Group Messaging's Balancing Act
Navigating design tradeoffs in small group social mediums
Nick Punt
Ideas to elevate humanity, and a few other things
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Learning Product Design
This is my attempt to document some of the things product designers learn as they grow and gain experience. By product design I mean the work of creating products and features, which sits at the intersection of product management, design disciplines like UX / UI / graphic design / ID, and engineering. Each
Apple's Next HomePod Should Monitor Indoor Air Quality
Why Apple Should Reposition HomePod from Luxury to Home Health
Designing a better memberships platform
Supporting creators with Patreon-like memberships makes us think too much and doesn't scale
De-Escalating Social Media
Designing humility and forgiveness into social media products
Spaces
A new way to organize our digital experience
When to Add Hierarchy
Thoughts on refactoring a product's information architecture
Unbundling Apps
The medium of the 'App' shouldn't be the only way we solve problems on mobile devices
Explorations in Tactile Experiences
Attempts to reach out and touch the sky
Category-Defining Products
Identifying the ingredients of success and failure in blockbuster products
How did you make that?
A personal post summarizing how I create product and what motivates me
Roblox v Minecraft
Creative hustle vs creative exploration in two extremely popular sandbox games
Speaking Product
How to communicate effectively in cross-functional product meetings
The Beauty of MacOS System Preferences
A peek under the hood of MacOS reveals great attention to detail
Minecraft Earth should be the first AR Killer App
And Microsoft should build a cheap AR headset just for it