Kent de Bruin
Personal website and blog
Latest posts
Algorithmic Modernism
How algorithms generate a default taste that feels personal but looks the same everywhere
How I use Obsidian with Claude Code
Thinking alongside an AI that lives inside my notes
Great Tools Disappear
The best designed products get out of the way and let you focus on the work instead of the tool
It Must *Be* Good
The need for companies to do the right thing
The Desktop Metaphor
The implications of the desktop metaphor on digital interfaces
Quasimode for Text Selection
A short design exploration of how stacked cards could work within iA writer
Software is Polluting the World
Sustainable UX: A design approach to reducing carbon emissions
Uber Money, Uber Everything?
A critical review of Uber's move into payments
Driverless Pizzas
How self-driving vehicles and algorithms will change cities