Digital Skills

Data collection is being automated. The strategic layer is wide open. The question is which side of that line you’re standing on. Photo by Wes Hicks on Unsplash The research industry is getting commodified. A wave of AI-powered platforms can now conduct interviews, run surveys at scale, transcribe sessions, cluster themes, and deliver summary reports faster than … Weiterlesen

How “vibedesign” created a vicious slope of AI slop (and how to get out). Continue reading on UX Collective »

How product teams should evaluate AI-generated UI AI app-building tools have made it inconsequential and mundane to turn an idea into a working prototype. You only need a couple prompts, a design file, or even a sketch to quickly generate something that looks (even behaves) like a real product. For product teams, this speed has … Weiterlesen

Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers. “It might be a sign of changing times and of our industry, it might be a marketing push from the companies betting big on AI. I don’t know. But there seems to be a sort of urgency for something new. For speed. For freedom. For paving a new path. … Weiterlesen

Field notes on trust, participatory scaffolding, and shared agency. Citizen participation? Hell no! Involving citizens in public design is much more than running an “open” process. It is about redistributing agency — enabling people to shape decisions, define problems, and participate in making change happen. It is as much about co-authoring a story of change as it is about … Weiterlesen

A reverse-engineered drafting process that keeps humans in charge (AI disclaimer: edited image of Jesus & the St. Peter android was produced with AI assistance; the rest of the banner, copy, and layout are my own design) A writer keeps AI in the backseat: an android of St. Peter reaches toward Jesus who waves it behind, … Weiterlesen

AI has lowered real barriers for many users. But intelligence and inclusion do not always advance at the same pace. Continue reading on UX Collective »

When building and growing a company, you must be able to step away from numbers and KPIs and look at it from a human perspective — as a… Continue reading on UX Collective »

Who hasn’t been part of a team or company that promises you that the next product will change the world? We are used to admiring, copying, and adopting ideas from other companies that have innovated the market. Who hasn’t been part of a team or company that promises you that the next product will change the world? … Weiterlesen