TRON and How Users Forgot to Be Programmers

Explaining color space, redefining human in the loop, and where's my pizza?

Sep 3 • 

Roger Wong

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August 2025

The Grunt Work Is the Point

Why I’m keeping my design title, Joe Caroff, and how AI is changing search and ruining the web economy

Aug 24 • 

Roger Wong

How to Get a Job Today as a Designer

Practical strategies, the making of an AI film, how to be more strategic as a designer

Aug 10 • 

Roger Wong

Why Young Designers Matter in an AI World

Service design, AI’s impact on software development, craft and Japanese design, and leadership through change

Aug 4 • 

Roger Wong

July 2025

The Emerging Design Talent Crisis

Plus, how vibe coding is already destroying the careers of junior developers, and the rise of designer as influencer.

Jul 27 • 

Roger Wong

AI Browsers Are About to Change Everything

Plus, how taste is the new intelligence and how to be an AI-native designer.

Jul 20 • 

Roger Wong

The future belongs to AI natives

Impressive AI-native companies, a bit of Mac nostalgia, and more vibe coding with Cursor

Jul 13 • 

Roger Wong

Smart Elevators and Dumb AI Ads

What destination dispatch elevator systems can teach us about software design, and how AI companies need to be better in supporting humanity.

Jul 6 • 

Roger Wong

June 2025

Design Is Both Function and Form

Thoughts on Liquid Glass, Steve Jobs’s commencement speech gets enhanced, and how to future-proof your design career.

Jun 15 • 

Roger Wong

Reflecting Backward to Look Forward

Conversations with pioneering designers, how the design tool landscape looks today, and what modern art can teach us about design

Jun 7 • 

Roger Wong

May 2025

When Figma Make Broke My Trust (and Yours Too, Apparently)

Also, what are Jony Ive and Sam Altman really up to? And farewell to the Arc browser.

May 31 • 

Roger Wong

You Spin Me Right Round: AI’s Dizzying Week

It was a very busy news cycle in AI this week: announcements from Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic.

May 24 • 

Roger Wong