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Why I’m keeping my design title, Joe Caroff, and how AI is changing search and ruining the web economy
Practical strategies, the making of an AI film, how to be more strategic as a designer
Service design, AI’s impact on software development, craft and Japanese design, and leadership through change
Plus, how vibe coding is already destroying the careers of junior developers, and the rise of designer as influencer.
Plus, how taste is the new intelligence and how to be an AI-native designer.
Impressive AI-native companies, a bit of Mac nostalgia, and more vibe coding with Cursor
What destination dispatch elevator systems can teach us about software design, and how AI companies need to be better in supporting humanity.
Thoughts on Liquid Glass, Steve Jobs’s commencement speech gets enhanced, and how to future-proof your design career.
Conversations with pioneering designers, how the design tool landscape looks today, and what modern art can teach us about design
Also, what are Jony Ive and Sam Altman really up to? And farewell to the Arc browser.
It was a very busy news cycle in AI this week: announcements from Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic.
Tom Conrad, interim CEO of Sonos is making the rounds. I was recently featured on a design/AI podcast and discussed my AI tool shootout article.
