“Spoiler alert: Slapping an algorithm on a shaky foundation doesn’t make you an AI-first company.” Ever notice how “AI implementation” has become shorthand for “buy some shiny software and pray the magic…
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The 2025 UX Bookshelf: 25 Fresh Titles Every Designer Needs Now
Fresh on the shelf, hot off the press—here’s your one-stop roundup of the must-read titles pushing UX and interface design forward right now. 📚 Brand-New Releases The Path to Staff Product Designer…
Cloudflare’s Big Sandcastle Moment: Why AI Scrapers Now Need a Ticket to Your Beach
The days of AI bots gobbling up your hard-won words for free just smashed into a Cloudflare-shaped firewall. Remember when posting online felt like tossing a message in a bottle—Google might fish…
Design ≠ Drag-and-Drop: Why Context, Not Canva, Makes the Creative
The era of one-click graphics is wildly empowering—but it’s also blurring the line between genuine design and template tweaking. We live in remarkable times. With a few clicks, anyone can assemble a…
Workflow Revolution
Why the Design-to-Dev Handoff Is Dying—and How AI-Native Workflows Save Time, Money, and Sanity The Shift No Team Can Ignore Designers and developers have spent years perfecting the relay race known as…
MUSINGS: MY THOUGHTS ABOUT AI AND DESIGN
MUSINGS: MY THOUGHTS ABOUT AI AND DESIGN The design industry raised a generation of practitioners to match familiar problems with familiar interface patterns, refining pixel spacing and polishing surfaces until…
When Algorithms Hit the Gas: Why Our AI Guardrails Need Turbo Boosters
Spoiler: the bots are already lapping us—and we’re the ones who built the track. Remember the last time a software update rolled out overnight and your favorite app suddenly looked like a…
Surviving a UX Interview When Your Tank Is Empty
Interviewing on fumes is rough, but the right stories can cut through fatigue—yours and the interviewer’s. Even the most seasoned designers dread back-to-back interviews—especially after a long sprint or a draining contract.…