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ivyforms.com

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Build free WordPress forms that are easy to complete – and even easier to track.

tonsky.me

Needy programs

We used to use software; now software started to use us.

youtube.com

Why movies just don't feel "real" anymore

A deep dive into the first principles of movie immersion: perceptual realism, indexicality, haptic visuality, and cinematic qualia.

chrisloy.dev

The AI coding trap

Software development is fundamentally a practice of problem-solving, and so, most of the work is done in your head.

typefully.com

Why do we need dithering?

Before we all mute the word ‘dithering’, here's why we needed to dither digital images in the first place.

doc.cc

To grow, we must forget… but now AI remembers everything

AI’s infinite memory could endanger how we think, grow, and imagine. And we can do something about it.

nomadstudio.com

A typographic time-splice of Holborn

A font that's a celebration of one of London’s oldest commercial districts.

auldenglish.com

Auld English fonts

Fonts that simulate the experience of reading in olden days, by diverse means.

boagworld.com

Marketing UX within your organization

Guerrilla marketing tactics to raise UX awareness and shift your organization’s culture without a big budget.

smashingmagazine.com

Six key components of UX Strategy

The building blocks of UX strategy and how it helps create user value while achieving company goals.

uxdesign.cc

Bridging product design and AI thinking

The shift in product design with the advent of AI and a potential generative experiential future.

claude.com

Claude use cases

Practical examples across research, writing, coding, analysis, and everyday tasks on how to collaborate with Claude AI.

perspective-dev.github.io

Perspective dataviz

An interactive analytics and data visualization component, especially well-suited for large and/or streaming datasets.

tympanus.net

Building a real game as a designer using AI

A look behind a design-first diabetes education game, built by hand-crafted pixel art and powered by an AI that mostly knew what it was doing.

lukew.com

How design teams are reacting to 10x dev productivity from AI

When software development teams experience huge productivity booms, how do design teams respond?

longform.asmartbear.com

Mission, vision, poTAYto, poTAHto

Mission, vision, purpose, BHAG. Are they useful north stars, or academic nonsense?

authoritarian-stack.info

The authoritarian stack

How tech billionaires are building a post-democratic America — and why Europe is next.

animateicons.vercel.app

AnimateIcons

Seamless, animated icons for React—make your interface stand out with beautifully smooth motion and easy customization.

adobe.design

Animation that fails safely

A practical framework for designing and engineering safe, resilient, and inclusive motion.

stratechery.com

The benefits of bubbles

We are in an AI Bubble: the big question is if this bubble will be worth it for the physical infrastructure and coordinated innovation that result?