"For me, drawing is thinking out loud on canvas": Simon Pape on his process for creating a fantasy underwater scene
The freelance illustrator sees narrative as vital for inspiring creative decisions in art.
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Sunday, October 4, 2026
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Browse the archiveApple Has Far-Reaching Plans To Block Hundreds Of Programmatic Data Companies From iOS
Oh, what a tangled WebKit we weave. Earlier this week, AdExchanger reported that Apple’s iOS 27 update from two weeks ago quietly blocked a handful of programmatic data players – including The Trade Desk and its Unified ID 2.0 initiative, LiveRamp, ID5…
Google Adds Fake Author Warning To Helpful Content Guidance via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
Google's people-first content guidance now warns site owners against fabricated author profiles, a form of deception its rater guidelines already described.
The feed I produce myself
On working with agents, producing more than ever, and losing the ability to see anything whole. Maestro, we have six more deliveries ready — Created by the author with AI I'm writing this on a Sunday morning. While I write, several agents are working in other…
The New Big Ball of Mud: Why Agentic AI Systems Turn Fragile
AI makes building nearly free, so users grow agentic systems piecemeal into fragile messes they no longer understand.
Empathy Mapping: The First Step in Design Thinking
Empathy maps help UX teams visualize user attitudes and behaviors, building a shared understanding of end users while highlighting gaps in existing user data.
In/tension modeling: what gives us the right?
How to navigate opposing voices and lived tensions. By Julia Beard , Naman Mandhan, & Stacie Sheldon Asking the Hardest Question First “What gives us the right to make the interventions and choices we are contemplating on behalf of others?” asks Erika Hall…