<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Jeff Humble&apos;s Blog</title><description>Writing on product strategy, design, innovation and AI.</description><link>https://www.jeffreyhumble.com/</link><item><title>I Bought a Mac Mini to Try OpenClaw: An Honest Review of the Most Hyped AI Agent of 2026</title><link>https://www.jeffreyhumble.com/blog/openclaw-mac-mini-review/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.jeffreyhumble.com/blog/openclaw-mac-mini-review/</guid><description>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.</description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 13:33:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>What Designers Can Own When AI Does the Making</title><link>https://www.jeffreyhumble.com/blog/designers-own-ai-does-making/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.jeffreyhumble.com/blog/designers-own-ai-does-making/</guid><description>Your company will steal the time AI saves you. Not because they&apos;re evil…because of a 200-year-old economic paradox. Here&apos;s how to fight back.</description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2026 12:37:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The New Economics of Design</title><link>https://www.jeffreyhumble.com/blog/new-economics-design/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.jeffreyhumble.com/blog/new-economics-design/</guid><description>When AI prototyping takes minutes instead of weeks, why are we still spending months planning? The math doesn&apos;t add up anymore.</description><pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2025 19:10:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Why Product Strategy Matters in the Age of AI</title><link>https://www.jeffreyhumble.com/blog/why-product-strategy-ai/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.jeffreyhumble.com/blog/why-product-strategy-ai/</guid><description>Learn how a product strategy from Nintendo helped them compete with deep tech.</description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2025 11:27:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>250 Diagrams About Design, Creativity, and Life</title><link>https://www.jeffreyhumble.com/blog/design-diagram-inspiration/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.jeffreyhumble.com/blog/design-diagram-inspiration/</guid><description>Get inspired with this eclectic collection of diagrams/frameworks/models about design, creativity, and life.</description><pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2025 10:03:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>AI’s Evolving Interface: 5 Signals of the Future</title><link>https://www.jeffreyhumble.com/blog/future-ai-interfaces/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.jeffreyhumble.com/blog/future-ai-interfaces/</guid><description>What will the user experience of AI look like in 2035? Some early signals give us a glimpse into the future.</description><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2025 23:58:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Design Strategy Behind Apple’s Liquid Glass</title><link>https://www.jeffreyhumble.com/blog/design-strategy-apple-liquid-glass/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.jeffreyhumble.com/blog/design-strategy-apple-liquid-glass/</guid><description>How do the strategies of planned obsolescence and graceful degradation fit into Apple’s new aesthetic?</description><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2025 07:41:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>What Is the Point of Strategy? From Reactive to Proactive Thinking</title><link>https://www.jeffreyhumble.com/blog/what-is-the-point-of-strategy-from-reactive-to-proactive/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.jeffreyhumble.com/blog/what-is-the-point-of-strategy-from-reactive-to-proactive/</guid><description>Who gets to decide on the future? People who understand the proactive nature of strategy.</description><pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2025 01:14:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Why Company-First Strategies Fail (And How Customer-First Wins)</title><link>https://www.jeffreyhumble.com/blog/company-first-customer-first-strategy/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.jeffreyhumble.com/blog/company-first-customer-first-strategy/</guid><description>Discover the case for a user-first approach to strategy with examples from Duolingo, Slack, and more</description><pubDate>Thu, 20 Feb 2025 01:06:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Building a Free, No-Code AI Automation System with ActivePieces &amp; Discord</title><link>https://www.jeffreyhumble.com/blog/ai-automation-system/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.jeffreyhumble.com/blog/ai-automation-system/</guid><description>Learn how to set up a lo-fi, AI-powered automation platform to automate tasks without a subscription or monthly fees</description><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jan 2025 01:55:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The 4 Risks of Innovation and How to Test Them</title><link>https://www.jeffreyhumble.com/blog/four-risks-innovation-tests/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.jeffreyhumble.com/blog/four-risks-innovation-tests/</guid><description>What things can sink an innovative idea if you don’t test for them? These four risks are everything for innovation teams.</description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Oct 2024 20:05:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Secret Killer of Strategy Projects</title><link>https://www.jeffreyhumble.com/blog/strategy-projects-threat/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.jeffreyhumble.com/blog/strategy-projects-threat/</guid><description>What&apos;s the worst possible fate for a strategic project? It isn&apos;t a poorly designed deliverable. The secret killer is far worse.</description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2024 16:47:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>A Quick Guide to Strategy Research</title><link>https://www.jeffreyhumble.com/blog/strategy-research-guide/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.jeffreyhumble.com/blog/strategy-research-guide/</guid><description>What does it look like to conduct research for a strategy? Learn 5 ways to get started.</description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Sep 2024 11:26:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The 4 D’s of Good Strategy Design</title><link>https://www.jeffreyhumble.com/blog/4d-strategy-design/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.jeffreyhumble.com/blog/4d-strategy-design/</guid><description>How do you know if your strategy is ready for execution? Use these 4 checks of strategy health.</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Aug 2024 17:02:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>When Tools Replace Us: A Lesson from Figma AI</title><link>https://www.jeffreyhumble.com/blog/tools-replace-us-figma-ai/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.jeffreyhumble.com/blog/tools-replace-us-figma-ai/</guid><description>What can we do when our tools use our data to replace us with AI?</description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jul 2024 08:44:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How Aligning with the Business Strategy Increases Impact</title><link>https://www.jeffreyhumble.com/blog/why-get-business-strategy/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.jeffreyhumble.com/blog/why-get-business-strategy/</guid><description>Without strategy, you won&apos;t unlock true collaboration. Here’s how strategy helps you get that power…</description><pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2024 11:52:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Vision vs. Strategy: Aiming &amp; Deciding on the Future</title><link>https://www.jeffreyhumble.com/blog/vision-vs-strategy/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.jeffreyhumble.com/blog/vision-vs-strategy/</guid><description>What’s the difference between vision and strategy? A lot, it turns out.</description><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2024 16:13:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Figma Skills Won’t Get You Promoted</title><link>https://www.jeffreyhumble.com/blog/figma-skills-wont-get-you-promoted/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.jeffreyhumble.com/blog/figma-skills-wont-get-you-promoted/</guid><description>Design tools and UI aren’t the secret to design promotions…soft skills and non-design tools are.</description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jan 2024 19:51:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Design Strategy: Balancing User Needs &amp; Business Wants</title><link>https://www.jeffreyhumble.com/blog/design-strategy-user-needs-business-strategy/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.jeffreyhumble.com/blog/design-strategy-user-needs-business-strategy/</guid><description>What is design strategy and what is its true power?</description><pubDate>Wed, 06 Dec 2023 11:47:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Double Diamond vs. Rapid Experimentation</title><link>https://www.jeffreyhumble.com/blog/rapid-experimentation-vs-traditional-research-which-is-the-better-fit/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.jeffreyhumble.com/blog/rapid-experimentation-vs-traditional-research-which-is-the-better-fit/</guid><description>Stop squeezing traditional UX research into every project and try rapid experimentation instead.</description><pubDate>Fri, 01 Dec 2023 14:53:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>9 Steps to Designing Strategy: Free Project Canvas</title><link>https://www.jeffreyhumble.com/blog/9-steps-to-strategy-canvas/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.jeffreyhumble.com/blog/9-steps-to-strategy-canvas/</guid><description>Get my project canvas for designing a strategy based on research and insight.</description><pubDate>Sun, 26 Nov 2023 16:24:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>A Miro Template for Designing Product Experiments</title><link>https://www.jeffreyhumble.com/blog/template-product-experiments/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.jeffreyhumble.com/blog/template-product-experiments/</guid><description>Get my experiment template for de-risking product ideas with assumption tests.</description><pubDate>Sun, 26 Nov 2023 16:18:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Dealing with Politics in Design</title><link>https://www.jeffreyhumble.com/blog/politics-in-ux-design/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.jeffreyhumble.com/blog/politics-in-ux-design/</guid><description>Politics doesn’t have to be a dirty word in design. Why not take some inspiration from activists and lobbyists?</description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Oct 2023 06:48:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to Distill Research Insights [Free Template Included]</title><link>https://www.jeffreyhumble.com/blog/how-to-distill-insights/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.jeffreyhumble.com/blog/how-to-distill-insights/</guid><description>Do insights pop into existence like magic or are they a process of iteration?</description><pubDate>Fri, 01 Sep 2023 10:13:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>35  UX Memes for Product Designers Going Through It</title><link>https://www.jeffreyhumble.com/blog/ux-meme-dump-product-design/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.jeffreyhumble.com/blog/ux-meme-dump-product-design/</guid><description>What can take away your UX trauma? This post can.</description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2023 23:18:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>9 Spirit of Halloween Costume Memes to Give Designers a Jumpscare</title><link>https://www.jeffreyhumble.com/blog/spirit-of-halloween-costume-memes/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.jeffreyhumble.com/blog/spirit-of-halloween-costume-memes/</guid><description>Why not go to your office Halloween party dressed as a design role? Just kidding…pls don’t wear these in public.</description><pubDate>Sat, 01 Oct 2022 19:36:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>19 UX vs. UI Memes That Will Haunt Your Soul</title><link>https://www.jeffreyhumble.com/blog/ux-vs-ui-memes/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.jeffreyhumble.com/blog/ux-vs-ui-memes/</guid><description>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?</description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2022 17:54:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Free Online Image Glitcher and GIF Creator</title><link>https://www.jeffreyhumble.com/blog/2018/9/5/free-online-image-glitcher-and-gif-creator/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.jeffreyhumble.com/blog/2018/9/5/free-online-image-glitcher-and-gif-creator/</guid><description>Check out one of my favorite free tools for making GIFs from images.</description><pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2018 16:15:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>