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Open the pod bay doors please, HAL
On being polite to AI
May 21
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Little gems that brought me joy in 2024
A wonderfully incomplete list of video, audio, words, ideas and tech
Jan 1
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Home as a heuristic
Good design starts here.
Jul 30, 2024
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Michael McWatters
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Stepping on the cat
Jan 2, 2024
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Michael McWatters
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Little gems that brought me joy in 2024
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Of Mice and Graphics Tablets
Dec 22, 2023
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Michael McWatters
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Home as a heuristic
Jul 30, 2024
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Skeptical designers are good designers
Jun 19, 2024
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Michael McWatters
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Sometimes you have to hide the body
May 9, 2023
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Michael McWatters
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Skeptical designers are good designers
Note: This essay was originally published in UX Collective on September 3, 2019.
Jun 19, 2024
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Michael McWatters
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I don’t know anyone using InVision Studio, and that’s too bad
What happens when hype exceeds expectations, and other lessons from a missed product opportunity
Jan 11, 2024
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Michael McWatters
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I don’t know anyone using InVision Studio, and that’s too bad
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Stepping on the cat
The first 60 minutes of January 2 told me all I need to know about the year ahead
Jan 2, 2024
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Michael McWatters
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Of Mice and Graphics Tablets
A personal odyssey of frustration, hope, and the unquenched desire for a better peripheral
Dec 22, 2023
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Michael McWatters
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The most valuable MVP
The one that can’t be designed, built, or shipped
Aug 22, 2023
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Michael McWatters
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No MoonPies for gatekeepers
I was three bites into a MoonPie when I came across an essay about UX Gatekeepers. Despite the crumbs, I like MoonPies; gatekeepers, not so much. In…
Jul 5, 2023
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Michael McWatters
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All work is personal
A lesson from 9/11
Jun 20, 2023
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Michael McWatters
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The one true way to design
On strongly held convictions, loosely held
May 23, 2023
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Michael McWatters
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🧠 Friday Design Thoughts
A weekly Slack ritual
May 14, 2023
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Michael McWatters
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