Unraveling the unexpected reason behind my Google interview fallout and a year-long wait to reapply.

When was the last time tech like this drop and change the entire trajectory of the Web? It has been a long year with a lot of ups and downs, so let’s reflect on that.

Much like late-stage capitalism, late-stage UX is characterized by its market saturation, heavy focus on financial growth, commoditization, automation, and increased financialization. Corporations exert significant influence over the economy and society, and designers can only push so far when advocating for user needs. How can we navigate this landscape as designers in 2024?

Spotify Wrapped 2023 is your personalized musical yearbook, highlighting your top tunes, favorite artists, and genres that defined your listening experience over the year.

GitBook combines powerful docs with AI-powered search and insights to give technical teams a single source of truth for their knowledge. Effortlessly create, surface and improve documentation in the tools you use every day — such as Slack, GitHub and VS Code.

Teddy, a 10-year-old Apple fan from the UK, has started a petition calling on Apple to redesign the “nerd face” glasses emoji. Teddy believes that the nerd face emoji’s prominent front teeth make it “absolutely horrible for people wearing glasses.”  

Quantitative UX metrics are more than just numbers.

Old Snoo is dead. Meet Reddit’s new 3D, thumb-wielding alien.

Google Drive has an updated homepage that shows all pending access requests, recent comments, and file approvals to help users quickly review recent activity and take action in one place.

The all-new Titan Image Generator turns English language text prompts into detailed images, and is said to be handy asset for those in advertising, e-commerce, and entertainment, enabling them to whip up “studio-quality” images quickly and without breaking the bank.