Thread by @skuwamoto

Hey there. It has been a week since @figmadesign's #Schema2021 conference, so as a public service, I thought I would rate all the talks on a scale from 1 to 10.

Opening Keynote by @skuwamoto

Really boring. Who is this guy anyway? Lots of talk about old stuff and I don’t see how it’s relevant.

No charisma. Definitely skippable.

Rating: 0/10

Guidance over governance by @jenyee_ and @lucaorio_

I loved everything about this talk!

A+ thinking around dealing with contributions from your design team, having fun while working, and a demo of their amazing plugin (Moria) which they use for everything.

Rating: 10/10

Mastering the art of code - aligned UI kits by @HonzaTmn

So useful, and chock full of advice on how to set up your design system, as well as how to alert your team to breaking changes.

I learned so much! Tons of useful, directly actionable info.

Rating: 10/10

Reimagining Atlassian design system, from product to platform by @jenniesyip

Possibly the talk most densely packed with info nuggets.

Super interesting look at the evolution of Atlassian's design system. Great advice at both the tactical and conceptual levels!

Rating: 10/10

User-centered design system resources by @jeremydizon, @loonyruni, @myomelette and Joanne Deng

Great information of course, but.. can you believe how good these presenters are? I wish I had presentation skills like this!

Super useful, and super entertaining!

Rating: 10/10

Design tokens on Asana's Design Systems team by @ainsleywagon, @jina and @IvyCodes

It’s so interesting to see a team of design tokens experts explain every aspect of how they use design tokens at Asana.

Must watch if you want to learn about tokens.

Rating: 10/10

Building custom Figma plugins by @GunuruPrasanna and Kelly Gorr

Super accessible intro to creating plugins in Figma!

Lots of concrete examples of how Microsoft takes advantage of this with their own plugins, many of which are publicly available.

Rating: 10/10

Material You and Figma by @rodydavis and @margeeta

Material is like a meta-design system. You take it, customize it, and then you use THAT for your team. Mind blown.

See how Google thinks about this, and the Figma plugins they built to make it all easier.

Rating: 10/10

Ok. That’s it for my completely objective and fair ratings for these videos.

In all honesty, there is a ton of useful info in these videos so you should check them out here

Uh oh… did I accidentally catch Luca mid nap?

For those of you who had a tinge of doubt about my joke at the start of this thread, let me set the record straight:

Yes, I think my keynote turned out rad, and you should watch it! :-)

I was just being silly but humor on the internet is hard.

Thanks all!