Hurry up and slow down
First Thing Monday, edition #127
Hey humans. I’m back here in Australia for a quick visit. And as I find myself wide awake at 3:30am, why not dust off the old typewriter, and get back into writing this newsletter?
Last week I wrote a post about Designing at warp speed - A long overdue recap of this year’s Figma Design conference, Config, and a reflection on the pace of change product design in 2025.
And here’s a few things that I’ve read, listened to or otherwise consumed recently …
A great interview with Emmet Connolly, Design VP at Intercom - Transitioning into the next era of design.
The World's Most Satisfying Checkbox - and the art of designing for feel in product design.
I enjoyed this piece on the importance of personal projects, something that I’m trying to dedicate more time to these days.
The Otherworldly ‘Choir’ of Singing Beechwood Dolls - such a quirky product by Teenage Engineering, i want!
A Wired magazine writeup about Goose, the AI Agent that has changed the way we work at Block. (And it’s open source).
Every time try a new digital product with a monochrome logo, I think about this piece - Why Is the World Losing Color?
A practical piece on How To Build A Product Roadmap Everyone Understands.
The Death of Product Development as We Know it - some great nuggets about the future of product from Julie Zhuo.
We should do this more often.
Ben
He’s back!