30 days of deliberate practice can help us become substantially better at any skill. <a href="https://moonwith.com/posts/train">We don't have to wait around hoping for someone to pick us or our work. We can pick ourselves. Show up. Do the work. Every day.</a>
The 30 Day UI Challenge is an excuse to learn and improve our design craft and the muscle of consistency. Every day, you’ll get a different prompt in your inbox. This is an opportunity to build the muscle of consistency and deliberate practice. And to do so with a community of people who are here to support you.
I issued this challenge to students at <a href="http://code.berlin/">CODE University</a> and now we’re opening it to the public. Anyone can join and participate remotely and asynchronously.
<h3>When?</h3>
The challenge started on May 24th and will end on June 24th. If you didn't join on day one, that's okay. You can still join us.
On weekends, there will be prompts too but it’s up to you to decide whether you want to take them or not.
You can share your work on Instagram, Twitter and Dribbble with the hashtag #30DaysOfUI so we can find your work and support it.
<h3>Join our community on Telegram</h3>
<a href="https://dribbble.com/jazzy_c">Jazel</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/kaanjaaa/">Anja</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/__vitorabreu/">Vitor</a> are showing up every day and sharing their work, alongside others from all over the world. You can join us too.
Follow this link to join our Telegram group: <a href="https://piara.li/30dayui">piara.li/30dayui</a>
<h3>Design Prompts</h3>
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| Day 1: Design a Sign-up Page |
| Day 2: Design a 404 Error Page |
| Day 3: Design an Audio Player Interface |
| Day 4: Design a Landing Page for a product |
| Day 5: Design a Profile page |
| Day 6: Design a Contact Us page |
| Day 7: Redesign your favorite website's homepage |
This post was updated on May 30th. Come back tomorrow for the next challenge.

30 Days of UI

In everything we do, there is a threshold or shared understanding of "good enough". Okay. Sufficient. Average.
Large language models and machine learning are knocking on the door. And while their transformative power can be hard to predict, there is one thing we can be certain about. This technology will set a new, higher, unprecedented standard for the work we put out there.
Output that used to be good will soon become mediocre because now we have tools that can do better. So the only option we have left is to embrace technology and accept the call to level up. To collectively improve our ability to learn and to produce work that has higher quality.
But this time, we'll keep raising the bar. Good things are coming.

The bar has been raised

Every year more than 800 marathons are held around the world. And every year, thousands of people join them with the goal of finishing the race.
At times, we may find ourselves engaged in private marathons as we try finish that book. Or get through that online course. Regardless of whether we're enjoying or deriving any additional learning from it.
But the point of reading a nonfiction book or taking a course is not to reach the end or to get a gold medal.
We want to be able to solve problems and get knowledge we can put to good use tomorrow. So, we should use books as maps.
When we use books as maps, we take our time to prepare and define where we want to go. We know what we are trying to get out of the content we're about to engage with. And say no to visiting the streets that do not get us there.

Essays on learning