8px's Clipped Content — #1

Apr 13, 2022

Hello!

Welcome to Clipped Content — the first issue of something new.

I am incredibly online, so my aim with these is to collect and curate resources so you don't have to doom scroll all day to find something valuable.

These may come out monthly, or whenever I find a collection of cool stuff to share with you all.

If you enjoy it, please share. If not, let me know! I'm very flexible.

Luis

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Movie composition

Brilliant thread below about composition in the movie Spiderman. I'm not a movie pro, but I love stuff like this:

Will Ross @SadHillWill

I've seen a number of people now defend this composition from Spider-Man: NWH for its use of "negative space". To me, this is deeply unpersuasive and misunderstands the term, so: a thread first discussing negative space, and then breaking down the composition in this image. https://t.co/WZLfwcQj94

Hiring is hard

It really is. Mike here has some wonderful tips if you're trying (and failing) to attract the right people to your company:

Mike Davidson @mikeindustries

We've hired 54 designers & researchers in the last 4 months at Kraken. I know companies are finding it hard to hire great designers right now, so here are some tips that may help. Let’s get more designers and researchers into the best jobs we can. (Thread 🧵)

Podcast: Figma is not a design system

You heard me! It really isn't. It's part of one, for sure, but not the whole thing. DMs are open if you want to hear my perspective on this. The podcast isn't mine by the way 😅

Spotify — Apple Podcasts

Cool websites

When starting new projects, I always forget where to find inspiration (Dribbble has never really entered my radar). Here's a sweet thread to get you going:

Sahil @sahilypatel

A list of cool websites you might now know about A thread 🧵

Startup resources

"Oh that would be great for when I launch my startup!" = me every time I see a new tool that I forget to bookmark. The thread below is a great list of useful tools to check out if you want to build your own thang:

Easlo @heyeaslo

I gathered the best design resources for startups. Save 100+ hours researching. A thread:

Management tips

Being a manager is hard. Being a remote manager is even harder. Job (not from Arrested Development) below pulled together some tips for you if you're entering that realm: