Spotify Web design has evolved through big waves: Now we’re standing at the edge of the next movement, and I’d frame it like this: The Next Movement in Web Design: Adaptive, AI-Driven, and Invisible 1. Context-Aware Experiences Websites won’t just be “responsive to screen size”, they’ll be responsive to you. 2. AI-Synthesized Design (Design...
Continue readingThe Next UX Movement: Contextual, Continuous, and Invisible
Spotify Looking Back to See What’s Ahead UX has continuously evolved in waves. But what comes after? The next UX movement won’t be about screens or devices. It will be about context, continuity, and invisibility. 1. Contextual UX Experiences won’t just adapt to screen size, they’ll adapt to your situation in the moment. This...
Continue readingUX’ing the Old and the New: Desktop Software vs. Mobile-First Design
When UX Lived on Desktops Spotify Before smartphones became the default, most software was designed for desktop environments. Think of heavy, feature-packed programs: spreadsheets, word processors, CRMs. The desktop era was powerful but often bloated. It favored completeness over simplicity. When UX Moved to the Palm of Your Hand The mobile-first revolution flipped those...
Continue readingUX’ing the Past and Future: The Dot Com Era vs. the AI Era
A Tale of Two Booms Spotify Technology moves in waves, and two of the biggest we’ve seen are the Dot Com boom of the late 1990s and early 2000s and the AI boom of today. Both eras brought massive hype, billions of dollars in investment, and a flood of new products. However, the way...
Continue readingUX’ing an Old Problem Into Something New: The Stakeholder Stamp
The Reality We Don’t Talk About Enough Spotify Every designer has seen it: apps, sites, and software so poorly designed that it feels like no one cared about the end user. But most of the time, the design team did care. The problem isn’t always the designer; it’s the stakeholder stamp. That’s the moment...
Continue readingAI Isn’t Taking UX Jobs — It’s Making Us Better at Them
The Fear: AI as a Threat to UX Careers Spotify Everywhere you look, the narrative is the same: AI is coming for jobs. Designers, writers, developers, no one feels immune. In UX, that fear often takes the shape of “AI will automate design, so what will I do?” It’s an understandable anxiety. Tools that...
Continue readingUX’ing an Old Problem Into Something New: Airline Rebooking
The Old Problem: A Broken System in Moments of Stress Spotify Air travel has always carried a degree of unpredictability — weather, crew timing, mechanical issues, and cascading delays. While airlines have made huge investments in planes and loyalty programs, the rebooking experience hasn’t kept pace. When a flight is canceled or delayed, passengers...
Continue readingUX’ing the Next Best Grocery Shopping Experience
The Old Problem: A Chore Disguised as a Necessity Spotify Grocery shopping hasn’t truly evolved in decades. Whether you’re pushing a cart through crowded aisles or scrolling through a clunky app, the pain points pile up: Even with delivery and curbside options, new headaches appear: delivery fees, missed slots, poor substitutions. Grocery shopping remains...
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