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Lower the surprise: Applying The free energy principle to UX

6 hours ago

UX Collective

Lower the surprise: Applying The free energy principle to UX

FastCompany Design

How Connecticut became a hot spot for Hallmark holiday movie fans

“Christmas at Pemberley Manor” and “Romance at Reindeer Lodge” may never make it to Oscar night, but legions of fans still love these sweet-yet-predictable holiday movies—and this season, many are making pilgrimages to where their favorite scenes were filmed. That's because Connecticut—the ...

9 hours ago

FastCompany Design

How Connecticut became a hot spot for Hallmark holiday movie fans

FastCompany Design

Surprise, surprise: People don’t want AI slop on ‘SNL’

Across the internet, eagle-eyed sleuths are crying "AI slop" after Saturday Night Live aired segments with what looks like AI-generated imagery. The first instance, from Saturday's cold open, shows an illustrated Christmas storybook. The images feature a hazy, yellowish hue and an image of streets ...

9 hours ago

FastCompany Design

Surprise, surprise: People don’t want AI slop on ‘SNL’

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This literal lava lamp looks nothing like your lamp from the ’70s

If you grew up pre-Y2K, chances are you’re familiar with the concept of a lava lamp. It’s much less likely that you’ve ever encountered a lamp made out of literal lava. That’s the basic description of a series of three lamps made by the luxury Italian lighting company Foscarini. The company’s ...

12 hours ago

FastCompany Design

This literal lava lamp looks nothing like your lamp from the ’70s

FastCompany Design

We need more data communication not data visualization

Public trust in the media and in data has been undercut by information overload, relentless social media cycles, and targeted influence campaigns. Whether driven by politics, social movements, or commercial interests, the credibility of what we see and hear is under threat. By thinking through the ways ...

15 hours ago

FastCompany Design

We need more data communication not data visualization

UX Collective

Perplexity and NotebookLM don’t use better AI—they use better intelligence flow architecture

16 hours ago

UX Collective

Perplexity and NotebookLM don’t use better AI—they use better intelligence flow architecture

UX Collective

So your AI wants a personality

16 hours ago

UX Collective

So your AI wants a personality

UX Collective

Developers aren’t the enemy

Don't demonize those that can help you provide more accessible content. Continue reading on UX Collective »

16 hours ago

UX Collective

Developers aren’t the enemy

UX Collective

Why feature roadmaps don’t work for early-stage startups

16 hours ago

UX Collective

Why feature roadmaps don’t work for early-stage startups

UX Collective

New navigation paradigms, ChatGPT talks too much, AI coding tools

16 hours ago

UX Collective

New navigation paradigms, ChatGPT talks too much, AI coding tools

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Using GenAI for product research

1 day ago

Muzli

Using GenAI for product research

IxDF

MatchDog Build Your Portfolio Project: Flow

The most important tasks found in the upper-left quadrant of your prioritization matrix are those which most users will spend the majority of their time performing. At a minimum, these are the ones that need a full flow design to show how (and with what logic) the user will transition from screen to ...

1 day ago

IxDF

MatchDog Build Your Portfolio Project: Flow

FastCompany Design

AI advertising slop is on the rise. The cure? The STFU brand strategy

There’s a statistic that’s been making the rounds for the better part of a decade that says the average person is exposed to about 10,000 ads every day. This has always sounded a tad suspect, as it amounts to an ad every six seconds of our waking day (it has since been debunked). But maybe ...

2 days ago

FastCompany Design

AI advertising slop is on the rise. The cure? The STFU brand strategy