Recently I had to prepare peanut butter sandwiches for an outing. I watched in confusion as a friend slabbed peanut butter on both pieces of their bread, then added jelly betwen the layers. My first guess was they really liked peanut butter—something I would never fault a person for.
It’s easy to assume that you’re the only person in the room not understanding what’s going on. While that can absolutely be the case—for most of my career I’ve worked with incredibly intelligent people with technical abilities far surpassing my own—sometimes you’re simply
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The last two weeks have been a fantastic whirlwind. For personal reasons I’ve been traveling, but I’m back at it and picking up the writing. Following are a few pieces I’m really excited to share. 1. Hiding my email - Maybe it’s the diluge of spam from
We’re in a new world. And I’m excited, despite my reservations. Everyone is asking ChatGPT (and the like) to help them write. We’re using it to apply to jobs, finish proposals, fire employees, breakup relationships, respond to bosses, and write obituaries (maybe). Inspired by a chat with
Inspired by this fantastic post by Seth Godin on yoyu, where you leave space for surprise and delight, the same can be said for finding time to dig deep into projects and allowing time for ideas to sit. Often I’ll reach the end of a workday with a mostly-
Sorting puts our options into two piles. One pile is the don’t-like, not-good-enough or wrong stack. These are the flavors we don’t enjoy, the paths that are dead ends and the people we simply don’t want to hang out with. The other pile meets
One thing I realised when moving to an analog productivity system was I didn’t do as many tasks or feel like I had a lot to do. I’m not sure if it’s just me or the ADHD but if something is out of sight, it’s definitely
Over the last few years I’ve waffled between fear of where tech and design are headed in regards to AI versus excitement about the possibilities ahead. Today I’m choosing to move into the optimism camp. Less so out of absolutely being sold and believing this is the best
I didn’t get a chance to attend Config virtually, but caught the headlines. Since the failed acquisition by Adobe it’s been interesting seeing this company pivot. Figma is amazing, and I’ve long been a fan of its use. But it feels like we’re at an inflection
What inspired my previous post was this Medium article positing that AI will eliminate much of the work of UI for designers. Today, we are discussing something profoundly different: nothing short of a complete revolution of what UI means to modern AI-first and Agentic systems. Thanks to this change,
For years I’ve been a proponent of a UX-first approach to design. The user experience matters immensely. What we’re making, its purpose, the metrics we must move, the way the design will impact our users—all of these factors are important. The user interface (UI) is a
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Taking a brief hiatus. Will be back to writing next week so no weekly post today.