I am always into people recreating operating systems for their personal sites. This is a good one: mitchivin.com

Today is my 6 year anniversary at Webflow... How did this happen?

All I want is an external Touch ID not connected to an Apple keyboard so I can clamshell my laptop.

NEW RECORD! I logged into Quickbooks and got hit with not one, not two, not three, but FOUR modals at once!

This is such a great post: “What made those projects glamorous and desirable was her and how she approached the work… The projects weren’t good. They were made good.” capwatkins.com/blog/make-th...

A new post from yours truly. ✍️ AI prototyping pitfalls for product designers I have been thinking a lot about designers hesitant to embrace AI, along with AI creating new traps for enthusiastic designers. www.imkylelambert.com/articles/ai-...

I love playing blocks with my 3-year-old 🟩🟦🟨🟥

My favorite post in a while:

Something I have been chatting with for a little while now with a lot of my teammates. A great essay from Maggie Appleton: A Treatise on AI Chatbots Undermining the Enlightenment maggieappleton.com/ai-enlighten...

Solo camping trip. I can’t remember the last time I got time away just by myself. Camp fire (no fire ban), hike, and lots of reading!

I heard a term today that resonated: “Faux productivity” Even with all the technological leaps most software leaves us in this state.

We all have our own paths to walk, but if you’re a designer unwilling to invest in new skills and technology, here is my advice: Research graphic design’s transition to computers in the 80’s. Or prints transition to digital being prominent. These shifts leave folks behind.

Sometimes AI just shows up. My 3 year old son’s current obsessions include cherry picker trucks and ballerinas. So I prompted ChatGPT to generate a coloring sheet. He’s going to flip when he sees it.

I read a ton of fantasy. I decided to give writing it a go over my vacation. Who knows where this will go? A short story, a book, a forgotten file on my Drive… No matter what it’s been a fun practice. Here’s the start of something I’m working on.

My mother-in-law repaired a railing post at the lake house years ago. It kills me every time I see it.

Back to work. Turns out I like PTO better.

Product Design is cool and all but sometimes I dream about not spending my days behind a computer

👀👀👀👀 Yikes www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/how-tech-w...

Stay at a job because you like your coworkers, you enjoy the work, you are growing. Don’t stay at a job because “you feel loyal.” Executives and Boards won’t hesitate to eliminate your role if they see an upside to their bottom line.

I just want Figma to be fast again.

I have been trying to find meaningful ways to curb my phone usage, and implemented an impactful change: 1. Moved almost all Apps off my home screen by only utilizing one page 2. Hid my iOS toolbar with a visual hack: www.digitalminimalist.com/blog/how-to-... 3. Removed the search bar

Back from my social media break. My team shipped something our developers are going to love. webflow.com/updates/site...

90s kid peak performance

Recruiter: We’re on a mission to revolutionize… Chat GPT can you interpret this for me? “Sure, Acme Corp builds enterprise software tools”

Took my kid to Monster Jam.

I want messaging apps to have a better experience when you miss a bunch of messages. scenario: your friends group chat blows up, you see 65 notifications 👀 half of these are Apple reactions. Then you are thrown into a giant thread vs any kinda of focused what did you missed experience.

You know you’re working at a growing company when someone new starts with a job title so confusing you can't even guess what they actually do.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Love this piece about our friend’s kid Lewis. Rachel and Luke are the best parents and Lewis is an absolute legend ❤️ we are still so pumped his tump is gone 🥹 www.theatlantic.com/sponsored/st...

My 3-year-old made this. I’m obsessed. Maybe it’s because it captures how I feel.

My wife took our son to a play date. I’m alone in my house which is very rare. My wife asked me what I was going to do. Taxes 🫠

Such a thoughtful piece. ‘What could be more colonizing than leap-frogging an individual’s power to create, making “creative tools” depend on databases of predigested thoughts and images?’ www.nataliailyin.net/blog/2025/2/...

With all the AI hype we are inundated with I believe it’s wise to read skeptics views. It helps us raise healthy questions, this piece raises a lot of questions that many are sweeping under the rug. www.wheresyoured.at/longcon/

I didn’t realize Dreamweaver was still around until I saw a post on Hacker News www.adobe.com/products/dre...

trillion dollar industry that will revolutionize everything

it has to be a part of a product strategy… but it’s really annoying substack doesn’t have an API so that you can visually integrate a substack email form on a site.

how are you all storing photos? I wish I could simply send all photos to iCloud automatically and delete off my phone but that’s not how iCloud works 🙃

A new little practice I started to try and ‘slow down’—folding toilet paper whenever I’m in our bathroom. My wife is a big fan.

Obsessed! If you love design, type, & history read this. “You’re not supposed to fall in love with an ugly font.” “And I think I love Gorton because over the years I grew a little tired of the ultra flat displays rendering miniature pixels with immaculate precision.” aresluna.org/the-hardest-...

I think I might be one of those people who’s body naturally wakes up before 6am now 🫠

work travel as a parent hits different

People who start things start with often start with nothing. A blog/newsletter starts with no posts or readers, a product with no orders or customers. It’s all about execution and follow through. Start something.

I just want to make rad things.

Why do breakfast spots in Portland not open until 9am? 🫠

this haptic display absolutely rocks. basketball is for everyone.

Paper Apps gladdendesign.com/collections/...

Now this is interesting usetapestry.com a timeline app

Control There is an idea in my bubble that running your own website is A Very Good Idea. I subscribe to the idea that running your own website is A Very Good Idea and will continue to help that along in my career. But there is a heaping helping of It Depends involved here. Perhaps the biggest…

✍️ A new post from yours truly: Extending the cursor. How products and games have innovated on the cursor. www.imkylelambert.com/articles/ext...

getting wrecked by a fever but still having to care for a tiny human

A big part of a designers job is sifting through opinions to find gold.