Articles
The state of mobile user experience – Good roundup from Nielsen Norman Group on the past and present of mobile UX.
The expanding dark forest and generative AI – How to be human in a world of generative artificial intelligence.
Draw SVG rope using JavaScript – Fun with SVGs. Worth reading as it’s a beautifully produced article.
Catching up with Erik Spiekermann – Interview with the typography legend. Plus download a free PDF of his classic ‘Stop Stealing Sheep’ book.
Reading Design – An archive of critical writing on design from the last 200 years.
Personas are living documents: design them to evolve – Personas aren’t design artefacts, instead they’re a snapshot of current understanding.
Cool tools
Noise and Texture – Figma plugin to seamlessly generate seamless noise, textures, patterns, gradients and more.
Mochi Diffusion – Run Stable Diffusion locally on your Mac. Much faster than other apps, this can generate images in seconds even on a MacBook Air.
MeetingBar – Put a list of your upcoming meetings in your menu bar. One of my favourite apps.
Cool stuff
LOL verifier – A device that only lets you type LOL if you’ve actually laughed out loud.
Songtell – Find the meaning of any song as interpreted by AI.
Shift Happens – Stunning-looking upcoming book on the history of keyboards.