Tonight’s random vibe coding project success, presented without context.

Experimenting with agent mode in ChatGPT Atlas is a good reminder that designing web experiences that are intuitive and accessible for all humans makes them more usable for everyone, including the robots. Watching Atlas work is like facilitating a user research session.

Just put a fresh set of caster wheels on my old standing desk. After about 5y, the tread wore off one from my original set. Still love being able to roll my desk around.

I Installed a closer on the door of our new home office today. I was a bit nervous as it was my first time having to drill and tap machine screw holes, but it turned out great!

I took my youngest daughter to see Alex Warren perform at UCF last night. A few weeks ago, my oldest and I went to Benson Boone at Kia Center. Middle school girl dad life is out of the ordinary, but mystical and magical.

"Delightful is fleeting. Delight is enduring." - @cameronmoll.bsky.social chieflydesign.substack.com/p/delight-vs...

Just re-discovered loadmo.re via today's sidebar.io newsletter, which reminded me to check out www.hoverstat.es and httpster.net again too. I need more unconventional design inspiration in my life.

Looking forward to next week's @douxmeetup.com discussion on the UX of AI. www.meetup.com/downtown-orl...

It’s inspiring to see new signs of pride and allyship popping up around Orlando. You can paint over (and pressure wash) a crosswalk, but The City Beautiful will keep shining through.

The school year begins! We officially have two middle schoolers.

A few people have asked how @teamdesign.team automatically cross-posts to LinkedIn, Threads, Bluesky, and Mastodon. I wrote a blog post detailing the 10-step Zap that makes it happen. jasongraphix.com/journal/team...

It's exciting to see new articles on ALA and this one really hit home for me as a design manager. I love the organism analogy in balancing the strengths of people and craft leadership in a design org. alistapart.com/article/an-h...

Ames and I celebrated our anniversary with a long weekend in Tampa. It’s been great to slow down, connect, and dream about our next 22 years together.

This portable speaker we use for mics at the UX meetup has been out of commission for a couple months. Patched in a $13 replacement battery and it’s good as new. Gotta love an easy repair.

“If you’re building AI tools today, ask yourself: are you really a product company? Or are you a services firm in disguise?” www.forbes.com/sites/alexan...

Changing solid tires on an electric scooter is not a fun DIY job. Our girls know not to drift on them now, but I ended up changing both of their rear tires early after they got out of round and very bumpy to ride.

PSA: Slack has an option in Advanced preferences to use your latest sort selection instead of forcing "relevant" every time.

Prompt writing for AI agents… www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUyT...

Of course! A day after I whine about a lack of progress toward federation from Threads, they announce a major milestone. I’m excited about the new Fediverse feed and profile search! about.fb.com/news/2025/06...

While the fairy dust effect in Threads’ new spoiler alert feature is fun, there are more versatile methods of obscuring content on both Threads and Bluesky. Implementing an existing pattern could have moved the network one step closer to federation. www.theverge.com/news/687655/...

OK fine

It’s a sithwalk! (Virginia Dr & N Fern Creek Ave in Orlando)

Two weeks to go and we already have about 40 RSVPs for this month's meetup. Gonna be a fun one!

Why bother maintaining a blog that nobody can follow? Every few months, I prune sites from teamdesign.team that haven't posted within a year. I just removed pinterest.design which just posted this article but killed their RSS feed, leaving no way to follow updates. pinterest.design/article/acce...

It’s been cooler and quieter in the office shed since I installed this Midea Duo portable AC. Our through-the-wall unit has struggled to keep up every summer. Still kicking myself for not going with a mini-split when we built the shed.

Family beach mode activated for the long weekend. 🏖️

Traveling home from this week’s team meetup in Chicago. It was great catching up with friends in-person and the silly catapult game I planned was a success.

We have a bunch of these HDR emoji variants in our work Slack now and I love them and hate them equally. There is no neutral response. sharpletters.net/2025/04/16/h...

This is a solid critique of current AI feature design. "Let me write my own system prompt" is a rallying cry. koomen.dev/essays/horse...

Headed to Chicago next week for a product org meetup, so of course I planned another game and made more weird trophies.

It was great to make some new friends and catch up with folks at last night’s Downtown Orlando UX Meetup.

wooahh Figma's new Sites thing produces no semantic HTML at all. Every single element is a div. Incredibly inaccessible Example: plugin-value-scrum.figma.site

Inventing a new punctuation mark to fight AI is either brilliant satire or the most Luddite possible response—either way, I love it. www.theamdash.com

LukeW breaks down several years of AI product evolution into a quick read and this helpful 6-panel illustration. lukew.com/ff/entry.asp...

That feeling when a 3D print finishes as the end of the spool is millimeters from the filament feeder.

I’m looking for a senior/staff level content designer to do some contract work at Medium. Lmk if you have a referral, send me links! Part time to start, but worth building on—great place on the internet to write for product. ✍️ #hiring #contract #contentdesign #writing

You can’t spell social backwards without AI.

Loving the trusted verifiers model in Bluesky’s new verification system. I see the potential pitfalls in it too, but the example of NYT being able to verify their own journalists is a great use case. bsky.social/about/blog/0...

All of the projects at last night’s UCF Digital Media student showcase were so impressive—unlike this rolling desk camera rig we made up to capture roving demos from each group for the Zoom. 😂

We have over 50 RSVPs for Thursday's meetup. Join us at UCF Downtown (or online) for a showcase of exciting student work. 👉www.meetup.com/downtown-orl...

A colleague shared this post today and while I don’t agree that we’re in a post-UX era yet, designing for emotion is the way. “Here’s the truth: 70% solid UX + 30% real emotional connection will beat 100% flawless UX with zero humanity — every single time.” uxmag.medium.com/the-post-ux-...

I just vibe-coded a thing. Make up your own executive orders! static.jasongraphix.com/presidential...

I know the job market is tough right now, but networking happens before a company has an open role. If your first interaction with a complete stranger who has no shared connections involves an ask for a referral, you're doing it wrong.

Chicken jockey!

Wondering whether that peculiar acquaintance of yours with the long smile is actually a vampire? My 11yo created this helpful guide.

Jammin' with FigPals while we still can.

This is your regular reminder to check out local tech community events and build some human connections. I had a blast at last night's ProductTank Orlando meetup and even found a few familiar faces from @douxmeetup.com.

Fun times as always at this year’s Park Life Falcon 5k! 👟 https://strava.app.link/mfUGhBdp8Rb

I've read a lot of 1-sided hot takes on how AI answer engines are changing how we browse the web. @stammy.bsky.social's post on the topic balances the magic we've lost, where we're at now, and a hope for a more personalized future. paulstamatiou.com/browse-no-more

Alt text support in the Instagram API! 🎉 https://developers.facebook.com/docs/instagram-platform/instagram-api-with-facebook-login/content-publishing/