The Steady Blog
Updates and resources for software product people
Making off-brand, on-brand
A quick example of how you can use a “brand lens” to create on-brand design from off-brand material.
What an AI researcher taught me about defeating professional depression
Neither robot nor researcher is immune to the professional blues - so let's fix it.
“Craft at scale” is a white whale
Designers and product-folk like to think of ourselves as craftspeople. We *care* about making great software. Is it possible to do it at scale?
Simple tips to rejuvenate how you schedule projects
How to do project management and schedules in a way people will actually enjoy it. (Bold claim, I know)
Professional Priorities in the Age of AI
As an AI researcher do you keep digging -- or do you cash in?
AI and LLM Generation vs. Summarization
Functional knowledge bases represent critical thinking, so they are not a good fit for generative AI. On the other hand, the summarization and analysis capab...