Can anybody shed some light on why Figma defaults to a specific folder on my hard drive when picking a new Fill image? For some reason it always defaults to a folder I never use.

Not sure, but I think Google might want me to use Gemini.

AI isn’t just reshaping productivity and threatening to kill jobs. It’s also creating a new gender gap — Fast Company 8 ways the technology is transforming business culture For nearly four years now, the conversation about generative AI has revolved almost exclusively around productivity, threatened jobs, automatable...

From this article, which is definitely worth the read apple.news/A5Wx-rTO8REO...

Women, in your use of AI have you noticed a digital “Matilda effect”?… When you use AI, people assume it did the thinking. When a man uses it, he’s credited with the strategic intelligence to deploy it well. What say you?

Millennial here. I can spot AI images without even trying. They're always overly smooth with too much tonal contrast. Same for video.

If we're living in a simulation, I'd like a word with engineering.

Ads in ChatGPT... search is becoming AI and AI is becoming search.

"Any plan you come up with today will mean nothing when the future arrives. You will decide then, in the future, what to do." I'm not sure who said the originally, but it makes a lot of sense. #quote

I'm glad to be on the right side of that figure!

I see what you did there.

For anyone navigating the complexities of modern design-to-dev workflows, read this. It’s one of the most accessible guides I’ve seen on the subject. Essential reading for every designer right now. www.linkedin.com/posts/hugojs...

I'm in the 10 digit club. Interesting how some random facts stay with you.

Yesterday I found myself thinking about a client I worked with over a decade ago. We haven’t spoken since.

Today, for no particular reason, I checked my spam folder.

There was an urgent message sitting there.

Sent yesterday.

From them.

What do you call that? 🤯

I got pretty dang close! dialed.gg

Gears of War, back in the day. ⚙️🩸

As someone who has built many a side project, the biggest advice I could offer (as you mentioned) is keeping them small. Try to understand how long you usually stay engaged and aim for a project you can complete in that window. 2-4 weeks works well for me. By the time you get tired, it's done!

Celebrating 15 years of freelancing full-time this month. Somehow I’m still here. Congrats to me! 🥳

👐🏾 incredible.

When you post photos daily are they from your historical portfolio of work, or are you out there hitting the streets every day?

I gave Gemini a complex homepage layout and it returned a functional build as good as what we used to expect after tossing design files over the wall back in the day. SMH.

I swore that was Crash Bandicoot at first glance.

Your website inspo for the week www.shopify.com/editions/win... #ux #ui

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Corded mouse, in 2026?

A morning thought about the industry. #productdesign #ux #ui

🤣 This is akin to interface buttons without labels... "slide" would do the trick.

Digital surveys may have hit the AI point of no return A new study shows bots can be indistinguishable from humans in survey responses.

Most interesting read this week so far... Chatbot created, Chatbot answered, and “AI” interpreted survey responses are becoming a thing. www.fastcompany.com/91467125/dig...

The Mac Arthur Bridge crossing the Detroit River

See a bridge, post a bridge. #blueskyartshow #photography #detroit

If you’re a hybrid who builds what they design, bookmark this job site. It’s (unsurprisingly) a beautiful experience too: designengineer.io #job #career

Obligatory New Year’s post, 🎉. Proceed accordingly.

The Absolute Best Of The Worst Of HR | #Utopia YouTube video by Working Dog Productions

They have absolutely nailed the tone and vocabulary that we hear so much of in office politics. www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_tJ...