Back at my desk

The summer is over and I am back at my desk! It was good to see friends, family and new places, but I missed my flow and my usual routine. Let's get back to it!

Upcoming Events

September 23 - tbd/con, online: I will share my ongoing work on the metaphors we use when we talk about AI. This is a different gathering where the organizers have designed the program to include almost as much Q&A time as presentation time. Free to attend, details at: https://www.gazzetta.xyz/tbdcon-program/

November 6 - Enterprise UX Conference, Arnhem: I will be talking about how designers can cope with the FOMO around AI, especially we can fight against the wrong framing about how this uptake is inevitable innovation. It is a very affordable conference especially if you are living in Europe. Talk details and sign-up: https://www.enterpriseux.nl/program-2026/aras-bilgen

Reads

Design for iPhone Duo: Tips and suggestions from the Apple design team for adapting your application to iPhone Duo. Most teams will not need this, but it is good to hear them articulate where they arrived.

If you have been watching the foldables, you will recognize almost all of the features that were shown during the announcement were already offered by Samsung couple of years ago. However, Apple did two things that the Android foldables couldn't achieve.