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A look at what's going on in the field of user experience.
Perplexity and NotebookLM don’t use better AI—they use better intelligence flow architecture
, UX Collective - Medium
What product designers can learn from how they design intelligence flows.Everyone thinks Perplexity and NotebookLM succeed because they use “better AI.”
They don’t. They use the same models as everyone else.
So your AI wants a personality
, UX Collective - Medium
Emerging personality patterns that drive differentiation in AI products
Developers aren’t the enemy
, UX Collective - Medium
Don’t demonize those that can help you provide more accessible content.
Why feature roadmaps don’t work for early-stage startups
, UX Collective - Medium
The comfort and the cost of knowing what’s next.An example of a feature-based roadmapImagine this scenario:You are working with a passionate founder. They want to build a product which they are super sure of; they have their pitch deck ready, investors are lined up, and they want to hit market in six months. All they need is a working product: an embodiment of their mission. As a product manager, you do the usual. In a short duration, you conjure up enough details to come up with a roadmap. A plan with all the required features to put the product in the hands of potential users. It is well-detailed, with release dates and launch timelines. You align the team and start development. What could go wrong?Working constantly with early-stage startups has taught me one thing: startups are a minefield of uncertainty. If a founder believes they have all their answers on day one, they pretty much have a dream to sell you. It might just say that on the pitch deck.
In my experience, anything a startup builds in its early stages is a whole lot of assumptions wrapped around a concrete vision. When you start treating these assumptions as ground reality and planning features rather than outcomes, you create a recipe for trouble. A well-documented, timeline-based feature roadmap is often where the problem starts.
NotebookLM for Product Designers
, UX Planet - Medium
NotebookLM is one of the most interesting yet often overlooked free AI tools from Google. As the name suggests, NotebookLM is basically a…
Claude for Code Refinement: 5 Practical Tips
, UX Planet - Medium
At the time of writing this article, Anthropic Claude remains the best AI tool for coding. I’ve shared practical tips for using this great…
What Are UX Research Deliverables?
, MeasuringU
As professionals, we’re judged on what we produce. So-called deliverables are the artifacts produced by researchers. But what are UX research deliverables?
Deliverables are almost always a digital record of inputs, outcomes, and recommendations in a document or presentation. But delivering documents and presentations fits the description of just about all knowledge worker output, so what is special about UX research deliverables?
3 Popular Ways to Use Nano Banana Pro for Complex Product Design Tasks
, UX Planet - Medium
Nano Banana Pro is a powerful tool for product designers. Previously, I showed how it can be used to create UI designs quickly and…
What Gemini 3 Pro Changes About Product Design
, UX Planet - Medium
Last Tuesday, I watched a designer at a design tools company sketch a FigJam interface on paper, snap a photo, and ask an AI model to build it. Twelve seconds later, they had a working prototype with animations, interactive components, and proper design system implementation. No mockups. No handoff documentation. Just a sketch and a conversation.
This wasn’t science fiction. It was Gemini 3 Pro, and it’s forcing us to rethink what “design” actually means.
What Is the Difference Between Ease and Satisfaction?
, MeasuringU
“Satisfaction” is used rather broadly in vernacular speech.
We can feel satisfied with a meal, a movie, or a moment.
