🤿 macros ftw

If I told you someone had a background as a senior designer at companies like Uber, Dropbox, Apple, and Patreon then you'd be pretty impressed, right?

Same.

But Adam Noffsinger walked away from all of that to start Alma (which you might remember from the Smith+Diction episode).

So this episode is a deep dive into what it really looks like to go 0→1 as a design founder.

Adam even walks us through his Figma file for Alma 👀

So if you’re interesting in startups or designing something from nothing, then I think you’ll really enjoy this conversation 👇

🤝 WITH JITTER

I know a lot of you like me are animating in Jitter.

So I have good news… You can now speed up reviews by sharing and responding to feedback directly in your files.

Each comment is timestamped and synced across the canvas and timeline, so it’s always in context

And you can even @ mention people so it’s easy to bring teammates into the conversation 🫂

It’s just another reason why I love animating in Jitter.

Comments are officially live for everyone so click the link to try it today 👇

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Vibe designing with AI using an existing design

I’ve been seeing a lot about Magic Patterns lately 👀

So I asked Xinran Ma (from the mega popular AI for Product Designers) to walk us through how he uses the product and he agreed! It’s a super practical guide that I think you’ll really like.

I particularly enjoy how he focuses on starting from an existing design vs. a blank canvas (that’s my use case most of the time).

Definitely bookmark this one 👇

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Building a Netflix-style portfolio

In a world where building is easy, creativity is king 👑

So you gotta check out this Netflix-style portfolio from Safinaz 😅

She even made a little behind-the-scenes video so you can see how she brought it to life 👇

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Snake method for integrating AI into your design workflow

One of the reasons I love last week’s episode with Pietro so much is hearing how he thinks about the different models and what it looks like to treat AI as a true collaborator.

So I’ve been on the hunt for resources to learn how other designers are using AI for their own workflows

Here’s a good one from Devon Peet 👇

🧃 INSPIRATION JUICE

3 things I saved this week

1️⃣ Sketch’s comment explaining yearly pricing

I designed my first pricing page in ~5 years this weekend (that’s what happens when you work at a marketplace lol).

So naturally I was looking for inspiration and I came across this comment interaction from Sketch.

Freaking. Genius.

I really wish I thought of this 😆

See it live →

2️⃣ Incredibly fun Flowfest website

There are so many fun details in this website… truly elite execution.

Have a scroll 👇

See it live →

3️⃣ Glitch effect icons

I don’t think I’ve seen a glitch effect like this used on icons before. It works so well for a hover state 👌

See it live →

p.s. Jim has been sharing some great inspo on the Twitter bird lately—you should give him a follow

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