Ben Brignell
@benbrignell.com
Product designer & UX strategist. Makes principles.design, real-world design principles and guides. Author of Design Principles in Practice. Design systems and decision-making. Generally a generalist. My onions are my own. benbrignell.com
I've just seen M People are doing a short tour. They're playing one night in Devon.
Weird to think that David Byrne is going to pretty much be playing at the end of my garden in a few weeks
I’m never sure how to react when you pay with your card and the cashier says “Right, that’s all gone through!” with an element of surprise in their voice
If you are wondering about how my day is going today all I can say is I am currently using DEFCON alert levels as a task management methodology
Are there any film buffs on here who could help? I’m trying to remember the name of the Pixar film about the man that goes up.
Just had a hail storm and now I’m putting on suntan cream 👍 ☀️ 🌱
I just hacked up 4 IKEA Kallax units with an axe into manageable sections so they could fit in the car to take them to the tip. It was surprisingly accurate, precise and didn’t make any mess. Unbelievably satisfying. 🪓
Are pistachio nuts like mussels? If one of the shells is closed should you not try to open it?
Going to a cool cocktail party tonight (yes, actually leaving the house) and my whole look was going to be starting the evening with that cool “end of the evening” undone bow tie around my neck. Getting stuff ready for later and just realised my bow tie is a pre-tied one.
Forgive my late response, I just have a little bit of mowing to do and will be back soon 🌱
I’ve been in almost full time fixing mode for nearly 48 hours. Boiler valve broke, driveway gate hinge fix, dishwasher broke, roomba broke, outdoor tap broke, the little rivet on my crocs broke, one of my guitar pedals stopped working… and that’s just the fun stuff
Took our kids to the local bike shop today to get some bikes. The guy in the shop: You’re probably better off getting them online, it’s cheaper than whatever we can do
Are pistacho nuts like mussels? If you get one that is still closed should you avoid eating it?
You have the same postman for years, you speak to them almost every day then one day the postman is a different postman, you never got to say goodbye, and it all begins again.
I used to read lots of fiction but now I really struggle to be able to. Whenever I read fiction I am compelled to make or write something of my own. Reading feels like churning over someone else’s work when I could be doing something of my own, and I feel like it is a waste of time. However…