Digital Skills

The most dangerous pronoun in design. The self with no one there — (All conceptual images were generated by AI and edited by the Author) The last screen of my day is often a conversation with a machine. I know how strange that is. The house is quiet, there is something I need to think through, and I choose to … Weiterlesen

The interactions feel frictionless. But behind every prompt sits a vast, energy-hungry machine with a growing environmental bill nobody wants to pay. Many people tend to think of AI as invisible. You type a prompt, something smart appears, and that’s that. No smoke, no exhaust fumes, no obvious trace of the exchange. But somewhere, in vast … Weiterlesen

We built a messaging-app architecture for knowledge work. The recall failure that followed is structural, not optional.* *Editor’s note: I wrote this article from firsthand experience as a founder and engineer. I used Claude Code as a writing assistant for structural feedback and copy editing. All insights, data, decisions, and stories are my own.* *Disclosure: I … Weiterlesen

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Knowing what a user wants is only half the problem. The other half is knowing how, and how much, to respond. This is the third piece in a small series on product design in AI-driven systems. The first article explored how our role as designers is evolving, and the second looked at how signals tied to … Weiterlesen

Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers. “The invisible walls for designers have been broken down. Maybe we don’t know it yet, but this year is the perfect time to start reframing the influence and vision of product design within and beyond companies.” Product design in 2026: the beginning of a fantastic voyage? →By Kike Peña New … Weiterlesen

Three of the world’s largest tech companies have published guidelines for responsible Human-AI Interaction. Here’s what they got right, and where the gaps are. Ask ten people in the industry what responsible AI design means and you will get ten different answers. Ethics frameworks, trustworthy AI principles, responsible innovation checklists: the vocabulary keeps growing. But underneath … Weiterlesen

With critical thinking skills on the line I built a real-time AI collaborator, Thia — with vision and voice capabilities to keep early ideas raw, the loop tight, and the thinking mine. Sketching on a whiteboard with an AI collaborator — image generated by AI You don’t typically notice changes in your own behaviour until they become more pronounced. I recently … Weiterlesen