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Previous Issues
- MBD137: 13 Signs You Used AI for Your Design
11 October 2026 | Issue #137 In this issue: Avoid these AI design tropes Don't use Muse if you like privacy Design quote of the week I Know You Used AI for Your Design You already know the em dash is a dead giveaway of AI writing (sorry, Ann Handley). Design has its own tells, and there are a lot of them. None of them is wrong on its own. A good writer can use an em dash on purpose, and a good designer can use any pattern below on purpose. They become a tell when they show up because nobody...Read more - MBD136: Trying Something New
05 October 2026 | Issue #136 In this issue: Try Something New Learn Design Design quote of the week Try Something New "When was the last time you did something for the first time?" - John C. Maxwell (and David Lee Roth) I'm constantly trying new things. But I'm not great at promoting that skill. I graduated with a degree in graphic design in 1999. It didn't take long in my first job for me to realize I wanted to work with the web team. I knew that was the future! At my next job, we did basic...Read more
- MBD135: Your Rebrand Launched. ChatGPT Doesn’t Care.
Thanks to AI storing information, it takes extra work to remove old brand messaging. It's harder than the "simple" SEO days. Learn what is needed.Read more
- MBD134: Some People Want Vinyl. Some Want Spotify.
08 September 2026 | Issue #134 In this issue: Focus on the Audience Who Wants to Hire You IBM Should Have Won the AI Race Project Management for Freelancers Design quote of the week Some People Want Vinyl, Some Want Spotify I don’t know about you, but I see a lot of people lamenting businesses’ use of AI to create their marketing content. So much of it is hot garbage, but there’s no reason for marketers and creators to get upset about this. And if you look at it from a different angle,...Read more
- MBD133: I Built My Website With Claude Code. And Then ...
31 August 2026 | Issue #133 In this issue: Building a Site with Claude Code Podcast Appearances Project Management for Freelancers Design quote of the week I Built My Website With Claude Code And it's been going great! I can easily make edits, add new pages, it's hosted for free, and it's performing better than ever. The Backstory A couple of months ago, I mentioned on Threads how I had used ChatGPT (and later Claude) to help me create a WordPress theme for a site. Someone asked why I didn't...Read more
- MBD132: Thoughtfulness Takes Time
24 August 2026 | Issue #132 In this issue: Hot takes are fast and empty Instagram logo discussion Aeto iOS app coming soon Design quote of the week Thoughtfulness Takes Time A couple of weeks ago we saw Instagram launch its new logo and the reaction was … typical. Everyone online raced to be the first to say, “I hate it.” This is how social media works. Rage and engage. But let's avoid that angry rabbit hole for now. Most of the Instagram takes were basically the same. “The ‘r’ looks like a...Read more