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Dave Latta

9 months

#DaretoShare24 reignited my creative side❤️‍🔥 Thanks for getting this going @bentenwoodring ! Illustration created in @figma New on X so really appreciate ❤️ and 🔄 🙏🏽

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Dave Latta

@dave_latta

8 months

Design tools and resources I’m using in 2024 👇 Tools : AI generated images : No-code web development : User research powered by AI : Design and collaborate in 3D :

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Dave Latta

@dave_latta

8 months

Today I'm officially starting my @webflow journey! I'm gonna be honest. I've been writing front-end for a long time. So, I've always been skeptical about no-code tools. Today that changes. I'm gonna be open minded, revisit my portfolio, and #buildinpublic . Let's go!

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Dave Latta

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8 months

We all start somewhere!

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Dave Latta

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8 months

✨ Icon of the year, decade, or century?

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Dave Latta

@dave_latta

9 months

@jordanphughes still dropping daily @UntitledUI 🔥 in the year 2074! 👇

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Dave Latta

@dave_latta

8 months

More Webflow progress... Can't wait to start to #buildinpublic !

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Dave Latta

@dave_latta

9 months

📣 To all designers who've NOT been impacted by layoffs. You are not only very fortunate but in an extremely important position. Our profession is relying on you to demonstrate the impact design can make in no uncertain terms. Do your best work in 2024! RT this thread 🧵 🙏

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Dave Latta

@dave_latta

8 months

I can't believe the response I've gotten from the @webflow community! Wow! How encouraging! Looking forward to sharing my journey and connecting with all of you! 😊

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Dave Latta

@dave_latta

8 months

It's been great start to February! Goals for next week: → Share some new design work → Post a few threads on design systems → Start rebuilding my portfolio in @webflow #buildinpublic

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Dave Latta

@dave_latta

8 months

After the outpouring of support and encouragement by the @webflow community, my learning journey is officially underway! 😀

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Dave Latta

@dave_latta

8 months

Recently doubled my connections here and forgot to celebrate!! 😀 🎉

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Dave Latta

@dave_latta

8 months

If anyone has thought about learning Webflow but hasn't started yet, join me! (DM) Here's what I've learned so far: → Video tutorials are as good as it gets and super fun! →They make confusing concepts easy to understand! → You're really learning how to code (but with a UI)

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Dave Latta

@dave_latta

8 months

Excited to share that I earned my third @webflow certificate today! 😀🎉 Not gonna lie. This one was kinda tricky!

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Dave Latta

@dave_latta

8 months

Yosemite National Park concept #daretoshare24

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Dave Latta

@dave_latta

9 months

I reached my first milestone today! 100 followers! 🥳 🚀 Heartfelt thanks to all of you! ❤️

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Dave Latta

@dave_latta

9 months

What's up, Designers! Here's my Day 3 shot for #DaretoShare24 ! A Figma illustration of the new Rabbit OS Device. 🐰 I'm new to posting on X, so if you're into design and design systems considering following. Retweet and I'll DM you a link to the Figma file. ✨

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Dave Latta

@dave_latta

8 months

Home office setup is coming together.

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Dave Latta

@dave_latta

8 months

#10XCONF24 is the best design conference I've been to years! Congrats to all the amazing speakers! @FonsMans and team don't forget to celebrate! Cheers! 🥳🎉🚀

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Dave Latta

@dave_latta

8 months

We all grow one small step at a time!

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Dave Latta

@dave_latta

8 months

Style exploration. #DareToShare24

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Dave Latta

@dave_latta

8 months

@sarah_edo Good to know Sara

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Dave Latta

@dave_latta

8 months

@DannPetty Been thinking a lot about this recently when I see “Design Roasts”. Take a weak design and outshine it to build credibility. Are we potentially celebrating outshining students and less experienced designers? Offer feedback instead. That’s a win, win.

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Dave Latta

@dave_latta

9 months

I just started my journey on X two weeks ago. At the moment, I only have a few followers. That's okay! People don't know me yet. I have lots to share though, including 15+ years of experience in design, code, and leadership. I also specialize in enterprise design systems.

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Dave Latta

@dave_latta

8 months

There’s so much great content and inspiration on X. How are you curating and organizing everything?

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Dave Latta

@dave_latta

8 months

We need to stop art directing and micromanaging the browser. When possible: → Stop using breakpoints → Start using implicit grids → Start using fluid type and space → Start making axiomatic design decisions Learn from one of the best 👇

Andy Bell – Be the browser’s mentor, not its micromanager

Subscribe here: https://bit.ly/Hey_SubscribeAndy Bell at Everyman Cinema on 5th May, 2022 – All Day Hey 2022We look at how we can hint the browser, rather th...

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Dave Latta

@dave_latta

9 months

Day 4: Now I'm officially cookin'!! 👨‍🍳 🔥 More to come on this wip soon... Feedback welcome! #uxdesign #DaretoShare24

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Dave Latta

@dave_latta

9 months

I've been SO busy lately I've gotta reach into my archive. Here's a few little doodles when I was helping define the spot illustration styles for Liberty Mutual. Nothing spectacular but a little something to share while I work on some of the more flashy stuff. 😊 #DaretoShare24

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Dave Latta

@dave_latta

8 months

Yo @figma ... #figbruary is hard to say and spell! 😆 "Figbrewery" No, no... "Figbuary" #figbruary2024

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Dave Latta

@dave_latta

9 months

The pinnacle of design.

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Dave Latta

@dave_latta

8 months

Adding one more tool to my 2024 design tools list! Lottie’s brand new web-based animation tool! Excited for this!

LottieFiles

@LottieFiles

8 months

Lottie Creator is here! A powerful web-based Lottie animation tool. 🚀 🌟 Timeline & keyframes 🌟 SVG import 🌟 Animation presets 🌟 100,000+ Lottie animations & more Get started at today!

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Dave Latta

@dave_latta

8 months

@NateBaldwinArt @figma Very cool! We use Dovetail ( @hidovetail ) for user research and the AI for theme clustering, summarization, and sentiment is magic! 🤯✨✨ Will definitely checking this out for other use cases. Thanks for sharing! 🙌

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Dave Latta

@dave_latta

9 months

If I could go back in time, here's the advice I would give myself: → First and foremost, you are good enough! → Focus on the things you can control. → Take good care of your physical and mental health. → Take this time to learn as much as you can.

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Dave Latta

@dave_latta

7 months

@disco_lu I’m in favor of prioritizing discoverability over variant construction. Cramming all options under one variant group forces users to explore all props to figure out what the options are. Putting component “types” in separate variants shows users at a glance the major options

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Dave Latta

@dave_latta

9 months

Very cool color picker. Could mess with the color wheel for an hour. @NateBaldwinArt you might appreciate. 👇🎨

emil

@emilwidlund

9 months

Introducing Harmony – a new kind of color picker. Make anything beautiful with color harmonies at your fingertips. An in-depth article on this will drop this weekend over at . Make sure to subscribe.

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Dave Latta

@dave_latta

9 months

@disco_lu Prototypes are for testing ideas at different stages of design. As confidence in a solution grows, fidelity increases through iterative testing. Tooling may vary depending on the fidelity needed for a test, but Figma is always a great place to start.

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Dave Latta

@dave_latta

8 months

@joeyabanks I couldn’t have been more wrong about mobile back in the day and couldn’t believe how quickly masks were adopted during the pandemic so based on both of those you might be right.

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Dave Latta

@dave_latta

7 months

Late last year I broke my ankle running. I was just a few miles away from a new personal best. Wanted to quit for good. Yesterday, early into a run I wanted to quit but managed to push thru it. It reminded me that overcoming your own mind is one of the best reasons to run.

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Dave Latta

@dave_latta

9 months

❓Would you recommend Webflow or Framer? Looking to experiment with one no-code tool over the next few weeks and can't decide. Which one do I go wit?

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Dave Latta

@dave_latta

8 months

Design Tip: Great musicians and artists study and learn from the best. They recreate masterpieces and play cover songs. They learn and hone their skills. If you want to become a better designer, go copy one of your favorite designs. I guarantee you'll learn something.

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Dave Latta

@dave_latta

8 months

First attempt at a spatial mock. Not great. lol 🙃 Gonna have to find some better perspective tools in Figma or use more than one! #DaretoShare24

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Dave Latta

@dave_latta

8 months

📣 Calling all Designers, No-code enthusiasts, and Front-end devs who have worked on building a following on X over the past year... What's something important you do every day, that you wish you had started sooner?

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Dave Latta

@dave_latta

9 months

@FonsMans Agree! Especially when you're selling products. I could see a case for more expressive UI as part of a brand's marketing strategy though.

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Dave Latta

@dave_latta

9 months

@i_vdovitsa @rabbit_hmi This is amazing! 🔥 What software did you use?

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Dave Latta

@dave_latta

8 months

A, B, or C? Why?

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Dave Latta

@dave_latta

8 months

@NateBaldwinArt I’ll take that a step further. Tokens IRL are hard. They’re great for design systems teams and core components. But I’ve yet to come across users that are psyched to learn a bunch of abstractions to extend the system. They just wanna move fast and do their job.

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Dave Latta

@dave_latta

8 months

Friday's are for fun! Not for making sense. Hope everyone's having a happy #figbruary 😀

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Dave Latta

@dave_latta

9 months

@FusiooDesign Let’s connect!

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Dave Latta

@dave_latta

8 months

Can't wait for Day 2 of #10XCONF24 ! Still trying to organize all of my screenshots, bookmarks, and notes from @itsdesignertom 's talk. What an amazing presentation! Got those first 90 days rules locked in!

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Dave Latta

@dave_latta

9 months

@bentenwoodring @Deconinck_co @X @AdobeAE @figma Consistency it is! Thanks Benten! 🙌

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Dave Latta

@dave_latta

9 months

@_AnaBoyer IMO - Design tools are for designing, prototyping, and testing ideas. The working software however is what’s providing both user and business value. While most design decisions are made in design tools, they’re only mockups until they’re in the working software. For that

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Dave Latta

@dave_latta

9 months

@alexefrancis That skateboard illustration. Omg! 🔥

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Dave Latta

@dave_latta

9 months

Happy Friday everyone! Sneak peek of something I'll have to wrap over the weekend. Can't wait to share! #DaretoShare24

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Dave Latta

@dave_latta

8 months

@svorklab Love Dev Mode but there’s a lot of concern around value vs cost especially at scale.

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Dave Latta

@dave_latta

9 months

@disco_lu You cannot drop something like this on a Friday when I’m busy! Not cool! My knee jerk reaction is the upside to semantic tokens is if you’re distributing them to product teams to build product specific components, they ship with implicit guidance. “Use this token for this

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Dave Latta

@dave_latta

9 months

@disco_lu Really enjoyed your presentation Luis! I should mention that our team had a long and spirited debate about whether or not to include a component layer. After weighing tradeoffs, we ended up on your side! We have a robust set of component specific tokens. 🙌

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Dave Latta

@dave_latta

9 months

@kyleanthony Are you saying this was caused by branding and perception change alone? Meaning being perceived as an agency rather than an independent freelancer? Trying to figure out if this is causation or correlation?

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Dave Latta

@dave_latta

8 months

When Figma variables first got released I created a Spotify dark and light mode concept to practice. I find this is one of the best ways to learn.

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Dave Latta

@dave_latta

9 months

This isn't some kind of cheap engagement trick like I've seen on this app. These are heartfelt words. Please help RT and spread this message. I'd appreciate it and I think your followers might too. ❤️

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Dave Latta

@dave_latta

9 months

Because of this, I spent hours every day applying for jobs and looking at other designers portfolios, trying to figure out why I wasn't able to land a job. I couldn't figure it out. It was an extremely difficult time for me that I'll never forget.

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Dave Latta

@dave_latta

9 months

Figma Tip 💠✨ Put nested components on their own page. 🪺 Nested Components / [ Component Name ] ✦ This will keep your library DRY ✦ Users will only see the main component in Assets ✦ It will clean up your metrics.

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Dave Latta

@dave_latta

9 months

As it turned out, I was being impacted by macroeconomic conditions that were completely outside of my control. If I could go back and tell myself that, I'm not sure I would. The belief that I wasn't good enough put a fire inside of me to learn that has never fizzled out. 🔥

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Dave Latta

@dave_latta

8 months

@tibolasticot @specifyapp Dude… seriously?! The result is really cool but the process is like engineering. Super cool Tibo!

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Dave Latta

@dave_latta

8 months

@makermattevans Agreed! I'd add one caveat about usability though. The more we require users to memorize abstractions, the more friction and frustration there will be using variables/tokens. User: Why do I need to remember "space-10" really means 4rem? Figma has done a great job showing the

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Dave Latta

@dave_latta

8 months

If you were healthy and rich beyond your wildest dreams, would you still be a designer? If so, what would you work on?

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Dave Latta

@dave_latta

9 months

@JamiePeak Love it! 😍 (I still want that third col though😜). Curious, are you using AE the animation?

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Dave Latta

@dave_latta

8 months

@laurentiu_ol @webflow Awesome! Their video tutorials are top notch. And they nailed sprinkling in a little humor along the way. Cruising through. Still feeling a little awkward thinking about code infused with a UI. But getting used to it. How deep into learning are you?

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Dave Latta

@dave_latta

9 months

@rogie @ridd_design Working on some 🔥 and polish with @rogie ’s plugin! Will post some close ups soon 😅

Dave Latta

@dave_latta

9 months

#DaretoShare24 reignited my creative side❤️‍🔥 Thanks for getting this going @bentenwoodring ! Illustration created in @figma New on X so really appreciate ❤️ and 🔄 🙏🏽

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Dave Latta

@dave_latta

9 months

@shadeed9 This is easily the most comprehensive guide on touch targets I’ve ever seen! The visuals, graphics, and video are as good as it gets. Sharing far and wide… Thanks, Ahmad!

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Dave Latta

@dave_latta

9 months

Been experimenting with Leonardo color tools, and they're a game changer for supporting modes. It takes some getting used to, but nothing compared to creating accessible, uniform color systems by eye. I can't even imagine what went into building this. Thanks, @NateBaldwinArt !

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Dave Latta

@dave_latta

8 months

@miggi consider running this by the team. Some easier options to say/spell 😜 #figmarch #figmapril #figmay #figbruary #figbruary2024

Dave Latta

@dave_latta

8 months

Yo @figma ... #figbruary is hard to say and spell! 😆 "Figbrewery" No, no... "Figbuary" #figbruary2024

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Dave Latta

@dave_latta

8 months

@kyleanthony Bookmarked! Love the bento design. What are you using for animation?

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Dave Latta

@dave_latta

9 months

Super excited to kick off a new week with a bunch of new friends! 😀 🚀 To celebrate, here are some slick, high-res MacBook Pro mockup images for free! To grab a copy: 1️⃣ Like ❤️ 2️⃣ Comment "Send" 💬 (Must be following for DM)

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Dave Latta

@dave_latta

8 months

This might upset some of my design friends but… IMO the source of truth is what users experience in working software. Our Figma components, patterns, and prototypes are where solutions originate but if they don’t make it into production, they’re just ideas no matter how great

Dave Latta

@dave_latta

8 months

@omlet_dev @HonzaTmn 🌶️ Hot Take: The source of truth is what users experience. Everything else is the work that leads to that experience. Components, patterns, and recipes may originate in design tools but the value is realized in working software. We may have beautiful work and prototypes but if

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Dave Latta

@dave_latta

8 months

@theajdesign Agree! I think I’m going decade on this one. Al is finding its way into every tool I use.

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Dave Latta

@dave_latta

8 months

@darylginn Agree that great design is messy! But design systems at their best are curations of great design. If your project is blue sky, go wild! But if you’re working within brand constraints which most are then using established components is a massive efficiency gain across design and

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Dave Latta

@dave_latta

8 months

What are the best design portfolios you've seen lately?

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Dave Latta

@dave_latta

8 months

@buildwithrazvan @webflow Thanks Razvan! I have many years of experience with front-end code but just started my Webflow journey today. Already impressed with the learning material.

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Dave Latta

@dave_latta

9 months

@Greg_GLD That’s amazing Greg… Congrats! I’ve only been posting on X for 2 weeks so I’m still posting into the void. 😂 BUT having a blast participating in #daretoshare24 ! Great way to kick off my journey on this app.

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Dave Latta

@dave_latta

8 months

99% of the time you don't need: → More design inspiration → To use the latest new tools → Or to have the biggest budget You need to accept the constraints, free yourself from distraction, and focus on doing your best work.

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@dave_latta

9 months

@DannPetty I built my standing desk myself for half the cost and twice the quality. Not sure about the treadmill but happy to share how I made the desk. It was actually a fun project.

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Dave Latta

@dave_latta

8 months

Any designers using @raycastapp ? Any tips?

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Dave Latta

@dave_latta

9 months

@bakharew Really like this. I also like the premise of giving little moments like this more attention. If you pick your spots like you did here, this can add a lot of personality to the experience. Nice work. Creative. 🙂

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Dave Latta

@dave_latta

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@itsdesignertom @10x_designers @FonsMans 💯 💯 💯. Couldn’t have gone any smoother and amazing line up of speakers!

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Dave Latta

@dave_latta

9 months

Does anyone use the pencil tool in Figma? Use case?

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Dave Latta

@dave_latta

8 months

@BardhylBytyqi @webflow @wedoflow @azwedocom @figma This looking really nice! What’s your approach for achieving the cursor follow?

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Dave Latta

@dave_latta

8 months

@Deconinck_co @bentenwoodring Been really cool to see all of your work. 👏 Look forward to seeing more throughout the year!

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Dave Latta

@dave_latta

8 months

@uxkosta This is a great attitude and excellent advice. 👊

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Dave Latta

@dave_latta

9 months

To all designers who have been affected by layoffs, I know how difficult this is. I was laid off during the 2008 recession. It took me a long time to find a new job. I sincerely thought I wasn't good enough. 😕

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Dave Latta

@dave_latta

9 months

@RamyWafaa Man… I like your style. The balance between the green fill and line work 🤩

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Dave Latta

@dave_latta

9 months

@EmmettArmstrong Love this Emmett! Would love to hear more about your experience using ChatGPT for code.

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Dave Latta

@dave_latta

9 months

@EmyLascan Why not both? If you do go with that dark version, you’ll want to watch out for accessibility. Right navbar button and link won’t be accessible on dark.

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Dave Latta

@dave_latta

8 months

@makermattevans @webflow Literally lol-ed 😂 Thanks Matt!

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Dave Latta

@dave_latta

9 months

@EmyLascan I prefer sincere requests for feedback about two design options A or B. If it seems sincere, I’m happy to give thoughtful feedback. I’d hope for the same. 😊

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Dave Latta

@dave_latta

8 months

@d_madbro Let me help with that engagement rate! 📈! Amazing Danial! Let’s go!

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Dave Latta

@dave_latta

8 months

@Greg_GLD Greg FTW! 🤣

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Dave Latta

@dave_latta

8 months

@DmitryKurash @splinetool Cool! I'm also trying to learn @splinetool . I was hoping for a step by step learning track but only found a scattershot of tutorials. Any luck finding a 101 guide? Maybe I'm overlooking it 🤔

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Dave Latta

@dave_latta

9 months

@bentenwoodring @figma Thanks Benten! The whole design community owes you for setting up #daretoshare24 ! It's been a such a nice way to begin my journey on X. 🙂

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Dave Latta

@dave_latta

8 months

@JoeSalowitz @webflow Hey Joe, I wish I knew! Still trying to figure it out. I basically try to post 2 to 3 times per day about something I’m learning, working on, or my journey here on X. I also try to share thoughtful comments wherever I can. I really wanna start to share more valuable knowledge

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Dave Latta

@dave_latta

9 months

@itsdesignertom @FonsMans Looking forward to this one!

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