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Thinking about my role in shaping the next generation of product designers. When you have to explain something in its simplest form, you understand it more deeply. #ai
arc.net/l/quote/qags...
arc.net/l/quote/qags...
Quote from “The Junior Hiring Crisis | People Work”
arc.net
December 6, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Thinking about my role in shaping the next generation of product designers. When you have to explain something in its simplest form, you understand it more deeply. #ai
arc.net/l/quote/qags...
arc.net/l/quote/qags...
Where do I stand in relation to the machine – above it, beside it, under it? Each position carries a different kind of power dynamic. To be above is to steer, beside is to collaborate, below is to serve. #ai
www.densediscovery.com/issues/366
www.densediscovery.com/issues/366
Dense Discovery – Issue 366 / How to work beside AI instead of under it
Read the archived version of Issue 366 / How to work beside AI instead of under it
www.densediscovery.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Where do I stand in relation to the machine – above it, beside it, under it? Each position carries a different kind of power dynamic. To be above is to steer, beside is to collaborate, below is to serve. #ai
www.densediscovery.com/issues/366
www.densediscovery.com/issues/366
On layoffs and career change. www.linkedin.com/pulse/layoff...
A layoff started my career
The first time I got laid off was in 2018. After leaving the office in SoHo, I cried the entire walk home to my apartment on 81st Street.
www.linkedin.com
September 20, 2025 at 10:01 AM
On layoffs and career change. www.linkedin.com/pulse/layoff...
The problem of constructing a problem is not a technical problem. In fact, the opposite is true, you have to construct the problem before you can carry out any technical activity.
arc.net/l/quote/gmiz... #design
arc.net/l/quote/gmiz... #design
Quote from “Skipping alignment leads to zero-impact UX”
arc.net
September 13, 2025 at 11:54 AM
The problem of constructing a problem is not a technical problem. In fact, the opposite is true, you have to construct the problem before you can carry out any technical activity.
arc.net/l/quote/gmiz... #design
arc.net/l/quote/gmiz... #design
From “how might we” to “at what cost”
Designing with curiosity and criticality for responsible outcomes.
uxdesign.cc
September 6, 2025 at 7:37 PM
The tools are there, but tools don’t change habits. www.firstround.com/ai/linktree
Linktree | First Round
Linktree kept headcount steady at 190 while increasing product velocity and cutting costs by pushing AI adoption
www.firstround.com
August 30, 2025 at 10:02 PM
The tools are there, but tools don’t change habits. www.firstround.com/ai/linktree
Human vs machine toggle.
parallel.ai/blog/introdu...
parallel.ai/blog/introdu...
Introducing Parallel | Web Search Infrastructure for AIs
The Parallel Deep Research API outperforms humans and all leading AI models
parallel.ai
August 23, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Human vs machine toggle.
parallel.ai/blog/introdu...
parallel.ai/blog/introdu...
A collaborative design research process isn't just a means to generate insights, it's a method for grounding an organization in the real world with shared accountability to the evidence. #productdesign
www.linkedin.com/posts/erikah...
www.linkedin.com/posts/erikah...
Tapping the sign again. | Erika Hall posted on the topic | LinkedIn
Tapping the sign again.
Every time I see someone posting about how "AI" is going to make design research more efficient and organizations (or individuals) smarter, I just sigh. Having answers isn't t...
www.linkedin.com
August 15, 2025 at 6:54 PM
A collaborative design research process isn't just a means to generate insights, it's a method for grounding an organization in the real world with shared accountability to the evidence. #productdesign
www.linkedin.com/posts/erikah...
www.linkedin.com/posts/erikah...
Jeff Tweedy once said no AI can mess up like six humans on stage. In an age of automated perfection, innovation may come from human contradictions. #ai
arc.net/l/quote/zaaa...
arc.net/l/quote/zaaa...
Quote from “(2) HackTown 2025: A Essência Humana na Era da IA – Reflexões para Estratégia e UX | LinkedIn”
arc.net
August 7, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Jeff Tweedy once said no AI can mess up like six humans on stage. In an age of automated perfection, innovation may come from human contradictions. #ai
arc.net/l/quote/zaaa...
arc.net/l/quote/zaaa...
Engineers may join earlier in the product development cycle, keeping the team aligned from the start and making Engineering a more strategic discipline overall. #ai #design
www.lukew.com/ff/entry.asp...
www.lukew.com/ff/entry.asp...
August 1, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Engineers may join earlier in the product development cycle, keeping the team aligned from the start and making Engineering a more strategic discipline overall. #ai #design
www.lukew.com/ff/entry.asp...
www.lukew.com/ff/entry.asp...
I've been thinking a lot about smarter ways to use AI—not just asking it to do the work for me. Recently, I've started crafting prompts that get the AI to ask me questions. I came across an article this week that seems to follow a similar line of thought.
arc.net/l/quote/fads...
arc.net/l/quote/fads...
Quote from “Interfaces That Augment or Replace? | Zeh Fernandes”
arc.net
July 24, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I've been thinking a lot about smarter ways to use AI—not just asking it to do the work for me. Recently, I've started crafting prompts that get the AI to ask me questions. I came across an article this week that seems to follow a similar line of thought.
arc.net/l/quote/fads...
arc.net/l/quote/fads...
Asking AI to ask clarifying questions: A useful way to use AI without giving up our critical skills. #ai
backgroundlayer.substack.com/p/3-ground-r...
backgroundlayer.substack.com/p/3-ground-r...
3 Rules for Using AI with Your Creative Team
In the rush to adopt AI, don't accidentally forget yourself, or your human partners.
backgroundlayer.substack.com
July 15, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Asking AI to ask clarifying questions: A useful way to use AI without giving up our critical skills. #ai
backgroundlayer.substack.com/p/3-ground-r...
backgroundlayer.substack.com/p/3-ground-r...
Excellent insights on agency and the importance of active thinking in the age of AI. dcurt.is/thinking #ai
Thoughts on thinking • Dustin Curtis
I have been stuck. Every time I sit down to write a blog post, code a feature, or start a project, I come to the same realization: in the context of AI, what I’m doing is a waste of time. It’s horrify...
dcurt.is
May 30, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Excellent insights on agency and the importance of active thinking in the age of AI. dcurt.is/thinking #ai
The end of an era. It will be missed.
support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/fut...
support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/fut...
Pocket is Saying Goodbye: What You Need to Know | Pocket Help
More information about the end of support for Pocket.
support.mozilla.org
May 22, 2025 at 8:16 PM
The end of an era. It will be missed.
support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/fut...
support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/fut...
Exploring the studio feature of NotebookLM — a fun and productive experience. notebooklm.google #ai #design
Google NotebookLM | Note Taking & Research Assistant Powered by AI
Use the power of AI for quick summarization and note taking, NotebookLM is your powerful virtual research assistant rooted in information you can trust.
notebooklm.google
May 15, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Exploring the studio feature of NotebookLM — a fun and productive experience. notebooklm.google #ai #design
Great microinteractions and attention to detail on www.musemuse.app — super polished experience. #design
April 22, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Great microinteractions and attention to detail on www.musemuse.app — super polished experience. #design
Design was absorbed by business — but was it ever truly understood? www.thedrum.com/opinion/2025... #design
Design assimilated into business, but did business ever understand design?
Rejecting the notion that design is ‘dead,’ Pentagram partner Natasha Jen says that it has instead fallen victim to a monoculture of metrics. Now is its moment to reclaim what it does best – ‘construc...
www.thedrum.com
April 12, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Design was absorbed by business — but was it ever truly understood? www.thedrum.com/opinion/2025... #design
March 14, 2025 at 4:10 PM
A critical take on perfectionism: allow room for mistakes — growth comes from reflection, not flawless execution. open.spotify.com/episode/4yoI... #leadership #management
Dealing with Perfectionism
HBR IdeaCast · Episode
open.spotify.com
February 20, 2025 at 11:55 PM
A critical take on perfectionism: allow room for mistakes — growth comes from reflection, not flawless execution. open.spotify.com/episode/4yoI... #leadership #management
What comes after cancel culture? More effective alternatives. open.spotify.com/episode/35tZ... #management
February 9, 2025 at 1:03 PM
What comes after cancel culture? More effective alternatives. open.spotify.com/episode/35tZ... #management
Spotify Mix is, quite literally, a typographic remix. abcdinamo.com/news/spotify
Spotify Mix: New Spotify Custom Typeface
Dinamo Typefaces designed the new custom typeface for Spotify, Spotify Mix, in collaboration with Spotify’s In-House Creative Team.
abcdinamo.com
January 31, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Spotify Mix is, quite literally, a typographic remix. abcdinamo.com/news/spotify
Adapting to a changing world while keeping hope in technology's potential. #ai
open.spotify.com/episode/2Mpx...
open.spotify.com/episode/2Mpx...
Sam Altman on the future of AI and humanity
open.spotify.com
January 24, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Adapting to a changing world while keeping hope in technology's potential. #ai
open.spotify.com/episode/2Mpx...
open.spotify.com/episode/2Mpx...
