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medium.com

Design at the speed of thought

That thrill of being a designer is back. Only this time, the friction isn’t technical — it’s cognitive.

microsoft.design

A glimpse into the history of Windows design

At the turn of the millennium, Windows revolutionized network management and paved the way for the modern, connected workplace.

jarango.com

Don’t let the drawings distract you: AI is not about the output

AI’s real value isn’t in generating flashy outputs; it’s in making sense of unstructured information to support better decisions.

715-999-7483.com

(715) 999-7483

A phone-powered multiplayer website builder. By calling the phone number, anyone can update the homepage by describing the changes they want.

creativelivesinprogress.com

Strategy and copywriting: where’s the line?

How copywriting and brand strategy differ and overlap—and why the best work happens when copywriting and strategy come together.

newsletter.dancohen.org

Asking good questions is harder than giving great answers

The tests we are using to assess the intelligence of AI are missing an essential aspect of human inquiry — the query itself.

jeremymikkola.com

A UI might not make it easier

Making a task self-serve, no-code, in a UI, shouldn’t be applied when the unavoidable complexity of the task exceeds what a UI can handle.

personas-prototype.herokuapp.com

Accessibility personas

HMRC's team have created and adapted the GDS accessibility personas as part of their accessibility awareness raising work.

blog.scottlogic.com

AI’s biggest flaw? The blinking cursor problem

AI’s potential is immense, yet clunky user interfaces and a lack of discoverability are holding it back from seamless adoption.

smustafa.blog

Software development has too much software in it

The complexity around tooling has increased, for reasons that were more in the interest of the company than delivering what users needed.

nngroup.com

Discoverability of AI features and Amazon’s mistakes

Even AI features that offer value won’t be used if people don’t notice them.

paulstamatiou.com

Browse no more

How today's AI-powered search tools sacrifice the beautiful chaos that once made the internet so captivating.

jenson.org

Design for a small planet

UX Design is going through its own “you cost too much” phase right now. How can we have our “Design for a Small Planet” shift?

jarango.com

AI is probabilistic – that’s why it needs constraints

Computers used to exclusively follow rules; now they generate possibilities. Combining both approaches maximizes their potential.

datagubbe.se

Past and present futures of UI

Is there a real new paradigm around the corner? And is the desktop going to disappear?

a11y-collective.com

Best practices for cognitive accessibility

WCAG guidelines, design patterns, and real-world case studies.

zeroheight.com

Design systems report 2025

Pretty valuable resource if you dodge all the ads: the fourth edition of the report showcases the current state of Design Systems in 2025.

wattenberger.com

Our interfaces have lost their senses

Recently, we've been too focused on fitting to the computer's shape, and not enough to our own bodies.

x.com

Why people are mad at Figma

People aren't mad at Figma because it's too hard to use–but because they lost focus on designers and got over bloated with useless features.

games.productartistry.com

Notification psychology lab

Understand the techniques that make notifications impossible to ignore.