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AI interfaces need calm beyond chat slash input
You can’t sneeze right now for another AI chatbot or natural language interface, where you type or talk at the click of a button. Seeing as it’s hay fever season, there is a lot of sneezing going on. However, the interfaces we are experiencing today and creating won’t be relevant even in the next few…
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Catching the messy vibe
I am not perfect; I don’t create perfectly and beautifully because I am human. We often create messes. We form the idea and refine it, going back and forth to craft it. My process of creation, which I have grown to accept, can be quite experimental, frenzied, and not necessarily something to observe until the…
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Why an AI team matters for WordPress
Today, the WordPress AI team was announced, coinciding with the 22nd birthday of WordPress. We’ve come a long way, and now we need to start thinking about how to approach the future. I am delighted to see this team formed for the simple reason we need this team to help us chart what lies ahead.…
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The WordPress design system exists and needs nurturing
It’s hard to miss something small if you walk past it or don’t look. The shoot of green in the ice thick grass as the first melt of the season occurs, perhaps, the drop of water might have fallen on the desert where the rain hasn’t fallen for so long. Back what seems so long…
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The need for standardisation
It\’s almost adorable the way we accept in most of our theme processes in WordPress the lack of standardisation. However, it has to stop for business, productivity and sheer sensibility. Standardising doesn’t mean removing creativity; in fact, lack of it often does. Which means the need for it is even more urgent. What do I…
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Patience and the art of design tools
I want all the design tools now. There I said it! I want everything today on all the blocks right now. However, I know it’s a process and whilst that knowledge makes me feel and act like a grumpy toddler, the reality is today, some things have features, and others don’t. Anyone working right now…
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People see content not terms
Naming can get very complicated. Often labels are put on things, and heated views are delivered around what should or shouldn\’t be called. When it comes down to it, what is essential is to observe how someone will use the experience, what they will think of and then name from there. Most of the naming…
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Patterns empower
One of the most frequent things someone says when creating something using WordPress is I ‘want it like this’. They look at a site and want something, but then they are stuck. The ‘how’ seems far, and the chasm across implementation is vast. Creating is just too complex, and often the end result is one…
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Designers grow in open source
When design is mentioned in open source, it’s often as a scarce resource, one yearned for or maybe hasn’t had an easy time. I think this might be problematic and needs changing. Designers can use open source projects as a growth opportunity and learn in a space that is accessible. I would go as far…
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Thinking back to the role of design in enabling community
As 2019 begins and the noise of social networks rings in our ears, I can’t but help reflect on the state of communities online. Can anything be salvaged from this current state of noise? What can design bring to the table in enabling communities. Back in 2013, I was lucky enough in May of that year…