Running in whole numbers
If I’m headed out on a 3 mile run I can’t stop at 2.81 miles. Even if I’m back home I’ll loop around the neighborhood a bit. Not all runners do this. And it really doesn’t matter. But in my brain I find it
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Dark Noise is still the best app for noise cancelling
I love the Dark Noise app. Recently I tried switching away from it. I wanted to try out Apple’s Background Sounds. The quality of the sounds is just as good. I’ve been happy with them, and I can quickly trigger the dark noise to start from the control
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Muybridge and Thunderbolts
Two fun design bits of inspiration happened this week while I was decidedly not working. In the evenings I’ve been reading through the excellent Muybridge graphic novel. Earlier this week I also went and watched Thunderbolts in theatres. At the end of the movie the main-on-end credits
Where meeting notes can help
Inspired by this post from Baty, I’ve been thinking about meeting notes and their value. I take notes in most meetings I attend. I can’t imagine being part of a group of people talking and not capturing what’s being said. At this point it’s a habit.
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iOS 26 rumors for AirPods
New head gestures - Apple could add new head gestures, such as a gesture for adjusting the volume of Conversation Awareness. Last year, Apple added a nod and a head shake to answer or decline calls. I’m not a fan of Double Tap on the Apple Watch. It’s a
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Reducing Apple Watch notifications to get our lives back
Somewhere between the first time I tapped my wrist to skip a song and the three hundredth time I anxiously checked my resting heart rate, I started to hate my Apple Watch. I get it. Joan’s journey isn't unique. When we first saw the Apple Watch unveiled
Filling the empty wells
I recently got into a discussion with colleagues about inspiration, and where we find it. As a designer it’s my job to try and create things, and absent that at least remix enough until the solution works. Our jobs as product designers require matching up against metrics that we
Apple in China
Over the weekend I finished listening to Apple in China. If you enjoy great stories on the history of Apple this one is a fantastic addition. It’s packed with anecdotes I’d never heard before, and emphasizes a point Ben Thompson has been pushing for years—namely the importance
On being polite to AI
I would urge everyone to stop the mushy, delusional thinking. People are not AI robots. AI is not human. And we shouldn't want AI to become human. We don't need to embrace delusional thinking. And we don't need cheerleaders for a cyberpunk dystopia. We
Asking questions through uncertainty
It’s fun to ask questions. They’re cover for any situation. If we don’t understand it’s an opportunity to learn. And that’s always a good thing. Too often we feel pressured to pretend that we know a topic—why not just throw that to the wind
Consistent design beats exciting design
As a designer part of my job is to think about buttons, where they’ll go on a screen, and what happens when they’re pressed. We’ve got checkmarks, cards, toggles, dropdowns, accordions, select menus, chips, the idealized button itself, and so much more. It’s tempting to create
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Pursue your craft first
Our world—especially the digital pieces that come through on our screens—is setup to overwhelm, to demand attention. Every now and then we come up for breath and wonder about the point of it all. "What am I doing with my life? Is the time I’m spending