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Apr
30
Design Decisions
Watercoolers, pure HTML/CSS, and two DJ-related links in this issue!
This is the watercooler at my gym:
Each time
6 min read
Mar
09
Permissions
It is very safe to follow where other people are going. If they are going to find a treasure, you
7 min read
Jan
22
Kolay Gelsin
I promised two new sections for the New Year: The Zen Desk and The Pit of the Artificial. Here is
5 min read
Jan
11
Starting 2026
I hope that 2026 brings health, bounty and peace. I think vegetables represent this trio quite well; that is how
4 min read
Dec
16
All Design, No AI
I am very tired of the AI posts on LinkedIn—especially the AI bro posts. There are many flavors of
3 min read
Nov
11
Throwback: Everything is a Remix
Despite Mercury being retrograde, I was fortunate to be involved in two exciting communities to discuss AI and design.
AI
3 min read
Oct
13
AI and Instant Soup
I love metaphors for thinking about and discussing complex topics. I have been thinking about the issues in the UX
6 min read
Oct
02
AI and Designer-as-god
I have recognized a troublesome pattern in the design/research discourse about how LLMs will change our role. I am
4 min read
Aug
10
Software 1, 2, 3
The previous issue of Cue was seriously, freshly lacking GenAI content, I guess we need to make up for it
6 min read
Jul
31
Long time no see
The last post I was able to put together for this newsletter was 2 months ago. It has been a