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“Many of the ways enterprises have rushed to bolt on AI to their products and services (never mind their brand images) reveal precious little consideration of any actual UX strategy and trample foundational principles of user-centered product design and, often, well-established heuristics of usability.
It’s also a good bet that the haste to react to still unproven market hype and satisfy impatient investors and restless creative directors is likely to degrade the overall user experience in the short term, making the thoughtful adoption of AI in the general population in the long term less likely instead of more.”
The frantic race to push out half-baked AI features →
By Patrick Sharbaugh
Slow Research is dead →
[Sponsored] Painful, Slow Research was passionate about slowing down product development, hiding in fragmented tools, hoarding knowledge in silos, and causing unnecessary friction for teams. They’re survived by Dovetail, the leading AI-powered customer insights hub that gives everyone on the product team instant access to customer insights, at any time. RIP Painful, Slow Research. Long live shared customer understanding.
Editor picks
The problem with growth →
Why products are failing now.
By Joanna WeberDraw your own maps →
The quest for workplace clarity.
By Trip CarrollIt’s not you, it’s me, Adobe →
Why I finally broke up with the giant.
By Neel Dozome
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The vibrant evolution: Microsoft’s colorful transformation →
Make me think
How to keep IA projects from going off the rails →
“Before, projects often felt vague and disorganized at the beginning and only got messier the more work we did. Now, everyone starts with a clear sense of what needs to be done and in what sequence, and stay on board throughout the project.”Intent-driven user interfaces →
“While these kinds of interactions won’t immediately replace conventional graphical user interface controls, it’s pretty clear they enable a new way of control software with hundreds of features… just tell it what you want to do.”Mapping the landscape of gen-AI product user experience →
“The problem is that there are so many AI products. Everything overlaps and it’s all so noisy — which makes it hard to have a conversation about what kind of product you want to build. So I’ve been working on mapping the landscape.”
Little gems this week
What Vincent taught me about design →
By Rita Kind-Envy
Designing with maps and data: visualizing vacancy in St. Louis →
By Koby Moreno
Figma’s UI3: the psychology of adaptation →
By Kristian K.
Tools and resources
Design tokens demystified →
Types, benefits, and applications.
By T.T.TRINKUSHUX Research for busy PMs →
How to identify customers, ask the right questions, and find insights.
By Vikram GoyalAdvanced Figma tips & tricks →
Little gems we love in 2024.
By Christine Vallaure
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