The Feed & The Thread - Saturday, January 24, 2026
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The Feed & The Thread - Saturday, January 24, 2026

Episode description

This episode covers best practices for real-time feedback in prototyping from Andrew Martin at UXPin Studio, insights into AI integration in design workflows by top companies like Atlassian and Meta, and community discussions on logo designs and unique UI regrets. It also announces UX Camp Winter, an online event on February 21st with affordable tickets and complimentary passes available.

Show Notes

In This Episode

  • Best practices for real-time feedback during prototyping
  • Integration of AI into design workflows by top companies like Atlassian and Meta
  • Community buzz on new logo designs, unique UI approaches, and designing for elderly users first

Articles Mentioned

  • “Best Practices for Real-Time Feedback in Prototyping” by Andrew Martin (UXPin Studio)
  • “How Top Companies Are Using AI in Their Design Workflows” by Punit Chawla (UX Design.cc)

Community Discussions

  • r/Design - New logo design for an energy drink called “Wave”
  • r/UXDesign - Regret of trying to be too unique with UI designs and the suggestion to conduct usability testing
  • r/Design - Observations on designing for elderly users first

Announcement

Event: UX Camp Winter
Date: Saturday, February 21st
Format: Online
Ticket Price: $13.50 (Complimentary passes available)
More Info & Tickets: ChicagoCamps.org

Submit your idea to be a speaker at UX Camp Winter!

About The Feed & The Thread

The Feed & The Thread is a daily summary of UX articles found in the industry and some light-touch updates from the UX Community found in online forums. It’s brief, and meant as a light-touch overview of what’s happening across UX.

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Today, we're diving into how real-time feedback during

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prototyping can make or break your product development,

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highlighting the use of tools like UXPin for smoother

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collaboration. And we'll hear from a designer who went off the

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beaten path with their UI - and is now second-guessing

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everything.

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Welcome to The Feed and The Thread, brought to you by

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Chicago Camps. Our next UX Camp event is coming up on February

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twenty first. We're still accepting presentations for the

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event - submit your talk today!

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The industry's been busy over the past day. Here's what's

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catching our attention and worthy of yours. In a new piece

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titled "Best Practices for Real- Time Feedback in Prototyping,"

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Andrew Martin at UXPin Studio argues that real-time feedback

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during prototyping can significantly improve product

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development, reduce costs, and enhance user satisfaction. He

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emphasizes the importance of setting clear goals and using

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collaborative tools like UXPin to maintain short feedback

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cycles. Over at UX Design.cc (RSS), Punit Chawla's latest

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"How top companies are using AI in their design workflows"

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explores how leading firms like Atlassian and Meta integrate AI

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into their processes. Atlassian uses pre-built templates for

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prototyping, while Meta focuses on automating routine tasks with

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human oversight for critical steps. Also publishing

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recently: Smashing Magazine, TPGi (The Paciello Group), and

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Codrops. Be sure to check them out in your feeds!

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What's the community buzzing about this time around? Well,

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let's find out! Over in the Design subreddit, folks are

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giving their two cents on a new logo for an energy drink called

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"Wave". It's got eighteen upvotes and counting - seems

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like people really care about that design. I mean, who knew

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logos could get so much attention! And speaking of

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designs, over at the UX Design subreddit, someone's feeling the

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regret of trying to be too unique with their UI. They

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ditched industry standards for something different but now

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they're thinking it might have been a mistake. It's tough when

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you go off the beaten path and then second-guess yourself

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later. The top comment suggests going back and doing some

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usability testing. You can't really argue with that!

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Meanwhile, there's an interesting observation from

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someone over in the Design subreddit again about designing

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for elderly users first; it turns out this approach covers

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all age groups automatically! Fun fact, right? It's neat how

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focusing on one group can have such a wide-ranging impact. So

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yeah, that's what the community's talking about today.

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Lots to chew on if you're into design and UX!

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Chicago Camps is hosting UX Camp Winter on Saturday, February

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21st. There will be plenty of great presentations, all online,

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so you can join from anywhere in the world! Tickets are only

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thirteen dollars and fifty cents and there are plenty of

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complimentary passes available thanks to the generosity of the

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community. Get tickets now at Chicago Camps dot org. And

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there's still room for additional speakers! Submit your

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idea today!

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Today, we talked about how real- time feedback during prototyping

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can really make a difference in product development and user

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satisfaction. Setting clear goals is key to making the most

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out of that feedback. And over on the community board,

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u/merkin_r got some great insights on their 'Wave' logo

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design. Thanks for tuning in — we'll catch you next time.

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That's The Feed and The Thread for today. Keep designing with

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intention!