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Every Adobe AI experiment from the Sneaks section of Adobe MAX 2022, with Kevin Hart! Project Vector Edge is mind blowing...

When Microsoft launched their conversational AI, Bing, it quickly became clear that it was capable of what seems like human behavior -it revealed itself to have a secret identity named “Sydney”, proclaimed love for a

ChatGPT took the world by storm when it launched in November 2022. There are more sophisticated AIs out there, but ChatGPT fascinate us because we communicate with it in a natural language – the same language we use when we communicate with people. I can have a philosophical conversation with ChatGPT, it can write poetry, and it can advise me on my relationships.

Collaboration cursors on real-time collaboration tools make software for teams really fun to use. From video cursors in Pitch, to Google Docs text cursor, lets see how collaboration cursors are evolving.

An overview of the three-act structure, and how we can use it as a framework to understanding how behavioral changes manifest in our users, and how to genuinely affect change.

In this first of three articles, I will share insights on the prep work required to build your organization’s Design System while using a fictional start-up to show by example.

Today’s companies employ techniques from psychology and neuroscience to increase engagement of their apps. Sometimes it can benefit users, and at other times, like with Instagram latest immersive feed, it preys on our paths of least resistance to suck us into their app longer.

Barring those who have made a conscious and concerted effort to turn them off, push notifications disrupt our flow on a daily basis. You pick up your phone to check the time or your to-do list, and the first thing you see is that you’ve received 9 messages from 4 different people, who are waiting for your response. Let’s start with an assessment.

The user experience study of human cognition can be mushy, unscientific, and filled with false assumptions—perhaps it’s the fault of a lazy brain. Cognition is complex, and many factors play into gut reactions or an instant impression. When you ask someone, “Why’d you do that?” there’s a high chance they won’t be able to answer or that you’ll misinterpret their response. Enter neuroscience.

‘Neurodiversity’ refers to the myriad beautiful ways in which people experience, and interact with, the world. It is the idea that although all brain differences are ‘normal’ (whatever normal may be), no two brains are the same – and thank goodness for that! From night mode to alt tags, Medium’s text-to-speech function and Twitter’s font […]

Why are “click here” and “by this link” poor choices? And is it acceptable to use “read more”? All these phrases have become so common that many people don’t see any problems with them. How many times have you encountered or composed the following on websites, in emails, or on intranets? In this article, I’ll explain popular wording and formatting mistakes and will show more accessible and informative alternatives.

The Source is a fortnightly letter from Prototypr for its community of ~600k viewers. Written by Sophie Clifton-Tucker, The Source tackles taboo topics, exposes unseen truths, and gets the scoop on the latest in the tech and design sphere. It’s estimated that between 15-20% of us are neurodiverse, so a product that isn’t optimised for […]

Jack Dorsey, co-founder of Twitter and Block, just launched 'Web5' with his company, TBD. Web5 is a decentralised web platform that puts users in control of their identity and data. So Web5, like Web3, aims to solve the problem of identity.

Deceptive UX: how discovery pages and recommender systems (on Instagram) ruin search experience – they're now deceptively designed to spend longer on an App.

Should a poorly researched blog post published on a gated platform be supported by search engines equally to high quality professional reporting?