Notes
Notes on design, language, digital products, and the work that brings them together.
Dread It, Run From It, Content Design Arrives All the Same.Most companies never do content design at all. When they finally do, it usually starts as a damage assessment — someone reviewing what a developer already built.
Proving Email is the Best Deal on Black FridayMost brands treat BFCM email the same way they treat paid ads: blast the list, crank up the frequency, and hope volume converts. It rarely does. The brands that extract real revenue from email during BFCM treat every send as a separate tool with a separate job – and they know when to stop sending.
Is AI Coming for Our Jobs?For the vast majority of people, AI spells doom and despair. Many AI applications are already at a stage where they can perform repetitive and predictable tasks with ease while also being able to tackle more complex tasks with a bit of human intervention.
Transparency in Product DesignThis might seem a little harsh but unfortunately, overpromising capabilities and including questionable “features” has become a common theme in product design. With every other product claiming to revolutionize our lives, it's easy to become cynical and skeptical about what's really possible.
MVP Without Code: 5 Ways to Create an MVP Without Any Technical KnowledgeYou've probably heard the term MVP thrown around a lot and it sure sounds important but what exactly is it?
Blockchain: Next Generation of the InternetIn October of 2008, a white paper entitled "Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System" was published by a person or a group under the name of Satoshi Nakamoto. Little did we know that that white paper described a system that would go on to become the backbone of some of the most disrupting tech since the Internet itself.
Financialization of the Housing MarketIn recent years the number of developing countries has increased significantly and with that, the global population. Housing and real estate have traditionally been seen as a place to live but that is fast changing with the financialization of housing.
How Apple is Changing the Tech World For The WorseLook, I am not hating on Apple but it's one of the biggest tech companies in the world and what it does, usually ends up becoming the industry standard.
The Future of Self-Driving CarsSelf-driving cars have always been surrounded by controversy and debate. People have been fascinated with the idea of not having to drive themselves from or to work but at the same time, they are not quite comfortable with the idea of giving up control of a two-ton death machine moving at speeds of up to 100 mph. However, things are starting to change as autonomous technology develops at a rapid pace.
The War on Drugs and Why it FailedThe debate over how governments and authorities around the world are combating drug abuse has escalated quite a bit. Policies of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte against drug abuse and his war on drugs made matters worse when he claimed over 12,000 lives in the Philippines. Declared by American President Richard M. Nixon in the 1970s, the War on Drugs was supposed to eradicate drug abuse and end all drug-related crimes, sadly, that's not what it did. The War on Drugs has failed to do what it needed to do and in the process, has destroyed millions of lives, both directly and indirectly.