Movie Buzz Beta is now live! Starting with a small batch of 50 testers. Still early days so a lot of rough edges but the core algorithm of the app is up and running. As you can see it’s a truly global app, that adapts to your preferences. testflight.apple.com/join/yKTaTtpT

Had the opportunity to talk to the App Store about how I make LookUp's Word of the Day illustrations, my philosophy behind LookUp and the thoughtful use of AI. apps.apple.com/us/mac/story...

It was fun making this retro TV. Had a lot of fun making the TV static from shaders.

How Apple could keep the bottom search bar in iOS 26.4 without disturbing the flat navigation hierarchy. This also solves the problem of multiple tabs having their own search bar (which right now go on top of the screen)

This week we featured: Kavsoft - undo/redo state management in SwiftUI @viditb.bsky.social - designing for emerging tech in 2026 Kyle Browning - dependency injection without boilerplate Omar Elsayed - AI as a teaching collaboration tool

Some macOS icon design that I indulged in a few years ago.

When someone makes an AI friend app or a life recording locket or AR Glasses with a video capture camera; I wonder if the designers considered the impact of any unintended consequences of their products . Wrote about designing emerging tech here: blog.viditb.com/designing-em...

My trilogy of Design Frameworks for designing in emerging technologies. You can peruse or download all of them here: blog.viditb.com/frameworks-f...

Seems relevant to what I just wrote about emerging technologies design: blog.viditb.com/designing-em...

Want to read more about emerging technologies design without reading about AI? I’ve spent the last year, summarising, visualising and writing this post on what it means to design emerging tech. blog.viditb.com/designing-em...

This is such a great page. Also just realized I have been using Wikipedia since day 1. wikipedia25.org/en/?utm_camp...

Bringing back two forgotten devices to life. The Lightning Dock and the MagSafe adapter combine to make a slick charging stand.

Consistency is sucking the soul out of app icon design. We're truly in the Bauhaus era of app iconography (in a bad way) blog.viditb.com/the-assembly...

These aren’t examples of great emerging technology design. They’re simply well made hardware interaction design projects. Thinking that only this is emerging tech is the first misstep in making products that don’t succeed.

Why does coffee special in SF cafés mean that it’s a sugar syrup masquerading as coffee. 😖

Giving Storygraph a try. Anyone else there?

You might be thinking, "CPSC, does a dry Christmas tree really burn that much faster than a well-watered tree?" Friend, let's find out together by watching this PSA.

So far very very impressed with iPhone Air’s camera.

Been a week since I launched Shiuli, flattered by all the praise it’s been getting so far! 🙂

Indie App of the Week: Shiuli by @viditb.bsky.social Generates meaningful alt text for images through an intuitive interface with Shortcuts and Visual Intelligence support, making web content more accessible. bsky.app/profile/crea...

Shiuli by @viditb.bsky.social , issue #86. Discover more, subscribe! createwithswift.com/subscribe/

There are times my iPad surprises me with wallpapers of images even I don’t remember clicking.

Shiuli is out now on the App Store! Shiuli makes it easy to make any image accessible, through alt-text which can be accessed from any where. It’s the first alt text editor that also works with Visual Intelligence and Apple Shortcuts! apps.apple.com/in/app/shiul...

Note to self: Never work on a milestone based contract.

Happy Halloween! Drew a new custom icon that matches the spooky vibes for today. (and, changes to bloodied fangs in Dark Mode) :P apps.apple.com/in/app/looku...

This summer I did something different for LookUp’s major update. I broke it down into making multiple fake apps i.e. small prototypes that did just one specific thing while scaffolding everything else through rudimentary screenshots. blog.viditb.com/fake-apps-ho...

Blending Apple's design philosophy with my own understanding of the software design. LookUp's design process was intense, but rewarding. blog.viditb.com/what-is-look...

So excited to see LookUp featured in so many places today!! :)

LookUp 12 is out now! It’s a massive update with three tentpole features. 1. A completely new design 2. Learning Modes that help people build vocabulary through examples & conversations 3. Origin Maps that help traverse a word’s history. App Store: apps.apple.com/in/app/looku...

Made some fun, interactive loading states in LookUp. They feel like they’re gliding atop of liquid glass. With AI sometimes the speed of output can be slower than traditional API calls and no one likes to keep waiting, but if one must, might as well have some fun with it! 🙃

Update Approved!! For 10th year in a row, LookUp is going to be ready for the new iOS release on day 1. 🙂

UI that you’ll want to lick. Been working on this redesign for LookUp for sometime now. Releasing soon.

A glimpse of one of the biggest redesigns that LookUp has gone through in the recent past. LookUp 12 is launching this September with iOS 26. Public beta here: testflight.apple.com/join/P8t1v62U

Search is so much more faster with LookUp 12. Redesigns aren’t just about visual veneer, they should make the product better in meaningful ways.

Pizzas from Last weekend.

LookUp 12 is the fourth major redesign of LookUp and it’s launching with iOS 26! Try out the Beta here: testflight.apple.com/join/P8t1v62U

Alan Kay is speaking at the Notion conference. This will be exciting!! 💯 makewithnotion.com/speakers/ala...

Received a conference acceptance a few days ago. Then an another email, saying that they erroneously sent me an acceptance email, and it was actually a rejection. Such is the state of my rejections of late. 🥲

The idea of having complete context on a person is a myth—context is vast, dynamic, and often intangible. No AI can capture it Bad Contextual Computing UX isn’t from a lack of context, but from a lack of shared understanding of it. Wrote about it here: blog.viditb.com/the-paradox-...

In the last 8 months, job hunt has been stressful yes, but it's the feeling of "no matter what I do, no matter how hard I try, it's just not enough" that's stuck with me and it's soul crushing.

I started researching on context about a year ago, and have wanted to write this post for that long. I think I finally have something meaningful to say. Just finished this ~2000 word post that also has a lot of visuals. Hoping to post it next week.🤞

I hear Apple's open to Mergers and Acquisitions for AI. Maybe they would also be open to hiring prototypers who've designed AI experiences? 🙃

Finally stopped procrastinating on this wrote a new blog post. This time I talk about how AI is best when it stops taking the center-stage: blog.viditb.com/beyond-spark...

Boo!!

Throwback to when I wrote a mini research zine on designing pizza ovens, for my class in Berkeley.

Had friends over for Pizza the other day, made an eclectic bunch, and then made some Naan for dinner from the left over dough. 🙃

@jessiechar.com Hey Jessie! I’m curious if there’s a way to find old Layers Conference talks? I was trying to reference a 2018 talk from Figma people, and finding it difficult to watch it online.

I once got a rejection email that went something like this: "Very cool that you met Tim!... However, we've chosen to move ahead with other candidates." 🙃

My Uber driver has Beethoven's symphony playing in the car. Impeccable taste I must say.

What makes a great pizza? virtuosovidit.blogspot.com/20... Disclaimer: This isn't a recipe (I'm still working on it)