Thoughts, opinions and edgy hot takes.
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If you enjoy my writing, you can buy my book, Mindful Design. The second edition is great and you'll love it babes.
On AI and the commoditisation of design
With the recent announcement of Figma's AI feature-set at the corporate vibe-fest that is Config, there's been something of a clamour to opine, positively and negatively, on the impact these features will have on designers and the industry as a whole.
Sun Jan 07 2024The Interminable Pursuit of an Anticapitalist Web
Come with me on a little journey as I try to reconcile the idea of being a staunch anarcho-syndicalist while simultaneously making graphs go up and to the right for people who only exist because the tech industry is propped up by a very special and very self-fulfilling cycle of psuedo-innovation.
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Scott.is v4: embracing the personal site renaissance
A peek behind the scenes and some of the reasoning behind the latest version of my site.
Read the post Building a microblog using Svelte, PlanetScale and Prisma
Build a snazzy little microblog using some fun web technologies.
Read the post Mindful Design Excerpt: Attention and Distraction
Read a shoprt except from the first chapter of the first edition of Mindful Design. Then buy the book.
Read the post Embracing contradiction in design
Contradiction is ever-present in product design. That doesn't have to be a bad thing.
Read the post Interview: Mindful Technology
Chatting shit is my favourite pasttime, and I was asked to do just that with the lovely folks at Mindful Technology.
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