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Popular Writings
Essays on AI, design, and telehealth — translating complex technology into plain language, published across UX Collective, Medium, and industry outlets.
How AI and ML Can Accelerate the Growth of Telemedicine Across the Globe
A grounded tour of how AI and ML can close accessibility gaps across teleconsultation, teleradiology, telepathology, and teledermatology — and an honest look at the risks and how to mitigate them. If you want a clear-eyed map of where AI actually moves the needle in telemedicine (and where it shouldn't), start here.
The Best Product Designers Always Ensure These 7 Elements in Their Design
A practical walkthrough of Don Norman's seven fundamental design principles from The Design of Everyday Things — applied to a product everyone knows (Google Maps). A short, useful refresher on the invisible elements that quietly make products feel obvious and earn loyal users.
The Paradox of Technology: A Design Challenge
Why every new feature that adds capability also adds complexity — and how good design resolves that paradox instead of passing it to the user. A concise lens for anyone deciding what to add, and what to hide, in a growing product.
The Basic Building Blocks of an AI-Powered Jarvis (Iron Man) Assistant
A friendly breakdown of the core components behind a truly capable AI assistant — reasoning, memory, knowledge, tools, and instructions — using the Iron Man “Jarvis” as the mental model. A great primer if you want to understand how modern assistants are actually assembled.
Imitating a Child's Mind Instead of an Adult's: The Next Leap in AI
A thought-provoking argument that the next leap in AI may come from modeling how children learn — through curiosity and exploration — rather than mimicking finished adult expertise. A short read that reframes how we think about machine learning.
The AI Behind Getting the First-Ever Picture of a Black Hole
The surprising machine-learning story behind imaging something no one had ever seen. To avoid bias, the team trained algorithms on three very different image sets — black-hole models, other galactic images, and ordinary photos of cats, houses, and people — and all of them converged on the same picture. A vivid lesson in building trustworthy AI when you have no ground truth.
Principles of Visual Design
The next chapter in the design series — the visual fundamentals (hierarchy, contrast, balance, alignment) that separate a polished interface from a noisy one. Practical and example-driven for PMs and designers who want their work to simply look right.
James Webb Space Telescope: A Marvel of Science, Design, and AI
How science, engineering design, and AI came together in one of humanity's most ambitious instruments. An accessible celebration of the technology behind JWST — and what it reveals about building systems at the edge of the possible.
Do We Need a Cow for Cow Milk Anymore? Maybe Not
A curious look at how technology could reproduce real dairy without the cow — and what that means for sustainability, food systems, and how we define “natural.” A short, provocative read that shows how the same first-principles thinking applies well beyond software.