Justin Ruckman

Wife and I at breakfast: discussing getting fooled by AI videos

My son, deep into Greek mythology lore: “I wonder why the god of dreams casts no shadow”

If we're not going to get rid of daylight saving time, we at least should end it the last Sun of Oct so Halloween is extra spooky

rich people after moving to Austin:

Why not display text captions instead I wonder?

I’ve was vibing something similar for RSS feeds and CSVs, tho still learning topic modeling. Didn’t get as far along as you here. I should give it another go!

The typeface of monuments and tombstones archive.nytimes.com/campaignstop...

The elusive ATL snow day!

become unsummarizable

Tools are evolving not just to help improve the quality and speed of design, but to empower designers and our unique perspective to close the gap between plan and reality. To remove layers of abstraction and get closer to manipulating The Thing Itself.

The future of design is undergoing a radical shift, putting broader power in the hands of the individual, and reshaping how teams of these individuals are composed, and what roles lie within.

Given this reality, what is a prototype? Is it a slideshow of rectangles and animations, or does it become something more? Something that starts to actually work. Something that can be validated with real users and real data.

In the hands of a designer with enough technical knowledge to be dangerous, it’s remarkable the kind of zero-to-one work that can be built without much traditional development.

Like many I’ve learned to use AI in my daily practice. One of its most empowering angles is how it makes software softer.

The end of "design" - Justin Ruckman Tools are evolving not just to help improve the quality and speed of design, but to empower designers and our unique perspective to close the gap between plan and reality. To remove layers of abstraction and get closer to manipulating The Thing Itself.

With AI but even well before that, we’re getting ever closer to working on The Thing Itself blog.jruck.us/the-end-of-d...

Just setting up my bsky