Darrin Henein
@darrinhenein
VP of Design @Shopify. Creator of @LastronautGame and @CanazeeGames.
As an insatiable learner and curious mind, the dopamine hit from this UI is hard to compare. Being able to describe a theme, what you want to learn about it, from which perspectives and fields, and for which applications… and get back a structured and referenced essay, feels…
founder mode was a meme for a minute but is going strong at @shopify, 20 years in... every month, @tobi will spend 3 full days, going through *every* project in flight - debating each detail until we're aligned it's the right thing. It's 8PM and we'll go until we're done
👏 Darrin’s thoughts on small teams, leveraging AI to get closer to the metal, and his experience as an indie game dev are fantastic. This is why I work at Shopify — worth a watch.
I recently had the privilege of chatting with @ridd_design who runs the highly respected @joindiveclub series — truly an exceptional interviewer and storyteller. We (had!) to start with @tobi's note on AI, but we ventured through many of my favourite topics: critique, quality, a…
I recently had the privilege of chatting with @ridd_design who runs the highly respected @joindiveclub series — truly an exceptional interviewer and storyteller. We (had!) to start with @tobi's note on AI, but we ventured through many of my favourite topics: critique, quality, a…
The ROI of research has changed forever... We like to frame user research as a tool for understanding and advocating for the user (and that’s true). But the rise of UXR was also economic. Software has historically been expensive to build...and research was how we de-risked big…
Shopify went viral for their AI memo... So I interviewed their VP of Design @darrinhenein to learn how the value prop of design is shifting 👇
Shopify went viral for their AI memo... So I interviewed their VP of Design @darrinhenein to learn how the value prop of design is shifting 👇
We just dropped UX as a title at @Shopify. Same for Content Design. If you design, you're a Designer. If you write, you're now a Writer. Simpler. Better. (1/3)
Thought The Rehearsal season 2 was pretty good through it's opening episodes — but then that finale came out of nowhere and I could not *believe* what i was watching for that final hour. Go in blind if you'e planning to watch it.
Proud of the team where we lead the charge on this one! 🙌 You really have to try it to see how powerful it is.
We’ve made significant improvements to Sidekick's capabilities over the last six months, including multi-step reasoning and image generation. Now, you can also use screen share with voice chat. Sidekick will respond out loud.
