What comes next after a reduction in force at Tonal. Rebuilding how I talk about myself as a designer, working on this site, and trying to keep the WHOOP strain high and the red wine consumption reasonable.
Spending time rebuilding my portfolio and thinking more deeply about design in the age of AI. Working on my progressive overload in the gym and trying to push my VO₂max up on the bike. Continuing a daily practice of resonance breathing. Still processing the loss of my mother last September.
The Middle Passage by James Hollis and Ageless by Andrew Steele. Both feel appropriate for this particular moment.
Hildur Guðnadóttir, Renaud Capuçon, A Winged Victory for the Sullen, and Eno when I need to think. Supreme Clientele always on repeat.
Podcasts: Modern Wisdom, The Tim Ferriss Show, Making Sense, Within Reason, The Rich Roll Podcast, and Duncan Trussell Family Hour.
What happens to design when AI gets good enough to do most of what designers, engineers, and product people do today.
I don’t think the outcome is as bleak as it sounds. I keep coming back to the Nokia era, when interaction design was wild and undefined because the surfaces were new.
As experiences push to the edges, EEG devices, ingestibles, wearables that don’t just read but write to the body, we may see something similar again. Different technology, same creative energy.
Finding the right team, the right company, and the right mission. Something worth building with people worth building it with.