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How the Handicapped Mind Traded Fluency for Convenience

A self-inflicted deskilling of the knowledge worker is underway — and the evidence is no longer anecdotal.

July 23, 2026
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Your Client Ran Your Design Through ChatGPT. Now What?

Clients are forwarding ChatGPT critiques of design work to their designers. Here is why that feedback is flawed — and a playbook to handle it.

July 7, 2026
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Best Design Outcome Is No New Design At All

Sometimes the most valuable outcome of a design discovery process is the decision not to build custom software at all.

April 15, 2026
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Creativity Is The Zone Of Genius, and AI Cannot Replace That

AI is brilliant at producing outputs. But only humans can decide which problems to solve, why they matter, and how a design will make someone feel. That’s your zone of genius.

July 4, 2025
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I Left a Tech Service Company After 8 Years to Join a Remote Startup

This isn’t a dramatic “I quit” story — it’s about shifting priorities, creative integrity, and the kind of work that actually energizes me now

June 1, 2025
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The AI✨ Dilemma: Value vs. Gimmick in User Experience Design

As designers, we must ask ourselves: do users truly care if a product is labeled “made better with AI✨”? More importantly, what does “better” mean to them?

November 27, 2024
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The UX of Bad News

Crafting compassionate user experiences in difficult situations is essential. Whether through email, web interfaces, or e-banking apps, empathy and clarity are key. Discover how to create interfaces that respect users’ emotions and privacy

September 8, 2023
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How a Designer’s Website Evolves Through Different Stages in Their Career

Just like characters develop in the Naruto series, designers grow in their careers. As they move through different career stages, their personal websites also change

August 30, 2023
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How is building a great product like a fitness journey

Discover the surprising parallels between achieving fitness goals and creating successful products.

August 22, 2023
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Embracing the Design Rollercoaster: From Graphics to Product with a UX Twist

Graphic designers face challenges transitioning, but with learning and collaboration, the creative dots connect. Different, yet similar, these design realms enrich each other, creating a design family reunion.

August 9, 2023
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Creativity is overrated

Creativity is counter-intuitive to designers who set out to re-invent the wheel. There are a bunch of thesis and principles that guide how users interact with the system

May 20, 2022
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10 things I learned conducting a design workshop

50+ aspirants have graduated from this local home-grown design workshop and so far the impact has been phenomenal

June 24, 2021