Karl Koch | Falling in love with the build — Write-first design prevents falling in love with the wrong thing by prioritizing reasoning over implementation.
Rethinking friction in an AI world — Why the best UX often disappears. And when it shouldn’t
“What computers can’t do” — and what designers should — <div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://uxdesign.cc/what-computers-cant-do-and-what-designers-should-d9d55c4fe2a1?source=rss----138adf9c44c---4"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/m
After Automation — AI progress creates more work for humans, not less
Global Bond Retreat Slows as Decade-High Yields Tempt Investors — Global bonds clawed back ground as yields near multi-decade highs proved hard for some investors to resist, even as energy prices keep markets on edge.
Tom Norton: Glamorgan hero's mum missed his historic hat-trick — Glamorgan teenager Tom Norton says his mum Kelly missed his record-breaking efforts during their dramatic County Championship win over Somerset.
Building Glass for the Web — How we built a cross-browser glass effect for the web, and how it shapes a family of components.
The parts of your system you never wrote down — Reopening every decision you left implicit, and settling it without you
Max Leiter — with apologies to Terry Bisson
Usher and Chris Brown’s Audacious Joint Tour — The R. & B. megastars seem to think their genre needs saving. But from what?
Asket builds wardrobe staples that last 5+ years. Built like furniture. https://www.asket.com
The naked designer: What happens when you can’t hide behind craft — In an era where AI has made execution and polish nearly free, the designer’s true value no longer lies in craft alone but in having a genuine point of view, exercising judgment, and creating work that…
autonomous flying umbrella follows and shields users from rain and sunlight — john tse of I build stuff creates an autonomous flying umbrella that follows and shields the users from rain and sunlight.
Savee — Savee is a curated place for visual inspiration. Discover references chosen by designers, collect what matters, and build a sharper eye without ads or clutter.
Mathematics in the age of AI — An essay, based on a public lecture delivered at the 2026 International Congress of Mathematicians, on how the mathematical community might respond to the arrival of artificial intelligence tools that are capable of performing research-level…
Inside The Manufacture: Making A Tudor: A Behind-The-Scenes Look, From Raw Material To Finished Product [Video] — In this video, we spend multiple days inside Tudor's Swiss manufacturing network, watching the case, dial, and movement of a single watch come together.
When It Makes Sense To “Block” The Main Thread — Smashing Magazine — The common rule of thumb is to never “block” the browser’s main thread when running JavaScript tasks. But is this a hard rule? Victor Ayomipo describes a use case he encountered involving a screenshot…
The Hidden Costs of Owning a Collector Vehicle — A few months ago, a friend of mine—let’s call her Andrea—texted me some pictures of sunbeaten first-gen Jeep Wagoneer husks rusting in a field in western Wyoming, several hours from her home in Montana. “What do you think of…
Meta's app for creating generative AI minigames is now available in the US — It's called Pocket and is described as a "platform for making and sharing gizmos."
Ferrexpo Takes a Step Off the Brink With $100 Million in Funding — Ferrexpo Plc, an iron ore miner in Ukraine working to stave off insolvency, raised about $100 million from investors through a long-awaited fundraising program that it had called essential for its continued…
US health authorities contradict state officials on measles-related deaths — Clash with Pennsylvania comes as US records highest number of measles cases in decades.
WhatsApp for Android loophole lets private photos be accessed without unlocking — A loophole in WhatsApp for Android lets someone see private photos on your device without the device being unlocked, which...
What is AX? | John Maeda’s Blog — For most of my career I designed the cockpit. I made the menus and the tabs and the flows. I arranged the dashboards and the confirmation dialogs and the little blinking things that tell you something is happening. I was proud of this work. And t
Interactive map of every typeface's x-height rendered at actual size — lets you see why some fonts feel cramped and others breathe
Quem Há de Amar Esse Menino Negro? | Luan Renato Telles | TEDxBlumenau — The poet Luan Renato Telles draws on the oral tradition of Slam Poetry (spoken word poetry competitions) to explore masculinity and affection from the perspective of a Black, LGBT man. Luan Renato is a…
Ramsay-Peaty confused by early exit at Europeans — Former Olympic and world champion Adam Ramsay-Peaty says he is "confused" as his poor run of form continues at the European Aquatics Championships.
Engineers will do anything to avoid learning from history — David Horn — First we reinvented statistics. Then finance. Now we're reinventing program management and calling it agentic orchestration.
Access is not mastery — <div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://uxdesign.cc/access-is-not-mastery-bd59e0610828?source=rss----138adf9c44c---4"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/750/0*klP6oWlnGLvl-3iA" width="750"></a></p><p class="me
performative-ui | AI-native React Components — <p>Components that signal how oversubscribed your funding round is.</p> <br/><br/>
Fire crews 'surround' large-scale Cairngorms wildfire — Residents and campers were allowed to return to the affected area and collect personal belongings on Sunday.
‘The Thomas Crown Affair’ Teaser: Michael B. Jordan Directs Himself as Cinema’s Coolest Thief — Jordan's sophomore directorial effort hits theaters on March 5, 2027.
Rapid climate change brings wildfire threat to new corners of Europe — Scorching conditions this year have triggered wildfires in European countries that are normally considered to be damp and cool
Why do people hide chronic illness at work? | Alyssa McGonagle | TEDxUNCCharlotte — Chronic conditions are something that effects a large portion of the population. Despite this, workplaces are not designed to support individuals with chronic conditions. It is important to…
Gwyneth Paltrow loves AI. Now she's reportedly honoring Sam Altman at a private dinner. — A leaked invitation says the Goop founder will honor OpenAI’s CEO at a private Hamptons dinner. Her AI ties help explain why.
The revolution will not be optimised: on frictionmaxxing and the creative virtues of inconvenience — In a culture obsessed with seamlessness and instant fulfilment, inconvenience is starting to feel strangely radical again.
Rich Guy Quote Journalism — How the media turns rich guys' opinions into news
Inside Chalee Kader’s Bangkok Food Empire — This week in the Food Chain: how to thrive in the most continuously food-saturated city in the world.
Adult Film Producer Unmasks Prolific 'John Doe' Torrent Pirate as Meta Executive * TorrentFreak — A routine John Doe lawsuit could become part of Strike 3 Holdings' $446 million AI training case against Meta.
Review: Chuwi's $449 Unibook laptop is a funhouse-mirror MacBook Neo — The Unibook is a weird entry-level laptop for people with patience.
Flex your football brain with our daily quizzes — Test your ball knowledge against today's Who Am I?, Five in Five and Brainteaser.
Our CSS isn't opinionated enough — Why styling on semantics and roles could make accessibility harder to skip
Speedo launches its own smart swim wearable — Speedo is offering up its own take on smart swimming goggles, but it won't offer feedback while you're in the water.
archive of every Supreme drop since 2002, organized by which ones actually held resale value vs which ones you bought hoping
Introducing: Dennison + Collectability Edition Oblique Collection — Available for a one-week pre-order, the collab leans into 1960s-inspired asymmetric shapes from designer Emmanuel Gueit and Collectability's John Reardon.
I Think the Military Commissary Freezers Were Hacked — The frozen pizza aisle has become the national security risk du jour
Beware the sourdough starter fake out — How to identify — and not fall for! — this tricky sourdough situation.
Introducing: The Krayon Parhelion, A Maximalist Take On The Brand’s Anywhere Watch — Oops! All gemstones.
Ribbon-Cutting Event for NASA Deep Space Network’s Deep Space Station 23 - NASA Science — Leadership from NASA Headquarters, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and the Deep Space Network (DSN) stand in front of the recently completed Deep Space Station
Mount Fuji pics, life-changing ramen and a weak yen - why young Brits are going to Japan — Photos of Mount Fuji, bowls of ramen and the bustle of Shibuya Crossing are filling up social media feeds.
'Quite the rollercoaster' - Stokell reaches fifty...twice — Rebecca Stokell finds a unique way of reaching her half-century as the Ireland batter gets to 50, only to see the runs changed to leg-byes, before wrongly being given out, before reaching 50 again in the first One Day…
Are.na — Are.na is a platform for connecting ideas and building knowledge.
Kurdish women who fought ISIL seek place in Syria’s new security forces — Following the SDF’s dissolution, the Kurdish all-women YPJ is seeking to preserve its combat role in Syria.
APOD: 2026 August 26 - JWST Images The Lion's Head Nebula - NASA Science — APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 August 26 – JWST… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a…
Ethan Miller Expanded The Odyssey Cult Into A Psych Supergroup For New Album 'Vol. 3' — Everyone’s talking about The Odyssey these days, but more people should be talking about the Odyssey Cult. The band is headed up by Ethan Miller (Comets On Fire, Howlin Rain, Heron Oblivion,…
The designer who built a type specimen site that actually lets you see how a font breaks at every size—no fake previews, just raw behavior.
‘Look up’ app for Googlebooks appears on Play Store, currently works on phones — Following Magic Pointer and Desktop Camera, Google has now released a “Look up” app for Googlebooks. As of today...
“A single piece of paper can hold endless possibilities” #TEDTalks — 14-year-old student Miles Wu is obsessed with origami, transforming everyday scraps of paper into unexpected creations. In a joyful talk, he explores the ancient art form — from making Christmas ornaments and…
the brushwork on vintage nike boxes in the 90s was genuinely craft... stumbled into a archive that catalogs every colorway and the actual design notes behind them 🎨
First look: Lego reveals new Super Mario sets — including exciting new Mario minifigures — Power-up your Lego Super Mario collection.
Tonali struggles but Gonzalez impresses - player ratings for Tottenham v Newcastle — How Tottenham Hotspur and Newcastle United's players rated following Saturday's 2-0 win for the visitors in their Premier League match.