Quinn Keast
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Quinn Keast
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A collection of thinking on design, tech, and the art of making sense.
May 17, 2024
Charting surgery
March 5, 2024
That time I ate chicken parmesan five times in one day because our customers cooked it
February 26, 2024
Thoughts on inclusion as a constraint and catalyst for design
December 12, 2023
It’s weird how design systems are so rote, yet so difficult
November 29, 2023
Welcome to unreality
September 13, 2023
AI: Seasoning, not the main course
July 28, 2023
A few echos on hearing that’s not quite there
June 22, 2023
Design syntropy
June 15, 2023
Perceived effort: Cycling, work, and the power of momentum
July 17, 2022
How I stopped worrying and learned to love the AI
January 29, 2022
How I approach writing
December 9, 2021
There, here, and back again: Expanding Sourcegraph from an on-premise product into a cloud offering
strings: the Sourcegraph blog
November 5, 2021
The language of collaboration (and the phrase that gives you superpowers)
November 1, 2021
Mustard
April 30, 2021
Email addresses are a pain in the ass
October 26, 2020
Can You Hear me? No, But We Read You
Fast Company
May 3, 2020
These are Design Principles for Real-time Captions in Video Calls
May 2, 2020
Captions in Video Calls: Better Accessibility, but Harmful Side Effects
March 12, 2020
We Cancelled Our User Research Because of the Coronavirus
September 26, 2019
Stop Relying on Gut Decisions and Define Your Principles
UX Collective
July 22, 2019
Stop Blaming People: It’s a Design Problem
July 17, 2019
The Possibility Gap: It’s Time to Label This Dark Pattern
July 2, 2019
Stoppers & Stallers: What Happens When Your Product Goes Off-Script
June 25, 2019
The Books That Shape How I Think About UX, Brand, and Business
June 13, 2019
The Things We Forget on the Inside Looking Out
May 15, 2019
It’s Time to Rethink UX Design Challenges
May 7, 2019
Is Your Product Team Feeling Stifled?
April 3, 2019
Ship Something
February 20, 2019
What I Ask Candidates During UX Job Interviews
December 9, 2018
Accessibility is Trendy (and That’s a Good Thing)
March 27, 2018
Those Dumb Quotes
UX Collective
March 31, 2017
Distress Signals: User-generated Solutions to Usability Problems
UX Collective
July 11, 2016
Bridging the Moat
March 4, 2016
A Close Look at Closeness
Medium
August 24, 2015
Carry many pairs of shoes
August 20, 2015
That’s Enough
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Projects & fun stuff
A book on brand for product teams
A UX language framework
A primer: What is this Brand Thing Anyway?
An “aw yiss” comic generator
The source code for this website
A design consultancy called Caribou
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