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Leveraging an AI chatbot as an experiment in understanding behavior, not a strategy, is where the opportunity to provide a groundbreaking service lies
But when we think of Artificial Intelligence as a broader set of capabilities—one that can show up wherever your customer might be—we open the door to
It doesn’t mean websites and apps are dead, far from it. They will have a role to play, but an organization must be prepared to experiment across a la
Instead of having companies build a specialized interface for every kind of work, the AI generates the right interface on the fly. I suspect the futur
By all means, building a bench of inspiration beyond what’s on your algorithm is a great thing. But stepping back from the machine entirely assumes a
The proliferation of relatability has narrowed the human experience, pushing us towards assimilation and mundanity. And, for whatever reason, we have
When we emphasize the artificially quantized, we lose access to the glorious in-between where we all actually live.
This is where the discourse has landed:AI creates abundance.Abundance creates too many options.So now the bottleneck is taste.So far so good, until yo
I'm not alone in this experience. I recall discussing with Chris Black of How Long Gone how influential these magazine-driven Borders explorations wer
For as bad as search engines are now, the corpus of information available on the web vastly exceeds what was there in 2011. Around the time it became
In an age where AI swallows up datasets from across the internet and has no real design perspective beyond what it can copy, and where all of our data
This is where the discourse has landed:AI creates abundance.Abundance creates too many options.So now the bottleneck is taste.So far so good, until yo
For as bad as search engines are now, the corpus of information available on the web vastly exceeds what was there in 2011. Around the time it became
"A fifteen-year-old casually told me that culture is online and really nowhere else. I felt dumbstruck by the simplicity of his insight, which I suspe
In an age where AI swallows up datasets from across the internet and has no real design perspective beyond what it can copy, and where all of our data
This is where the discourse has landed:AI creates abundance.Abundance creates too many options.So now the bottleneck is taste.So far so good, until yo
If your intention is to become a singer, Eugenio, then you need to sing and sing and sing some more. Whether or not you go into the studio when you ha
This is where the discourse has landed:AI creates abundance.Abundance creates too many options.So now the bottleneck is taste.So far so good, until yo
The best ambient music is complexly beautiful, deceptively simple and, very often, soothing. Increasingly, though, I fear I’ve been treating this soot
I feel myself beholden to this passivity in my own relationship to ambient music. I routinely find myself turning to it not in the hopes of traveling
More and more, I feel myself drawn to ambient for its own anesthetic, mind-wipe effects. And I find myself less willing to deal with music that challe
For as bad as search engines are now, the corpus of information available on the web vastly exceeds what was there in 2011. Around the time it became
The best ambient music is complexly beautiful, deceptively simple and, very often, soothing. Increasingly, though, I fear I’ve been treating this soot
I feel myself beholden to this passivity in my own relationship to ambient music. I routinely find myself turning to it not in the hopes of traveling
More and more, I feel myself drawn to ambient for its own anesthetic, mind-wipe effects. And I find myself less willing to deal with music that challe
One hallmark of our current moment is that when an event happens, there is little collective agreement on even basic facts. This, despite there being
The question of our time is how do you artistically rebel — and win — against a totally flat cultural landscape? And before my readers, who I assume a
the linkedin personal brand has escaped containment and infected fashion, media, music, restaurants, and nearly every corner of public life.“our mensw
I feel myself beholden to this passivity in my own relationship to ambient music. I routinely find myself turning to it not in the hopes of traveling
Component-based design systems produce inherent efficiencies for designers and developers, and solve the challenges associated with duplication and in
It doesn’t mean websites and apps are dead, far from it. They will have a role to play, but an organization must be prepared to experiment across a la
Brian Eno: why I sculpt sound: "The thrill of making music is not when you succeed in meeting the brief, but when something happens that you hadn’t ex
4/4. Be a good assistant to yourself. Prepare and gather, make notations and sketches in your head or phone. When you work, all that mapping, archite
Make no mistake, a machine’s memory is useful. I like the idea of a technology that will let me interrogate myself. To crawl through my notes and frag
For as bad as search engines are now, the corpus of information available on the web vastly exceeds what was there in 2011. Around the time it became
rel to taste and post-platform
Ross: New Romanticism is very interesting to me. Ted Gioia originated the idea, and it drew me in right away. I think it captures a general mood. A gr
When we emphasize the artificially quantized, we lose access to the glorious in-between where we all actually live.
The hard parts are still stubbornly human: deciding what is worth doing, inspiring people to care, the last mile of building high craft products, the
At the same time, Drupal continues to operate within a broader and changing technological landscape. Modern web development increasingly involves mult
Within this context, Drupal’s role appears increasingly aligned with long-term systems rather than rapid expansion cycles. Much of the work around Dru
Two conflicting perspectives I’m trying to reconcile: having a clear vision is critical, but the difference between success and failure is usually in
3. Maintain a standard Jalen yelled at me a few times for not getting my eyes on coach Jay Wright. We used to have this thing at Villanova: When the c
The hard parts are still stubbornly human: deciding what is worth doing, inspiring people to care, the last mile of building high craft products, the
Two conflicting perspectives I’m trying to reconcile: having a clear vision is critical, but the difference between success and failure is usually in
Value-based marketing: “Marketing is about values. This is a very complicated world. This is a very noisy world. And we’re not going to get a chanc
Marketing Leaders as Institutional Navigators Chief marketing officers (CMOs), communications directors, and branding experts are no longer support
the linkedin personal brand has escaped containment and infected fashion, media, music, restaurants, and nearly every corner of public life.“our mensw
Who Builds Drupal Now? Editor's Pick | Vol. 4 | Issue. 30Visual page builders often arrive with a familiar promise: fewer developer handoffs and more
Brian Chesky just launched an AI lab. One rule: no chatbots.The Airbnb CEO's argument is that specialized AI built around a specific experience beats
Boredom is when you do the things that make you feel like you have life under control. Not being bored is why you always feel busy, why you keep “not
By contrast, when “everything is at our fingertips” — when art is compressed into the same omnipresent and infinite digital non-time as every random p
“All of my hobbies involve basically micro-dosing epiphanies,” Nguyen said at one point. “Every time you’re yo-yoing, you’re like, If I change my angl
By all means, building a bench of inspiration beyond what’s on your algorithm is a great thing. But stepping back from the machine entirely assumes a
The internet has fundamentally altered the conditions under which genuine self-expression can exist. The solution isn’t to perform authenticity harder
The question of our time is how do you artistically rebel — and win — against a totally flat cultural landscape? And before my readers, who I assume a
Your extreme local, embodied community is your only truly real one. Think of it this way: Whose bodies are closest to yours when you’re sleeping at ni
By all means, building a bench of inspiration beyond what’s on your algorithm is a great thing. But stepping back from the machine entirely assumes a
To correct the state of AI discourse today, we need to channel this same spirit and train our attention on the messy facts of the human, material worl
In “This Is for Everyone,” Berners-Lee argues that the web’s lack of compassion is “a design issue” that can be fixed. “There’s still time,” he writes
When everything is cheerfully “retro,” Fisher argued, we lose our grasp on history—and, without a sense of why the past happened the way it did, our a
And investor Turner Novak wrote on X, “‘Everyone will vibe code their own DoorDash’ is the 2026 version of ‘everything will be an NFT’.”While I agree