Be like water: Rethinking the design process with AI
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10 Best Piano Courses for Beginners in 2026: (Online) Free & Paid
Quick Access: Absolute Beginners: Buying a Keyboard, Beginning Piano, Piano Lessons Year 1 Chords, Harmony, and Rhythm: Piano Lessons for Beginners, Pianoforall, Everything About Piano Chording Beginner/Intermediate: Beginner Piano Lessons, 24+ Hours of Piano Lessons, Piano Techniques for Modern Music Classical Music Appreciation: Exploring Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas Finding the best online piano courses for beginners … Weiterlesen
Duolingo Q1 2026: Toward 100M DAUs with Record Engagement and Slower Paid Growth
In Q4 2025, Duolingo announced it would let go of $50M in bookings to reach 100 million daily active users (DAUs) by 2028; a strategy Class Central covered in detail last month. 2026 is its “investment year,” and Q1 was the first quarter of execution. So far, the plan seems to be working. The Expected … Weiterlesen
The thinking was never just mine
Maybe “mine” was never about origin. Maybe it was about what gets carried forward. I’ve been trying to figure out when, exactly, an idea becomes mine. Recently, I was working on a problem. It was some flow that wasn’t really working, and I did what I now often do: I opened Claude and started talking. Not with … Weiterlesen
Coursera and Udemy are Finally One. What Happens Next?
Source: Udemy Investors page The merger is complete. After three failed attempts and five months of regulatory and shareholder review, Coursera and Udemy have finally combined. Now comes the restructuring, the platform integration, and some unanswered leadership questions. The all-stock deal was first announced on December 17, 2025, and approved by stockholders on April 9, … Weiterlesen
Rethinking design with your hands in the AI world
Why design isn’t found in a prompt, but in toil and the creator’s “thinking hand.” In a world of automated perfection, the “thinking hand” reclaims the grit, soul, and human conviction that make design truly come alive. (image source: jonmiura) Lucasfilm and the Art of the Matte Painting For close to 50 years, the same Star … Weiterlesen
A Guide For HR Pros And HR Leaders
Why Skills-Based Hiring Is Reshaping Talent Strategy Skills-based hiring is changing how HR leaders and professionals think about finding talent. It focuses on real skills instead of formal degrees. Organizations now prioritize what candidates can do rather than relying solely on traditional credentials. This change is happening because job requirements are evolving quickly, and degree-based … Weiterlesen
Prompt is not interface, UI patterns that won’t survive, how to make Claude follow your design…
Prompt is not interface, UI patterns that won’t survive, how to make Claude follow your design system Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers. “The most advanced artificial intelligence systems in history now ask us to communicate through a blinking cursor in an empty text box. We have, in the most literal sense, gone backward. For the … Weiterlesen
ALIGN: A Research-Informed Framework For EdTech
From EdTech Adoption To Classroom Impact Educational technology (EdTech) is now central to school improvement. Schools use learning platforms, devices, digital assessment tools, AI systems, and online resources with the expectation that they will improve teaching and learning. But research and practice show a consistent problem: technology alone does not transform education. The real challenge … Weiterlesen
Discovery is the work AI gives back
Productivity is the floor of AI’s value, not the ceiling. New McKinsey research on where the durable returns actually live, and what that means for teams deciding what to build. Generated with AI by Author At the end of 2025, almost nine in ten organizations surveyed by McKinsey in The state of AI in 2025: Agents, innovation, … Weiterlesen