What can destroy us can also save us. Here’s how I think we can stay in charge of the choice. From the Rocky Horror Picture Show, source Casey Harrell is a climate activist. For years, ALS had been slowly taking his speech, until even the people closest to him struggled to understand what he was saying. In July … Weiterlesen
Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers. AI companies have spent the past year hiring forward-deployed engineers: engineers who sit inside a customer’s team, hear the problem firsthand, and ship against it. One count of 1,000 listings found the role grew 1,165% in a single year. This year I did a version of that job for … Weiterlesen
What Config India 2026 revealed about the expanding possibilities of design. Something is changing in the world of design, and Bengaluru offered a fascinating glimpse of where it’s heading. Thousands of designers, exciting new capabilities, and conversations that went far beyond the latest Figma features. One message stood out: “Design is the differentiator.” Designers are gaining … Weiterlesen
Here is how to use Claude and a handful of guardrails to build a design system that developers respect and clients can actually ship. Continue reading on UX Collective »
A gym, a morning radio broadcast, and a streak counter are all answers to one question: how do you get someone to keep going when you… Continue reading on UX Collective »
Designers should understand code the way an architect understands stone: what it can do, not how to cut it. AI now does the cutting. The same card in the design file and in the browser with real data. Image by the author. Early in The Fountainhead, Howard Roark is expelled from architecture school for refusing to design … Weiterlesen
AI is bringing content design, enterprise content strategy, knowledge management, and model behavior into the same user experience. Our ways of working haven’t caught up. Image generated by Claude Imagine a finance manager trying to understand why a supplier hasn’t been paid. The enterprise application shows that the invoice has been approved. The manager asks the AI assistant … Weiterlesen
Why the forward-deployed engineer boom stops at the customer. Continue reading on UX Collective »
It was about what a designer really needed to know about shipping to production, and what people truly wanted from online learning Continue reading on UX Collective »
A reviewer’s hand hovers over an approve button while the work it approves has already moved on without them. AI assisted. Agents now act before we ask and reach past what we authorized. A person in the loop isn’t enough if nobody owns the outcome. Here’s what to consider when designing for it. Agents used to … Weiterlesen