Using Humble Creative Machines

Plus: How AI is reshaping UX design, the state of gen AI in the enterprise, and what "6-7" reveals about childhood creativity.

Dec 14 • Roger Wong

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Architects and Monsters: Designers Knew What They Were Building

Plus: The power of critique, a UX designer's reading list, and continued discourse on the junior hiring crisis.

Dec 7 • Roger Wong

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November 2025

Generative UI and Ephemeral Interfaces

Malleable software. Activision uses AI tools. Dithering explained.

Nov 23 • Roger Wong

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ChatGPT Atlas Browser Isn’t Quite Baked

AI browsers. AI as instruments. Grammarly becomes Superhuman.

Nov 9 • Roger Wong

Design Systems Are Maturing

Dark patterns gallery. Conversation as AI's metaphor. How to successfully design agentic AI systems.

Nov 2 • Roger Wong

October 2025

The Translation Problem

Engaging AI in our process. The butterfly effect. Decentralizing quality.

Oct 26 • Roger Wong

Remember Who You’re Fighting For: The User

TRON (1982) was snubbed for a VFX Oscar. Behavior is our material. An archive of space exploration logos.

Oct 19 • Roger Wong

September 2025

Blood in the Feed: When Algorithms Turn Violent

A call for design ethics standards. The blurring line between designers and product managers. Developing product sense.

Sep 28 • Roger Wong

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When Creative Work Is the Best Distraction

Better web forms. AI is DWIM. Resurrecting the classic Mac patterns.

Sep 14 • Roger Wong

Design is how it works (and what it looks and feels like)

Notes on the September Apple event. Mario and Luigi are just themes. All the text in NYC.

Sep 10 • Roger Wong

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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