Writing on design, side quests, and keeping this human in the loop.
A personal weblog in 2026 is both shouting at clouds, and a statement of intent. This site is to catalogue my interest in research, interaction design, and personal thought bubbles that need to get popped somewhere or other.
Names are a design decision
Naming tends to happen late. By the time a product, service, or programme gets to the point of needing a name, there are usually a dozen more pressing things on the critical path. Naming gets squeezed into a meeting that’s...
AI and sustainability
I picked up a few threads from a conversation in December 2023, where Naveen Balani, Chris McClean and others were talking about where ‘green’ AI could be headed. I noted...
A line in the sand
How do we, as UX researchers, feel about the irony unfolding in our discipline currently? As AI platform CEOs and proselytisers promise a revolution in how companies engage with their...
What even is user research
This an ancient x-post from Medium. Still up for knowing if you think this is a useful way of encapsulating things.
Notes on the Atlas of AI
I enjoyed reading Kate Crawford’s Atlas of AI: Power, Politics, and the Planetary Costs of Artificial Intelligence last year.
Plotting the family
This is an attempt to run a script on my site that shows the relative heights of all the younger members of my family. I’m hoping that as few people...
Notes on AI from 2023
Here are a few brief quotes and thoughts from the past year or so that feel a bit useful.