Experience design, snapshots in life, semi-structured thoughts from a design consultant. Roughly one email every month. Check your spam folder after you hit Subscribe, just in case
Jun
02
Not Comedy
I really didn't want to give the valuable top space to AI, but Ronny Chieng's Harvard
4 min read
May
15
Android Show
Google revealed new Android features on May 12th. The announcement video has details on each feature, it's honestly
4 min read
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