Iotacons

Iotacons are clever low-resolution portraits by illustrator Andy Rash. There’s a whole lotta win here.

The Big Lebowski

Pulp Fiction

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

The Technology We Deserve

Smart gadgets often abuse their trust or overreach their capabilities. A personal list of favorite fitness devices yields some principles for good product design.

Brad Frost, Josh Clark, and Dan Mall roundtable discussion

video

Design Systems: Mastering Design at Scale

In this InVision video series, Brad Frost, Dan Mall, and Josh Clark share their know-how to help you build and use a design system.

podcast

“Pair Curiosity with Generosity”

Josh Clark joins Phil Burgess on the IT Career Energizer podcast to talk about crafting a healthy and fulfilling career in the industry.

You’re Not Late to Machine Learning

If you’re worried that you’re behind in getting in on machine learning, never fear: AI has not so much come of age as reached an awkward adolescence. You’re right on time.

Why Machine Learning and AI Matter for Design Teams

There’s a critical role for design in the era of the algorithm—and your organization almost certainly has what it needs to jump in today.

process

Only One Deliverable Matters

Too much design effort goes into artifacts that are not part of the working software. There’s a better way to work.

What We’re Reading

How Machines Are Taking Over the World’s Stock Markets

Use machine learning “to identify new theories, and once you identify a new theory, you throw the machine away, you don’t want the machine.”

Slack and the Decline of Bots

After customers found Slack bots hard to use, the company added traditional UI elements to bolster the bots’ simple vocabulary and hard-to-remember “slash commands.”

The Decade of Design

Figma interviewed a dozen experts, including Big Medium’s Josh Clark, to chronicle the rise of design in the past decade—and what comes next.

The Damaging Fiction of the Wellness Industrial Complex™

The unlikely pairing of capitalism and wellness has insidious effects, Liza Kindred writes. There are parallels for UX here, too.

Simple Plan Gets Millions Running

South China Morning Press tells the story of Couch to 5K, the running schedule created by Big Medium’s Josh Clark.

How Dotdash, Formerly About.com, Is Taking over the Internet

This may be the most successful design- and business-turnaround story Big Medium has been involved with. Fast Company tells the tale of Dotdash, the network formerly known as About.com.

By Josh Clark