Hola!, I'm Ramiro, a designer & digital builder from Monterrey, Mexico. Welcome, here you'll find a little about me, my thoughts, likes, replies and links I find interesting.

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Forcing myself into new skills

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One of my greatest strengths is my desire to learn and discover new things. I’ve always been naturally curious, and this curiosity drives me to seek out new knowledge and experiences. Whether it’s learning a new skill, researching a topic that interests me, or just trying something new, I love the process of learning and discovery.

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Embracing AI

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There’s been a lot of hype in AI recently with so many new tools launching. AI has come a long way, and it’s only going to continue to evolve and improve. As a result, it’s natural to feel a little intimidated or even afraid of what the future holds. But instead of being scared of AI, we should embrace it and use it to make our work easier.

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Karri Saarinen Karri Saarinen

yeah and we do:

1. keep developing the feature behind internal flag, anyone trying it will keep hitting issues

2. bring external beta users

3. keep using internally still

4. do feature roast where internally the whole team tries to be nitpicky as possible and write their feedback

5. release to more users

6. release to all and keep monitoring

7. team doesn't move on for a while even if the project is kind of completed, they will clean up flags, do some other work, while monitoring the feedback coming through from users

The “team doesn’t immediately move on after project completion” part is super important.

You need time to see how it actually lands, learn from real usage, and make those important tweaks while the context is still fresh.

I’m doing good, focused on family, work, trying to fit in more training hours, and keeping up with the insane pace of AI. Then Blizzard teases a new StarCraft game! 😱

All the memories come flooding back, and suddenly I have this intense urge to play it again. 🫠

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Joshua Ariza Joshua Ariza

I ALWAYS tell new or young designers not to freelance.

Learn the business and process from someone first.

Work somewhere. Learn on their dime.

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I was always chasing freelance work on nights and weekends. That hunger helped because I never specialized early on. Any design or web project was “sure, I can do that.” I learned on the fly, built broad skills, and got great at managing clients.

Spent hours trying to integrate AI into a freelance branding project. Final direction came from pen and paper. The tools are still pretty bad at this kind of work.

Helping plan my kid’s entrepreneur week and most parents just want the simplest, most generic product so they can move on. Mismatched drive is what makes team projects a nightmare.

Design done with defaults and prompts is already detected miles away. The difference between designers will be the discipline of continuing to do the work, without shortcuts.

It is incredible how after so many years the figure of Michael Jackson as an artist continues to attract new generations, children imitating his footsteps, screams and outfits. There really hasn’t been anything like it.