UX links roundup – the best articles, tools and resources from the last few weeks

Articles

The state of mobile user experience – Good roundup from Nielsen Norman Group on the past and present of mobile UX.

The expanding dark forest and generative AI – How to be human in a world of generative artificial intelligence.

Draw SVG rope using JavaScript – Fun with SVGs. Worth reading as it’s a beautifully produced article.

Catching up with Erik Spiekermann – Interview with the typography legend. Plus download a free PDF of his classic ‘Stop Stealing Sheep’ book.

Reading Design – An archive of critical writing on design from the last 200 years.

Personas are living documents: design them to evolve – Personas aren’t design artefacts, instead they’re a snapshot of current understanding.

Cool tools

Noise and Texture – Figma plugin to seamlessly generate seamless noise, textures, patterns, gradients and more.

Mochi Diffusion – Run Stable Diffusion locally on your Mac. Much faster than other apps, this can generate images in seconds even on a MacBook Air.

MeetingBar – Put a list of your upcoming meetings in your menu bar. One of my favourite apps.

Cool stuff

LOL verifier – A device that only lets you type LOL if you’ve actually laughed out loud.

Songtell – Find the meaning of any song as interpreted by AI.

Shift Happens – Stunning-looking upcoming book on the history of keyboards.