Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers. “Interface design has known this for decades. It’s baked into one of the oldest usability heuristics in the field — Jakob Nielsen’s sixth, recognition rather than recall, which asks designers to minimize memory load by making elements, actions and options visible, so that nothing has to be carried from one part … Weiterlesen
Class Central, yet again, came across a 2U employee’s layoff post on LinkedIn. This is its sixth layoff (that we know of) since 2U acquired edX in 2021. The first one happened in 2022 for profitability’s sake. Since then, the company filed for bankruptcy (mostly due to the debt it took to acquire edX for … Weiterlesen
Mediaprobe is an app that literally pays you to watch TV. I’m not talking about watching ads for a penny a pop. I mean real shows and sports — the stuff you’d actually turn on anyway. So I signed up. They mailed me a little sensor, and I spent a month testing it out to … Weiterlesen
One description, four renderers. That is the whole argument in a picture. Every assistant draws its own way, and the bill lands on the people who already maintain your button component. This is a call to arms to fix this. Connecting was the easy part and the plumbing is close to settled for MCP Servers, which followed … Weiterlesen
San Francisco, CA, August 14, 2026 — SweetRush, a premier learning strategy and solutions partner, along with its clients, is proud to announce it has earned 24 prestigious Brandon Hall Group™ HCM Excellence Awards®, including 17 Gold awards. Together with parent company NIIT, the combined organization celebrated an extraordinary milestone of 114 total Brandon Hall … Weiterlesen
A conversation with Whitney Hess, on careers, whispers, and where to plant yourself Photo by Bob Bowie on Unsplash Some questions sound administrative but are not, and “why do you want to switch jobs?” turns out to be one of them. I asked it on a mentoring call in the way you would ask about notice periods … Weiterlesen
How To Create An eBook That People Actually Read And Buy Mastering how to create an eBook is no longer something only marketers care about for lead magnets. Now, eBooks are important business tools that help organizations share knowledge, teach their audiences, and support growth over time. Many people, like companies, consultants, HR leaders, educators, … Weiterlesen
Why design education must reconsider the kind of student it imagines. Photo by shraga kopstein on Unsplash For decades, design offered artistically inclined students an appealing compromise. They could pursue a practical career without giving up creativity. Someone with visual talent learned typography, composition, color, image-making, and a collection of professional tools. With enough skill, that … Weiterlesen
Podcasts Aren’t Just Hype. They Are A Marketing Essential. If you are researching how to start a podcast, you have probably noticed that the technical side has become easier than ever. You can record remotely, publish across major platforms, and create video without building a studio. However, launching a B2B podcast that attracts the right … Weiterlesen
The signals I see today point to more adaptive interfaces, more delegated actions, and a larger responsibility for designers to define the limits From fixed interfaces to adaptive systems: UX increasingly defines how software interprets, responds, and acts. Image generated with AI by OpenAI, art-directed by Lucas Camara. The most important change in UX may not be … Weiterlesen