The lists, if you can call them that. Frighteningly disorganized musings portraying beautiful, unadulterated, discovered work.
No, unfortunately this week’s issue isn’t a request for feature ideas from readers, although we do take pattern requests!

March 2021

A recurring theme of Long Pressed is optionality. At interesting time scales we introduce patterns that help teams discover and make trade offs…
We recently elaborated on some of the challenges of Tribal Knowledge by the request of a reader.
Let’s talk about kitchens.
Written communication should be top of mind for any modern business continuing to adapt to the challenges of remote work.
The use and definition of the words "Affordance" and "Signifier" can be a point of contention amongst software designers, product managers, and design…
Data isn’t a proxy for our users as individuals. Correlation does not imply causation. Designing a product for the average person is designing a product…
This week we’re happy to feature our first guest pattern on Long Pressed! Lukas Kawerau at Cortex Futura writes and teaches about Tools for Thought, a…
Some people instinctively have a negative reaction to patterns which promote transparency.
Imagine the sum of the world’s knowledge and insight as one big circle, the infinite space around it everything out there still left to discover.
This week’s featured pattern is Objectives and Key Results. While simple, powerful, adaptable and motivating, OKRs can also be misunderstood and abused.