A Green Book for AI Apps

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A Green Book for AI apps Where to build, where to borrow, and how to leave. NotebookLM’s visual interpretation of the 1946 edition of The Green Book I use software as a creative instrument: in workflows, publications, client systems, and in all the quiet machinery that keeps institutions pulsing through connected ideas. I’ve now lived through two platform … Weiterlesen

Figma Make prompts, with real examples

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What actually goes into a good prompt, and why most advice skips this If you’re trying to learn how to write good Figma Make prompts, you’ve probably hit the same wall I did. Most advice stays abstract.Be clear. Add context. Explain intent. None of that helps when you’re staring at an empty prompt box wondering what actually needs … Weiterlesen

8 best answer engine optimization (AEO) tools for growing businesses that every marketer should know

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Here’s a tough pill to swallow: The way buyers discover brands has undergone a fundamental change. Thus, answer engine optimization tools have emerged as essential technology for marketers navigating the new era of search, where AI platforms like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews deliver direct answers instead of links.

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Post‑COVID user research needs a revised safeguarding plan

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A story from the field: the day safeguarding became real Laptop, phone and book chained together, symbolising safeguarding and data security in user research fieldwork. Source: Pexels. During a discovery project, I was visiting education settings across England to run in‑person research. That meant working inside real-world constraints: safeguarding processes, visitor protocols, staff availability, young people moving … Weiterlesen

When your best work gets tossed

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We have decades of data proving design’s business value. So why do we still lose every budget fight? Generated using Midjourney I’ve watched it happen too many times. You spend weeks researching, prototyping, testing. The users love it. The data backs it. Then someone in the room says “I don’t like blue” or “my wife thinks … Weiterlesen

Same, but new: UX Research in the age of LLMs

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How researchers can define quality, guide prompts, and shape the value of AI outputs. AI agents, synthetic users, deep research, staying relevant as a UX researcher can feel like a challenge that resets every week. Teams across product, design, and engineering are moving faster than ever, often powered by the same underlying AI technologies. Prompt engineering … Weiterlesen

Beyond conversations: natural language as interaction influencer

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From chat to canvas to control panel: Understanding natural language interaction patterns For much of the history of software, users had to build a mental model of the system before they could use it effectively. You learned where things lived like which menu contained which action, which screen held which information, how different parts of … Weiterlesen