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The Feed & The Thread - February 11, 2026 · The Feed & The Thread

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  Today we're diving into what design leaders need to unlearn
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  as they navigate an AI-first world, and we'll also explore a
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  surprising tip for making your resume stand out that you rarely
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  see recommended.
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  Welcome to The Feed and The Thread, brought to you by
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  Chicago Camps. Our next UX Camp event is coming up on February
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  twenty first. Tickets are very affordable & free options
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  available. Don't miss out! Hey! Did you know that we also
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  launched The Feed & The Thread in the App Store? Get your
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  updates in the app, with summaries and links to articles
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  and conversations. See you there!
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  Some notable pieces crossed our desk for today's episode. Let's
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  check them out! In a new piece titled "What design leaders must
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  unlearn to lead in an AI-first world," Arin Bhowmick at UX
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  Design.cc argues that simply democratizing access to AI tools
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  without building foundational skills can exacerbate talent
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  gaps within teams. He emphasizes the need for design leaders to
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  view AI enablement as a strategic decision, not just
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  tooling, and highlights the emergence of hybrid roles where
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  designers also act as strategists or researchers.
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  Over at UX Design.cc, Filip Mishevski's latest "The natural
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  design process" proposes a simplified approach to design,
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  focusing on opening one’s eyes for information gathering and
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  squinting them for focused creation. He takes a shot at
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  bloated design processes while acknowledging their necessity
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  for user-centric solutions and quality assurance. At UX
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  Planet, Nick Babich’s article titled "Complete Guide To
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  Creating Your Own Claude Skill" provides a comprehensive guide
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  to creating specialized AI tools designed for specific tasks
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  without the need for coding knowledge. Babich highlights the
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  versatility of these skills in various applications and their
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  potential to streamline workflow processes effectively. Also
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  worth noting – new pieces recently from Brad Frost, Dan
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  Saffer, and CSS-Tricks. Be sure to check them out in your feeds!
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  Okay, what's the community buzzing about? Over in the UX
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  Design subreddit, there’s this one weird tip to help your
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  resume get noticed that you never see recommended – it got
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  75 upvotes. One commenter, u/Outrageous_Duck3227, really
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  hit home: "as a candidate i love this and i wish more hiring
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  managers shared stuff like this it’s actually concrete and not
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  the same old “make it one page” nonsense." It's tough when the
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  job hunt feels like detective work. Meanwhile, in the design
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  subreddit, Border Radius Rules is making waves with 437
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  upvotes. Folks are all over it – some love the precision, others
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  are just going with their gut. As u/AttractiveFurniture put it,
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  "Meanwhile, my lazy ass eyeballing it 🥲." Can't argue
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  with that, except you really could argue with that - it's a
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  bad idea if you have to work with other people, like, ever.
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  And speaking of practical tips, there’s a thread about an
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  expensive mobile UX mistake: the top of the screen. One commenter
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  noted how interacting with the bottom part of the screen can be
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  a stretch for big hands and phones. It really depends on the
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  size of the screen, right? u/isademigod made some good
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  points about it being more comfortable to interact in the
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  middle of the device. That's what folks are buzzing about
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  today! Lots to chew on if you're in the design trenches.
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  Chicago Camps is hosting UX Camp Winter on Saturday, February
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  21st. There will be plenty of great presentations, all online,
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  so you can join from anywhere in the world! Tickets are only
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  thirteen dollars and fifty cents and there are plenty of
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  complimentary passes available thanks to the generosity of the
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  community. Get tickets now at Chicago Camps dot org. This is a
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  great value!
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  Today, we talked about the importance of building
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  foundational skills alongside AI tool usage in design teams. And
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  speaking of practical tips, the community's chat on resume
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  tweaks and mobile UX mistakes shows there’s always room for
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  improvement and fresh ideas. Thanks for tuning in — we'll
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  catch you next time.
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  That's The Feed and The Thread for today. Keep designing with
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  intention!