Access is not mastery, the polymath UX architect, A2UI under the hood

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Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers. “I’ve seen PMs and sales teams build working prototypes with AI tools that genuinely work — they ship, users can use them. But there are details underneath: interactions that are slightly off, components that don’t quite fit the pattern, decisions that made sense in the moment but will create friction as … Weiterlesen

The Magic 8-Ball vs. Gen AI: a surprisingly interesting comparison

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Two products. Both fortune-tellers. Wildly different operating costs. One Is a Plastic Sphere Filled With Alcohol. The Other Is a Trillion-Dollar Bet on the Future of Compute. They Do Roughly the Same Job. In 1950, Brunswick Billiards commissioned a Cincinnati novelty firm to design a giveaway. The result was a plastic eight-ball with a 20-sided die … Weiterlesen

One skill separates the designers who survive 2026 from the ones who don’t

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AI is putting the future of UX designers in jeopardy, unless they are willing to become builders, makers, and system thinkers. Every few weeks, another business leader recites the doomsday line: AI will replace all workers. Their confidence is proportional to the capex. A company that just committed tens of billions to data centers has strong … Weiterlesen

While everyone talks about AI, design is gaining power

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Some of the world’s biggest technology companies are quietly elevating design from a support function to a strategic one. Something interesting has been happening in the background of all the AI hype, and I think it deserves more attention — especially after seeing Silke Bochat, Savannah College of Art and Design LinkedIn post. While everyone is focused on … Weiterlesen