Linear roadmaps are misleading without a crystal ball for seeing the future. A roadmap that recognizes the existence of risk as time goes on is more honest. But an effective PM needs to anticipate possible branches, too - and create clear criteria for following each path.

Introducing 👉 Handoff Helpers A free component library giving product designers the tools to become better communicators figma.academy/handoff-helpers

FYI Mars rover Perseverance, which will carry a mini helicopter that will be the first to fly on Mars, will be landing on February 18th. There’ll be a live stream you can watch here: mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/timel…

A full year in the making… I will not use any more boring apps. I will not use any more boring apps. I will not use any more boring apps. I will not use any more boring apps. andy.works

Live stream of NASA Mars Perseverance Rover landing tonight has started. Landing is due in about an hour at 8.55pm. mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/timel…

Being a good designer doesn’t mean having all the best ideas. It means fostering environments where ideas are embraced from anywhere.

Why have you chosen to mix podcasts and music Spotify Design? They’re different media with different formats, habits and uses. Podcasts are episodic and sequential, music is habitual and static.

Obsessed with vadim epstein's CLIP+FFT, which uses CLIP, an internet-trained image-judging AI, to steer a deep dream-like image generator. It'll do what you ask, but it will do it excessively. "Frodo Baggins delivering pizza through the mines of Moria" janellecshane.substack.com/p/lucid-deep-d…

To all my fine feathered designer friends!🪶 Want to work with me at Spotify? I'm looking for a senior product designer to partner directly w/ on Podcast Monetization🤑 At first blush the $$ space might seem off-putting, but hang around and I'll tell you why it's exciting...

Joining the dots of history, it’s easy to be enthralled into a sense of inevitability. Hindsight plots an enchanting path of progress - each act leading to the next. But nothing is inevitable. Progress is a bridge built brick by brick without knowing you’ll reach the other side.

I used to believe that my job as a designer was optimizing for ease of use. That was myopic. It can lead to dire consequences.

Space is more than just a feast for the eyes. It’s a feast for the ears. You just have to know where -- and when -- to look. Proudly presenting THE SOUNDS OF SPACE: a sonic adventure to other worlds. youtube.com/watch?v=OeYnV9… A collaboration with @20korg #soundsofspace

Possibly the most valuable thing Tim O’Reilly captures in this talk about the future is the idea of how language shapes what we hold to be possible. He says the language we use is our map of the world around us and, like maps, our language can be wrong. pca.st/episode/0609db…

#NFTs can benefit artists by persisting elements of ownership after the sale of their work—taking a cut from secondary sales. Could the same apply to work? E.g. as a developer, what if you could continue to benefit from your code’s use—even after leaving a company? #FutureOfWork

I “jailbroke” a Google Nest Mini so that you can run your own LLM’s, agents and voice models. Here’s a demo using it to manage all my messages (with help from Beeper) 🔊 on, and wait for surprise guest! I thought hard about how to best tackle this and why, see 🧵

Really fun talk on procedural world generation from Henrik Kniberg youtu.be/ob3VwY4JyzE?si…

Shout out to all the developers who’ve joined us design folks at #UXBrighton. You play a huge roll in shaping experiences. Thanks for your passion interest.