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I was working this evening on a little experiment[1] that involves building out an interface.
In the past, I used to think best through code. I'd sit down and start writing a layout, manipulating the styling and structure until it felt right. Sometimes I'd start with a rough sketch of what it should end up looking like, but often the design took place as I was coding.
I tried to do that for this project and it just wasn't working. The interface was rough and awkward, I got stuck a few times and couldn't figure out how to solve these little puzzles. Tonight I finally decided I'd lay it out in Figma. And about 20 minutes in, all of a sudden the whole thing came together. It all just kind of worked.
It seems like my medium for thinking about interfaces has changed. Probably because I'm working in Figma every day at work, I'm thinking more naturally through that particular tool[2]. It's incredible how much our tools, like language, shape our thought. Or at least influence our thought.
What other mediums might change the process of thinking?
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