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UX Collective

Lower the surprise: Applying The free energy principle to UX

11 hours ago

UX Collective

Lower the surprise: Applying The free energy principle to UX

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 ...

14 hours ago

FastCompany Design

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

UX Collective

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

21 hours ago

UX Collective

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

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

IxDF

MatchDog Build Your Portfolio Project: Screen Visualization & Content

Congratulations! You have finished the longest chapter in the book, which describes the full hierarchy of design pattern layers from simple components up to the master diagrams of UX Architecture alternatives. As noted in the book, the multi-level pattern framework is best taught from the bottom up ...

2 days ago

IxDF

MatchDog Build Your Portfolio Project: Screen Visualization & Content

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 ...

21 hours ago

FastCompany Design

We need more data communication not data visualization

FastCompany Design

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 ...

17 hours ago

FastCompany Design

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