when the website adds a fifth, seventh, twelfth ad… I know a person who lacks taste is at the wheel. I can feel it in my bones when an app or website has prioritized revenue over user experience. A person without taste or high emotional intelligence broke the unspoken contract we had built on mutual respect.
In my role as a UX/UI designer I increasingly see my job as being a champion of taste. For the majority of users on the web the user experience is good, most businesses have gotten the hang of providing easy paths for users to do things. I now spend a reasonable amount of time championing good taste as a defence of the experience.
I used the AI tool in Miro for the first time today and it actually behaved as I expected it to. It’s the first time I’ve ever had reason to use an AI to perform actions for me in a service instead of as a Google replacement.
Came across this great little camera. The Camp Snap Screen Free Digital Camera which reminds me of the old disposable cameras I used to use. Tempted to pick one up.
Politics is bleeding into everything. Tech headlines, podcasts that aren’t usually political. For 2025, I like to box my politics into narrow parts of the day, not everywhere all the time. Soon we’ll need mute filters in all apps, from RSS readers to Overcast.
I have ended up down a rabbit hole of Herman Miller chairs over my morning coffee. Now I’m working out how long it would take for me to save for a Cosm…
I have long used the phrase "design is in the details" when talking about the fit and finish of a product, I had no idea it was a riff on a Charles Eames saying.
“The details make the design,” Charles Eames once said.
Immediate attribution of an idea to someone else is wrapped up at its core in one word: humility. A person willing to attribute an idea or concept to someone else always exudes humility, and this leads to a more meaningful conversation about that topic, even if in-depth facts about the topic aren’t known at the time.
Ugh, just had to add a politics tag to my GoodLinks because it seems at the moment I can’t read anything remotely interesting without it ultimately being a moan post about politics.
Restructured my Toggle projects today to reflect the recent changes at work. Then realised I hadn’t filled in any time sheets since August… all caught up now, but the question remains, did anyone notice?
Waking up to see Hamas parading coffins on stage makes me so angry. Coffins of two children, one of whom spent more of his life as a hostage than as a free person, used as propaganda with scores of Gazan children there looking on. Barbaric. 😢
I’ve been playing around with Google Gemini the last couple of weeks. Interestingly it’s been more accurate and more useful than ChatGTP has. Its integration with their ecosystem is beginning to be very interesting. Apple is going to struggle.
I hope the addition of NASCAR to the Apple Sports app means F1 will arrive in time for the new season. Can’t justify the Box Box subscription at the moment.
Downloaded and setup Obsidian again. I’m a glutton for punishment, but I decided this time to try their own sync for a month and see if it impacts my usage. I’ve also installed a new theme that feels more natural on Apple devices.
I think I have a new favourite podcast… I’ve been listening to The Rest Is History for the last few weeks and highly recommend it. I’ve been listening to the Franz Ferdinand and start of the First World War episodes with a ton more in my queue.