I Bought a Mac Mini to Try OpenClaw: An Honest Review of the Most Hyped AI Agent of 2026
How I spent €590, two days, and $3.14 in API tokens trying to set up the open-source AI assistant that broke the internet.
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What Designers Can Own When AI Does the Making
Your company will steal the time AI saves you. Not because they're evil…because of a 200-year-old economic paradox. Here's how to fight back.
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The New Economics of Design
When AI prototyping takes minutes instead of weeks, why are we still spending months planning? The math doesn't add up anymore.
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Why Product Strategy Matters in the Age of AI
Learn how a product strategy from Nintendo helped them compete with deep tech.
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250 Diagrams About Design, Creativity, and Life
Get inspired with this eclectic collection of diagrams/frameworks/models about design, creativity, and life.
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AI’s Evolving Interface: 5 Signals of the Future
What will the user experience of AI look like in 2035? Some early signals give us a glimpse into the future.
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The Design Strategy Behind Apple’s Liquid Glass
How do the strategies of planned obsolescence and graceful degradation fit into Apple’s new aesthetic?
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What Is the Point of Strategy? From Reactive to Proactive Thinking
Who gets to decide on the future? People who understand the proactive nature of strategy.
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Why Company-First Strategies Fail (And How Customer-First Wins)
Discover the case for a user-first approach to strategy with examples from Duolingo, Slack, and more
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Building a Free, No-Code AI Automation System with ActivePieces & Discord
Learn how to set up a lo-fi, AI-powered automation platform to automate tasks without a subscription or monthly fees
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The 4 Risks of Innovation and How to Test Them
What things can sink an innovative idea if you don’t test for them? These four risks are everything for innovation teams.
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The Secret Killer of Strategy Projects
What's the worst possible fate for a strategic project? It isn't a poorly designed deliverable. The secret killer is far worse.
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A Quick Guide to Strategy Research
What does it look like to conduct research for a strategy? Learn 5 ways to get started.
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The 4 D’s of Good Strategy Design
How do you know if your strategy is ready for execution? Use these 4 checks of strategy health.
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When Tools Replace Us: A Lesson from Figma AI
What can we do when our tools use our data to replace us with AI?
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How Aligning with the Business Strategy Increases Impact
Without strategy, you won't unlock true collaboration. Here’s how strategy helps you get that power…
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Vision vs. Strategy: Aiming & Deciding on the Future
What’s the difference between vision and strategy? A lot, it turns out.
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Figma Skills Won’t Get You Promoted
Design tools and UI aren’t the secret to design promotions…soft skills and non-design tools are.
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Design Strategy: Balancing User Needs & Business Wants
What is design strategy and what is its true power?
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The Double Diamond vs. Rapid Experimentation
Stop squeezing traditional UX research into every project and try rapid experimentation instead.
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9 Steps to Designing Strategy: Free Project Canvas
Get my project canvas for designing a strategy based on research and insight.
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A Miro Template for Designing Product Experiments
Get my experiment template for de-risking product ideas with assumption tests.
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Dealing with Politics in Design
Politics doesn’t have to be a dirty word in design. Why not take some inspiration from activists and lobbyists?
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How to Distill Research Insights [Free Template Included]
Do insights pop into existence like magic or are they a process of iteration?
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35 UX Memes for Product Designers Going Through It
What can take away your UX trauma? This post can.
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9 Spirit of Halloween Costume Memes to Give Designers a Jumpscare
Why not go to your office Halloween party dressed as a design role? Just kidding…pls don’t wear these in public.
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19 UX vs. UI Memes That Will Haunt Your Soul
Sick of those UI vs UX ketchup bottles? Try these on for size…or don’t. Does it really matter in the grand scheme of things?
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