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Previous Issues
- AD71: Is Your Organization Becoming Diamond-Shaped? Here’s What It Means for Entry-Level Talent
17 November 2024 | Issue #71 In this issue: Job Impact Stats Organizations Becoming Diamond-Shaped, Leaving Entry-Level People on the Sidelines Audi Launches New Car Without 4-Ring Logo Will AI Replace Illustrators? How to Have a Hybrid Career Design Quote of the Week Prompt: a giant, glowing blue diamond in the middle of the picture. Smaller people are looking up at it --ar 16:9 We've known that generative AI is transforming the job market, and now we can see some data to back that up. New...Read more - AD70: The Brand Builder's Checklist – Plus LLM Rankings
10 November 2024 | Issue #70 In this issue: The Creative Director's Checklist Chat.com Buyer Revealed to be OpenAI The Checklist Prompt Technique for GenAI Experimenting with Claude's new Computer Use Agent How Trustworthy is Your LLM? Design Quote of the Week Prompt: a person is sleeping with their head down on their desk --ar 16:9 I'm keeping it short this week. We're all exhausted. Whether or not you're a brand designer, there's a great chance that you have a role that is somewhat...Read more
- AD69: New Site Shows Odds of AI Replacing Your Job
3 November 2024 | Issue #69 In this issue: Will Robots Take My Job? Depends on the Job SearchGPT Launches as ChatGPT’s Real-Time Search Feature Tech Companies Report Earnings, AI Companies Do Well Why AI Won’t Reinvent the Alphabet Anytime Soon First in the U.S.: 3-Year Bachelor’s Programs Coming to New England College Midjourney's New Editing Tools Design Quote of the Week Prompt: a robot taking a person's job --ar 16:9 According to WillRobotsTakeMyJob.com, graphic designers are at moderate...Read more
- AD68: Canva Teams Up with Top Designers to Shape Its Future
27 October 2024 | Issue #68 In this issue: Generative AI in Marketing Report AI-Generated Content vs. Human-Generated Content The Problem with Perfectionism in Creativity Stock Image Market Growth Canva Hires a Design Advisory Board Design quote of the week Prompt: AI-Generated Content vs. Human-Generated Content --ar 16:9 Ann Handley's great newsletter recently alerted me to Social Media Examiner's new Generative AI Marketing Industry Report. Much of this aligns with trends I've been reading...Read more
- AD67: Will Design Become a Hobby?
20 October 2024 | Issue #67 In this issue: Is design turning into a hobby field? Illustrator's impressive new rotation functionality Gallup results: AI in the workplace Kleenex logo update Growing brain cells to help power AI (reposted) Design quote of the week Prompt: graphic design as a hobby --ar 16:9 Confession: I didn't start out wanting to be a designer. My original career choice was comic book illustrator. For undergrad, I studied graphic design for two reasons: One of my then-favorite...Read more
- AD66 – Humans as Batteries for AI
12 October 2024 | Issue #66 In this issue: Intelligent experiences and intelligent experience design are the future AI in the workplace: Gallup results How to license your art How HEX colors are assigned Design quote of the week Still from The Matrix An ongoing concern with AI is the amount of energy it consumes. I wrote about this a few weeks ago, and it was eye-opening to see how much electricity it took to run a simple prompt. Microsoft's decision to use Three Mile Island (the site of the...Read more