Read. Build. Reflect.

Study notes and build notes for my future self.

Most entries distill ideas I found useful in books, papers, and other practitioners’ work. Some document what I learned from products I built myself.

How these are made
I draft them with AI assistance from my own reading and notes, then check every claim against the references listed at the end of each entry. They are sourced notes, not original research, and I would rather say so than let the volume imply otherwise.
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  1. 2610 min read

    Interfaces Without Screens

    A screen shows you your options. Speech does not. That single difference breaks most of what visual interface design taught us, and it makes discoverability, not layout, the hard problem of screenless design.

    Voice UIMultimodal
  2. 279 min read

    Consent Is a Design Problem

    Dark patterns are no longer a matter of taste. There is a formal taxonomy, a body of research, and regulators handing out fines for specific interface choices. This is about where the line sits, and how to argue for the right side of it.

    EthicsConsent
  3. 287 min read

    Solve for One, Help Everyone

    The dropped kerb was built for wheelchairs. Now everyone uses it: the suitcase, the pram, the bad knee. Designing for one person at the edge is not charity. It is the most reliable way to make something better for everyone, and the data proves it.

    AccessibilityInclusive Design