Interface Café

Last week, my new essay went out in Aeon, titled: “Who will taste the cherries?”

This episode, I talked with my coworker Megan Kasselberg, whose work as a senior UX writer and content designer touches billions of users through the Material Design system.

Recently, I've been playing around with different ratio-based grids, including the classic “golden ratio,” placing guidelines at 1.6* distances from a central origin point.

This week, I’ve been in California for Google I/O 2026, the first I/O I’ve attended in person since 2019!

I’ve set up a brand new Are.na channel where I’ll periodically add/connect bits of research, thoughts, books I’m reading, and more... all about interface design and the influences that go into it.

Happy Friday.

This episode, I got to sit down with my friend, podcast cohost on Away from Keyboard, and former coworker Louise Macfadyen as she prepares to launch her new book Designing AI Interfaces with Oreilly this Spring.

Recently, I opened up AI Studio and saw a familiar icon in the upper left corner: the menu_open icon, which typically indicates that the navigation drawer or rail is expanded on screen. menu_open in AI Studio Seeing the icon there took me back to when Mic…

For several years, a big part of my role at Google was working with external designers and their teams.

Last summer, two of my friends set off on a road trip to Finland.

It happened!

In this episode, I caught up with Rachel Been, SVP of Design for Expedia Group, about her journey from photography to design leadership and why she believes this is "the era of the generalist."

This week, I published a new episode of Design Notes with SVP of Design for Expedia Group, Rachel Been.

After a hiatus this September, Doubleshot is back.

In this episode, I speak with Zürich-based architect and artist Fabian Bircher, whose work spans buildings, custom lighting, and interactive installations.

Just a quick update while I prep the next episode of Design Notes: the podcast has a new presence on YouTube!