UX Lift links roundup – the best UX and design news and resources from the last few weeks

Articles

The hardest working font in Manhattan – Wonderfully written and produced article about an often overlooked font. And now I really want a Linex machine.

Human gunk and the AI slopocalypse – Is AI slop a problem when the Internet is already clogged with human-made gunk? How can we combat it?

Modern-day oracles or bullshit machines – Excellent essay? Course? Not sure what it is exactly, but a very good treatise on how to survive in an age of intelligent machines.

The real reasons bad design happens – Essential list for all designers.

The paradox of UX personalisation – The more personalised an experience is, the less the user is exposed to new things.

The secret to innovative UX: look beyond the digital world – Take inspiration from everywhere, not just other websites.

UX is dead, long live UX – Shifting from a product-centric view to one that encompasses the user’s entire experience.

Cool tools

Framous – Simple app to quickly add device frames to screenshots or images.

MagicQuill – AI image editing has come a long way very quickly.

TabBoo – Add random jump-scares to sites you’re trying to avoid.

Cool stuff

Long emoji maker – Highly necessary.

@tvwishes – Severe 90’s nostalgia.

Flip a real coin – Click the image to flip an actual coin (except at night when it’s turned off because it’s annoying).