Thanks, Tim! Curious to see if we’ll see more of an emphasis on new Apple hardware now with John Ternus at the helm.

Beautiful day for the LA Festival of Books.

Intention Over Automation New tools, new questions, and work that still requires a human touch

I’m never on time with getting my newsletter out when I want, but it’s out. 🙃

newsletter.thecivicdesigner.org/p/intention-...

I started playing around with it today. There’s some very basic tweak controls that I was actually surprised by. They’re not great, but if this is 1.0, 3.0 is going to be wild.

Here here

Yeah there’s no scenario where an org has all their design problems figured out, and these tools isn’t going to give them that. But sadly we might now be design “operators.” Just optimizing and maintaining our design agents. 🫤

How we feeling design fam?

The AI Library Essential Reading · 2021–2025

If you’re feeling overwhelmed by the world of AI and trying to understand it all, check out these books. They have given me a deep grasp of the technology and the people who are rapidly transforming the world (hopefully for the better).

rvidaure.github.io/ai-library/

I’m new to best practices on testing products—when should I use something like Vercel as opposed to using GitHub pages?

Now would be a good time to get off Substack.

I’m looking into buying a 3D printer, what’s a good one for making everyday items and cases and hubs for electronics?

My everyday tech stack. What’s everyone using these days?

Artemis II Lunar Flyby - NASA The first flyby images of the Moon captured by NASA’s Artemis II astronauts during their historic test flight reveal regions no human has ever seen before—including a rare in-space solar eclipse. Rele...

It’s like it’s not even real 🤯

www.nasa.gov/gallery/luna...

Los Angeles Design & Development Meetup No.16 · Luma It's time for our next quarterly meetup! Join us at All Season Brewing in Mid-City. RSVP today. 21+ event. We can't wait to see you there. 👩🏽‍💻 What is Los…

Calling all SoCal design & dev heads!

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New Earth photo looks good on the iPad too. 🌎

Designing Where We Belong Los Angeles, Toronto, and a global design community all wrestling with the same challenge: making a place feel like itself

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New wallpaper. I’ve dropped it below.

Only because China wants to do it too.

Such great insights, a great watch. 💡

A guy just came up to me asking if I wanna buy some source code. We’re living in strange times you guys.

Me too. But just got the inside scoop that they’re announcing a Swift vibe coding platform.

Slick #WWDC animation. Are we getting illuminated Apple logo Macs again? 🤔

My morning oatmeal took a turn.

Project Hail Mary is a masterpiece. Go see on the big screen as many times as you can.

I have, and I can assure designers aren’t dead. Yet.

Look Closer Data, Decisions, and the Practice of Designing for People

The more we understand about the world we’re designing for, the better equipped we are to make decisions that actually serve people.

newsletter.thecivicdesigner.org/p/look-closer

Designers, does this actually get you excited or are you just tired of AI tools claiming to make things better and faster?

To Address Farm Labor Shortage, Trump Administration Turns to Migrant Workers

You can't make this up. (gift article) www.nytimes.com/2026/03/15/u...

Say More With Less Buttons, Bold Color, and a Free Rebrand that Went to Australia

The medium doesn't have to be sophisticated. The idea does.