Part 1: Finding Your Thing's Essence

Part 2: When You Know, You Know

How we made our landing page with soul—and AI

100 Little Ideas

A list of ideas, in no particular order and from different fields, that help explain how the world works…

WRKSHP.tools | Product Box

The Product Box exercise helps you when you need to convert an abstract concept into something tangible that you can evaluate with people that were not intimately part of the design process.

AT Protocol, Part 2: Explanation For Non-Techies - Debbie's Blatherings - by Debbie Ridpath Ohi

Thanks to all who responded to my call for suggestions!

Golems, smart objects, and the file metaphor

Posted on Monday 1 Feb 2021. 2,011 words, 13 links. By Matt Webb.

Five Manifestos for the Beautiful World: The Alchemy Lecture 2023

The Alchemy Lecture 2023

MAiD, ableism, cognitive accessibility, and more

This one took a bit to write. The first piece is long (1,600+ words), and intense. But it needed to be said. I'll be interested to hear what you think. You...

on ui as a metaphor

a personal manifesto and declaration - also known as I am threading a connection through all the notes I've sent myself over the last six months

AT Protocol: explanation for non-techies? - Debbie's Blatherings - by Debbie Ridpath Ohi

Working on an explanation without tech jargon, for fellow creatives

In Search of Vibe Coding Nirvana - Day 1 - Wesley's notes

Deliberate practice in exploring and experimenting with AI tooling

Product Design Psychology by Wouter de Bres

Understand the minds you design for and the mind you design with.

Thinking in Triplicate — Mule Design

To align design and business, visualize the shared narratives

The Art of Writing One-Sentence Product Descriptions

A look back at early interviews with Facebook and Uber CEOs illustrates an ingenious way to communicate hard-to-describe products.

Why Build Toys

I first wrote this essay a few years ago. A founder mentioned it to me over the weekend, and so I decided to re-publish it here. One thing that's bothered me in the time since I wrote it is the way...