Shivam Dewan

Paul Graham on how writing reveals what thinking conceals:

2/2 For your own projects, it's advantageous to be a generalist . Though , for client projects, I think being a specialist is more valuable.

This is so relevant when AI can make anyone a generalist at in house work, but this doesn't hold true when you're working on your own projects.

1/2 Thoughts on switching between generalist and specialist mode:

When working on a client's project as a product design partner, I become a specialist. When working on my own projects like designoriginals.club, I become a generalist . I like this idea of switching between the two.

Such a nice movie with powerful message. Watched it last night, loved it.

The idea is to share as much practical, actionable information from her perspective as a Design Director and Head of Branding at Smallcase. We will also be doing a sneak peek into her design process

I will be interviewing the design director at smallcase over the weekend. Let me know if you have any questions or want me to ask anything specific.

Portfolio secrets for product designer What Top Design Recruiters Want in 2025

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#UX #productdesigner #designportfolio

open.substack.com/pub/ageneral...

Delhi probably

Thanks to @pjteh.bsky.social for sharing this: t.co/26wpI8eypJ

We should be very cautious with how we use these technologies, especially the AI chatbots.

3/3 You think for a while, you sleep on an idea, then you walk around, think while walking, then you write, then you rewrite, edit, and then... And just replacing this with a chatbot which gives you a vomit of words that seems, you know, so perfect but they're not. It is, I think, a big mistake.

2/3 I mean, these AI tools are great for a lot of purposes, but being too dependent on them for even basic stuff and not using your brain, your own mind for thinking—you know, the creative process—is an important exercise for one's mind.

1/3 I recently talked to a friend. He used to be a good writer, but now he isn't able to write well on his own because he has been using ChatGPT for writing for the last two years. Contd...

It’s getting cold 🐱
#cats

Non-fiction books are Overrated. Most of them cab a be simple blog. Fiction is where it's at, better in every way. If I could turn back time, I'd ditch the self-help and dive into more novels.

2/2 I think it is a must-have, a must to do for everyone, even if you're a designer, developer, whatever you are.

It is something that will build a lot of muscles for you in terms of marketing and growth

1/2 I think everyone should do content creation even with their FT jobs. You don't have to leave a full-time job for that because I think content creation teaches you about - writing, marketing your ideas, and how to get attention, and maybe also sales.

Well deserved ❤️

there is a huge difference between using LLMs to replace your thinking and using LLMs to execute on your thinking

Love it

Insanely unbelievable!! This is actually a real letter from Indian startup YesMadam..

Our World in Data Research and data to make progress against the world’s largest problems

I'm frankly sort of astonished how few tech and design friends of mine know about Our World in Data. It's really the gold standard of tech, design, data science, and understanding gnarly problems. ourworldindata.org

🐴 How I used NotebookLM & ChatGPT to summarize my talk Tips for creating a useful document in 30 minutes or less

Using NotebookLM and ChatGPT to summarize a talk

In today's Design with AI Newsletter, I shared a quick experiment summarizing my talk into a takeaway document with quotes:

👉 Check it out: designwithai.substack.com/p/how-i-used...

It's quite pleasant on 🦋 :)

So nice to see you here, Raul :)

2/2 That reality simply doesn’t feel palpable anymore when you look at the state of UX more broadly. UX is increasingly a byproduct of business objectives, not the driving force."

The State of UX in 2025 From design tools, to our design process, to the user behaviors that will change the way we design — a list of what to expect for User Experience (UX) Design in the next year.

" 1/2 Things have been feeling differently for a while. That UX buzz, that peak we hit in the late 2010s, has faded. Historically, designers have always aimed to exert vast influence within their organizations, guiding the creative vision Contd..
#design #UX #productdesign
trends.uxdesign.cc

what are ux trends going into 2025?

ux collective: everything sucks now and we're out.

trends.uxdesign.cc

spiiiicccccyy.

Just read this, feels tragic to me :(

so every attempt becomes more valuable, more like an expense than an error. And of course you make discoveries along the way.”
(@nntaleb, Antifragile)

That’s how I’m experimenting at my career