Fred's posts
Is it just me, or is AI already getting worse? For a while it felt like it was improving rapidly, but lately it seems to trip over itself as it overcomplicates things and tries to go about simple tasks in a roundabout way.
Interactive Resume
I created an interactive resume. It's a choose-your-own-adventure wizard where you can learn more about me. Here's the story of how it came to be. A few weeks back, I started to create an interactive resume. The first version was a sidescrolling game. The idea…
A successfully abandoned project
This weekend I spent some time on a project that I'm now abandoning. You might be surprised to hear (read) that I still consider this a success and a long term win. Here's what happened. I wanted to create an easy and fun to digest…
30 years later, still a favorite.
Playing around with Claude Design and realizing it very much behaves like an intern. I can get draft-level output from it, but need to hold its hand. There's lots of editing and re-prompting that needs to happen, but it's definitely faster than an actual human. My 2 main concerns are: how much work would it be for a developer to take this from prototype to production-ready? And, would it ever contribute cool, valuable, or surprising ideas like a good intern would?
MVPs. The good, the bad, and the ugly.
Some digital product design deliverables get a bad rap. Often the criticism is valid though. Take personas for example. They're often biased, disconnected from reality, not well-researched, just UX theater, etc. But, when done — and used — right, personas can be a valuable tool*.
UK - US Jazz Dataviz
My brother-in-law and I are always sharing music recommendations and we both love jazz. A few years ago, I created a print for him. The print features a data visualization to show connections and collaborations between a bunch of musicians. I — somewhat randomly —…