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Design Department Guidelines

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Primary Channels

All designers should actively participate in these channels.

1. #d-design — 📣 global announcements — anything posted should be relevant to the whole department
2. #des-ops — operational information — _everything tool or process related__

Secondary Channels

Designers in these teams should join them, but all are welcome to join (and leave) as topics are relevant to them.

1. #des-discussion — design-related topics where anyone can bring for discussion
2. #des-liferay-design — updates and discussion related to https://liferay.design

Team Channels

1. #d-comm-design — Official channel for Communication Design
2. #d-product-design — Official channel for Product Design + Design Research
3. #t-lexicon — updates and discussion related to Lexicon

Regional Channels

1. #d-prod-des-emea — Official channel for EMEA
2. #d-prod-des-latam — Official channel for Latin America
3. #d-prod-des-na — Official channel for North America

User Groups

Tagging these groups sends a notification to everyone in that group, use wisely.

1. @design — Design Department
2. @communication-design — Communication Design Department
3. @product-design — Product Design Department

Notification Settings

Our recommended settings for notifications are:

• Notify me about..
  • Direct messages, mentions & keywords
  • Replies to threads I’m following

• Do Not Disturb

  • Customize to the hours you’d like to be available — be sure to balance availability for people in other time zones with time for you to get rest.

• Sound & appearance

  • Mute all sounds
  • Don’t show a badge on Slack’s icon
  • Don’t bounce Slack’s icon

iOS/macOS

• Be liberal in your use of the Do Not Disturb functionality on your laptop and phone. #LiferayHack: option + clicking the icon in the menu bar toggles DND mode.

Other Notification Settings

• Sometimes the best productivity boosters are the most basic — during focused time put your phone on silent, disable vibrate, and put it face-down on your desk.
• Apple: Set up Screen Time limits that make sense for you.
• Google: Explore the digital wellbeing settings in the places that make sense for you.