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It seems almost as if the car manufacturers don’t have guardrails in place to check for the implications of any software design change. I agree with you here… It’s frustrating.

That’s another good step. I wrote about this last week < https://www.maxvanijsselmuiden.nl/blog/touch-screens-everywh...>. Touch screens are an unsuitable form of interaction because of the implicit requirement to ‘watch what you are doing’, inherently slower and more dangerous to use in a car.

That said, I'm not sure about the novelty thing. I'd rate the greatest long term project in my life as being staying fit, athletic, and healthy as I near 50, in spite of some horrible injuries and setbacks, and remaining thus far in a reasonably happy marriage. In both of those pursuits, novelty is almost the anthesis to success.

You're right that long-term goals such as these don't thrive on novelty at all. I suppose they fall in a different category, more of a commitment than a one-off project to be procrastinated about.

For me personally, I have similar goals, and I'm not struggling with procrastinating my fitness-related tasks at all. It's an interesting insight, now that I think about it. Would that be because I have a long-term goal in mind? Because I know it's important to my health?

I suppose Figma is a good tool for that as well! Glad to hear a positive response to the interaction!

I see why this response came to be, but I just wanted to briefly annotate that this was not my intended point at all.

I'm not obsessed with being productive at all, it's just something that has been on my mind - and I'm interested in the psychology of it. Many of my days are filled with non-productive activities which I thoroughly enjoy. I just don't write about it on my profession-related blog. So I guess it's all about the context.

Glad you liked the graphs. They're my favourite part.

I looked into The Now Habit, and added it to my reading list. Great addition, thanks! Trying to rephrase 'I have to' to 'I choose to' is already something I try, but in the end, this only lands when you've genuinely internalised it - if you don't truly believe you're choosing it, it doesn't really work (at least for me). As you say, it's a delusion.

Essentially it's affect labelling in disguise, as mentioned in the article.

You're right, in my initial draft, I also took a side-step into figuring out the obligation aspect, but this ended up scattering the article too much. It's definitely a related part of it, the same tasks I love will become a chore as soon as I am obligated to do them. I love how you phrased it in your comment, transforming its emotional signature - very well put. That's what it is!

It’s meant to be a fun reference to Figma, since it’s my design portfolio. I gather you’re not a fan. Noted!

Yeah, sorry about that. Not really made for many visitors at the same time. I’ll add a limit. (update: removed the cursor interaction from blog posts)

I absolutely loved reading this, bring back memories. I was that kid too.

TL;DR: I didn't achieve my goal, but I did spark an interest in books! The article contains some book recommendations.

I’m not even into math, but I enjoyed reading this very much. Kudos to the author!

Location: Auckland, New Zealand

Remote: Hybrid

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: Design, Figma

Résumé/CV: https://www.maxvanijsselmuiden.nl

Email: There’s a ‘copy email’ button on my portfolio

This might be relevant again: Apple's Liquid Glass: When Aesthetics Beat Function (https://www.maxvanijsselmuiden.nl/liquid-glass)

Agreed!

It can be disabled (or at least tuned down) via accessibility settings.

I wrote about this topic earlier, I believe there is one main reason for Apple to go in this direction: universal design language (spatial computing, Vision Pro). Of course, there can be many side-effects (or reasons) that can be the actual main reason instead, such as 'innovation' or like you mention, guiding people to use the native systems, we'll never know. In my eyes, the universal design language is the main reason. Apple is and always has been design-focused.

Consistency throughout the OS versioning: https://www.theverge.com/news/679221/apple-ios-macos-watchos...

I did: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44658103

Yes, I've been on all the public beta's so far and yes, you can turn it down. You can turn on 'reduce transparency' in the accessibility settings. It breaks most of the effects, but text is definitely more legible. Haven't noticed anything performance wise (when Liquid Glass is turned on), but then again I might not be the best test candidate as I just got a new phone.

I stumbled upon a lecture by Josh Tenenbaum (MIT) yesterday. Starting from minute 19 he talks about world models, and how we're nowhere near 'real AI'. This lecture was from 7 years ago, I wonder what a more recent take from him on this topic would be. https://youtu.be/TFyAEHk5asY?si=lZfjeF7t66FhkdSZ&t=1157

The widespread trust in AI chatbots as all-knowing oracles is a dangerous misunderstanding of what they actually are. Large Language Models are sophisticated pattern-matching tools, not truth machines, a critical distinction defining how we should use them.

Ah, yeah, the irony. I've used Figma Sites to renew my website. Quite buggy. Any chance you could tell me what browser/configuration you were using? Perhaps I can fix this.

The tech industry's rush to cram AI into every product is making software worse and more expensive, forcing users to pay for features they don't want or need. From AI buttons on mice to mandatory chatbots in browsers, these integrations prioritize revenue extraction over user experience. Good software should respect users' time and intelligence, not exploit them through forced feature bloat.

I've recently picked up writing again, and decided to share my thoughts about what most designers (developers, tech people) have been thinking about lately: Liquid Glass. It makes sense, consistency-wise, but I wonder if it's the right direction. Let's hope Apple fixes the readability issues soon. Is this the new Windows Vista?