Too much to even get into right now… Enjoy the links!
Web Design/UX/UI
How I approach motion in product design
Motion is critical for how a product feels. It guides attention, reinforces brand personality, and can make an interface feel more responsive.
Photography
Fragility, Beauty, and Urgency Characterize Ocean Photographer of the Year 2025
Photos are organized into seven categories with an emphasis on ocean conservation and the outsize influence humans have on marine life.
Work/Thinking
The Creative Platform Suicide Pact: Why Adobe, Canva and Figma Are Racing to Eliminate Their Own Customers
Everyone’s holding a knife to someone else’s throat while bleeding out themselves.
The creator and the machine
…in a world where machines can create, what is creativity, really? How does generative creation influence our creative processes? And perhaps more interestingly: who is the author of an artifact produced through generative techniques?
Architecture
A Muskoka Lakeside Cottage Blends Architecture With the Canadian Shield
In the heart of Ontario’s Muskoka region, a new family cottage by Barbora Vokac Taylor Architect (BVT A) redefines what it means to live closely with nature.
Books
The Staff Designer
Grow, Influence, and Lead as an Individual Contributor By Catt Small
Tools/AI
Super Color Palette
Generate super awesome color palettes!
Developers, Reinvented
A vital shift is underway in software development, one that redefines how we build, but also who we are as developers. In recent interviews we spoke with 22 developers that already use AI tools heavily in their workflow, and learned how they got there, how their craft has changed, and where they see things going.
How AI Is Changing Search Behaviors
Our study shows that generative AI is reshaping search, but long-standing habits persist. Many users still default to Google, giving Gemini a fighting chance.
Random
We Are Still the Web
Twenty years ago, Kevin Kelly wrote an absolutely seminal piece for Wired. This week is a great opportunity to look back at it.