Digital Skills

A design workflow where AI holds the context, I do the thinking: from brainstorm to prototype Working through a complex design problem means holding a lot in my head. Research synthesis, product metrics, a Slack thread with stakeholder feedback, Figma comments, decisions made in the last iteration. Multiply that across iterations, and it’s hard to … Weiterlesen

What Bruce Lee can teach us about structure, flow, and intention. Continue reading on UX Collective »

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

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

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

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

On a sacred design pattern, and the long reach of small reversals Continue reading on UX Collective »

A content designer's guide to not wasting your wishes on something stupid I Dream of Jeanie I was a lucky child. My parents and grandparents spent hours reading and reciting fairytales to me. Most of them weren’t age-appropriate, of course, involving children being eaten and loved ones dying on every other page. But there was always … Weiterlesen

Users know their day. They don’t know your roadmap. Why smart users give convincing wrong answers, and how to do research that opens product space. Generated with AI by author A few years ago I sat in a research session at Moonfare. Since private equity is a premium product, our clients are mostly C-level executives, founders or … Weiterlesen