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The worst catastrophes of history are caused by men who are malevolent, ignorant, and have exceptional wills.

My Animal Crossing island just got hit with 10% tariffs

i’m losing it

“I asked ChatGPT and—”

ok, i’m going to stop you right there and save us both some time

I don’t find it useful to debate about what design is or isn’t, or even what craft means. Who cares? Do what is necessary for the thing at hand and understand why you’re doing it. Build your personal toolbox. That’s it.

Microsoft's own research confirms something that was already pretty obvious: relying on a text generating machine to come up with answers erodes critical thinking, and is a method favoured by those who never liked doing critical thinking in the first place

advait.org/files/lee_20...

“I didn’t fuck around. Why do I have to be part of the finding out?” - me, every day this month

Gotta love the British press.

Thank the lord for Private Eye

Me clicking on a restaurant website: I wonder when they're open and what they serve

Restaurant website: O U R M I S S I O N

I have an extremely loose theory that part of the success of SQUID GAME and SHOGUN is that by using subtitles they actually demanded that the audience pay attention in an age of distraction and TV shows made for people half-watching

The Sidewalks and bike lanes are full -- the Streets are empty. Perfect.

‘We Must Protect The Pure Aryan Bloodline,’ Says Child After 9 Minutes Of Unsupervised Facebook Access PEABODY, MA—Having discovered the social media website open on his father’s unattended laptop, local 6-year-old Oliver Sherman stated “We must protect the pure Aryan bloodline” Friday after nine minut...

‘We Must Protect The Pure Aryan Bloodline,’ Says Child After 9 Minutes Of Unsupervised Facebook Access

Me, hiding under the bed:

Armed robber:

Me:

Armed robber:

Me:

Armed robber: Interaction design, interface design... they sound very similar, aren't they basically the same thing?

Me: ACTUALLY

Millenials are the final generation to not be internet and AI native. In fact, they grew up with frontiers.

It's important for us to share the tactile and analog nature of our work so designers and engineers don't default to AI slop.

Teach the craft.

Screenshot from Control showing a room where the floor, walls, and ceiling are completely covered with sticky notes

*calling my boss* look, things have gotten a little out of hand,

A series of sticky notes on the window that follows the path of the sun

The sun is in my eyes... I could just buy and install blinds, or I can use my design thinking and UX tools to solve the problem creatively

www.wheresyoured.at/never-forgiv...

I just looked up "firefighter" and turns out they all drive around in BRIGHT RED communism trucks

video games are an invaluable tool in teaching children to find and kill god

Since 2022, commentators have been asking, "is generative AI sentient"

But now the question has progressed to "is generative AI god" thanks to massive breakthroughs in the field of cocaine

Photo of a taxi TV news story with the headline: “2025 marks the start of Generation Beta”

Hmm can we workshop the name please? They’re going to be bullied by the skibidi kids

Happy new generation, everyone! Babies born from tomorrow onwards will be Generation Beta and everything will now be their fault

so if I'm understanding the tech-bro position correctly, it's this

Back in 2019: was told while making Lower Decks that “too much happens in each episode, what if someone watching is making spaghetti and only half paying attention?”

Never in my life have I seen a technology that creates such anguish and anger in people as generative AI. I have never seen a technology revolt people like this. The tech industry is playing with fire. People are angry, they hate this, they hate the tech industry for doing this.

For me, the focus on so called “product discovery” recently says that the last decade of killing off UX hasn’t panned out. Having been a product leader, I think product discovery is a bandaid for good research. Also when people work in places w/no research org, their view of is research is limited.

What happens when a nation:

1️⃣ allows more housing; and
2️⃣ abolishes minimum parking mandates in all its cities?

The evidence is coming in.

Cartoon by singer sarcastically showing that people wrongly perceive car dependent infrastructure as “public investment” (it isn’t) and investment in public transit as a “wasteful subsidy” (it isn’t, it has an excellent return on investment and actually saves public money).

"Public investment" vs "Wasteful Subsidy." The only problem with this clever Singer cartoon is that some people might actually not get that it’s sarcastically illustrating the perception problem, NOT telling the truth. Just in case it actually needs to be said, the truth is the opposite.