wish my days were like video games... where I could get read a document in my inventory and be an expert level marketer or sales person. Instead I think I'll go sit on my bed and fast forward to the end of the day.

28.05.2025 18:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Just hit 1 year, bootstrapping my startup, Xperius. Scary, fun, challenging, engaging, exciting, chaotic, and probably a dozen or so other adjectives bounce around my mind trying to capture it all in a message this short. I'm looking forward to what comes next!

02.05.2025 15:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's been a while since I've flown Southwest. The open seating didn't seem to bother me much back then, but now it just feels chaotic and nerve racking. Not sure I'd want to fly with them again... Even Spirit is a little bit more predictable at least.

01.05.2025 16:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm pushing to maintain as much optimism as possible these days, but every day brings enough baggage that would make Annie bemoan the lack of sun coming out tomorrow. Still, the world goes on. I'm going to meet it head on!

25.04.2025 17:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Well said!

22.04.2025 15:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Masked train robbery

21.04.2025 19:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

In this world, humans become the engine that drive business and AI goals not the other way around.

21.04.2025 19:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

How many of them do you think we're bots?

21.04.2025 18:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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