This week, we talk about the weird and beautiful world of fictional user interfaces: why do futuristic UIs look so cool? And why aren't they usable? Is the future really going to look like this? In The Sidebar, we share our must-have macOS apps that are always installed first on a new machine.

418: Fictional User Interfaces

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This week, we talk about Open AI's GPTs-as-apps strategy, FigJam's AI tools, and our dreams for a future Jarvis-like experience.

464: AI Grab Bag

This week, we talk about the delicate art of using animation in interface design, how to use button sizes, and managing margins in type styles.

463: Design Medley, Vol. 1

This week, Marshall breaks down his process, tips, and tricks to redesign a design system in Figma.

462: Refactoring a Design System

This week, we supply some cold (but thoughtful!) takes on everything released during last month's WWDC and Config 2023.

461: Config and WWDC 2023

This week, we dissect the recently-launched Arc Boosts to try and understand what they're for and where they're going.

418: Fictional User Interfaces

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