Vidit Bhargava

Note to self: Never work on a milestone based contract.

Happy Halloween!
Drew a new custom icon that matches the spooky vibes for today. (and, changes to bloodied fangs in Dark Mode) :P

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I love it very much too!! 🩷

This summer I did something different for LookUp’s major update.

I broke it down into making multiple fake apps i.e. small prototypes that did just one specific thing while scaffolding everything else through rudimentary screenshots.

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Blending Apple's design philosophy with my own understanding of the software design. LookUp's design process was intense, but rewarding.

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So excited to see LookUp featured in so many places today!! :)

LookUp 12 is out now! It’s a massive update with three tentpole features.

1. A completely new design

2. Learning Modes that help people build vocabulary through examples & conversations

3. Origin Maps that help traverse a word’s history.

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Made some fun, interactive loading states in LookUp. They feel like they’re gliding atop of liquid glass.

With AI sometimes the speed of output can be slower than traditional API calls and no one likes to keep waiting, but if one must, might as well have some fun with it! 🙃

Update Approved!!

For 10th year in a row, LookUp is going to be ready for the new iOS release on day 1. 🙂

😆😝

UI that you’ll want to lick.

Been working on this redesign for LookUp for sometime now. Releasing soon.

Just opened a few more slots

A glimpse of one of the biggest redesigns that LookUp has gone through in the recent past.

LookUp 12 is launching this September with iOS 26.

Public beta here: testflight.apple.com/join/P8t1v62U

Search is so much more faster with LookUp 12.

Redesigns aren’t just about visual veneer, they should make the product better in meaningful ways.

Pizzas from Last weekend.

LookUp 12 is the fourth major redesign of LookUp and it’s launching with iOS 26!

Try out the Beta here: testflight.apple.com/join/P8t1v62U

Alan Kay — Make with Notion Alan Kay is an “art and systems guy” who likes to say, “No one has benefited more from his research community” (ARPA and Xerox PARC). His contributions there have been recognized by the NAE Draper Pri...

Alan Kay is speaking at the Notion conference. This will be exciting!! 💯

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Received a conference acceptance a few days ago. Then an another email, saying that they erroneously sent me an acceptance email, and it was actually a rejection.

Such is the state of my rejections of late. 🥲

The Paradox of Context in Computing Why more context isn’t always the solution for bad contextual computing. This post serves as a primer to contextual computing and offers a framework for designing good contextual experiences.

The idea of having complete context on a person is a myth—context is vast, dynamic, and often intangible. No AI can capture it

Bad Contextual Computing UX isn’t from a lack of context, but from a lack of shared understanding of it.

Wrote about it here: blog.viditb.com/the-paradox-...

Thank you for the kind words Dani!

In the last 8 months, job hunt has been stressful yes, but it's the feeling of "no matter what I do, no matter how hard I try, it's just not enough" that's stuck with me and it's soul crushing.

Screenshot of Ulysses the writing tool, with a post titled "The Paradox of Context in Computing"

I started researching on context about a year ago, and have wanted to write this post for that long. I think I finally have something meaningful to say. Just finished this ~2000 word post that also has a lot of visuals. Hoping to post it next week.🤞

Beyond Sparkles and Chat AI helps best when it stops taking the center-stage

I hear Apple's open to Mergers and Acquisitions for AI. Maybe they would also be open to hiring prototypers who've designed AI experiences? 🙃

Beyond Sparkles and Chat AI helps best when it stops taking the center-stage

Finally stopped procrastinating on this wrote a new blog post. This time I talk about how AI is best when it stops taking the center-stage:

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Boo!!

Throwback to when I wrote a mini research zine on designing pizza ovens, for my class in Berkeley.

Neapolitan Style Margherita Pizza

Neapolitan Style Pizza with Peaches, Pepper’s and Pistachio as toppings; no sauce only cheese and Basil

Neapolitan Style Pizza with Peaches and Potatoes as toppings with Basil

Traditional Tear Dropped shaped Naan garnished with Pistachios

Had friends over for Pizza the other day, made an eclectic bunch, and then made some Naan for dinner from the left over dough. 🙃

I see! Just found out the channel! Thanks. :)

@jessiechar.com Hey Jessie! I’m curious if there’s a way to find old Layers Conference talks? I was trying to reference a 2018 talk from Figma people, and finding it difficult to watch it online.

I actually didn't mind that. If a human is looking at my work, and then deciding to go with a different candidate, I respect that a lot.

It's a 1000 times better than no-response, or a canned response.