Andy Budd
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Design Founder, speaker, start-up advisor & coach. Seedcamp Venture Partner. Formerly Clearleft, LDConf & UXLondon. Ex shark-wrangler. Pilot. He/Him — https://stacklist.app/andybudd
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· Jul 15
Why do designers so often sound like the pessimists in the room? | 👨🏻💻 Andy Budd
Why do designers so often sound like the pessimists in the room?
It’s not because they’re negative. It’s because they’re paying attention.
In fast-moving teams, optimism gets rewarded. Confidence is ...
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Most people see a product as a collection of features. This is a helpful mindset when it comes to production, but it’s an unhelpful mindset when looking for product-market fit. Instead you need to see your prod as a set of capabilities it’s able to deliver.
November 11, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Most people see a product as a collection of features. This is a helpful mindset when it comes to production, but it’s an unhelpful mindset when looking for product-market fit. Instead you need to see your prod as a set of capabilities it’s able to deliver.
It’s a strange strange world when old Tories start becoming the most reasonable people in the conversation.
SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
November 11, 2025 at 8:20 AM
It’s a strange strange world when old Tories start becoming the most reasonable people in the conversation.
Mobile phone from Lethal Weapon.
November 9, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Mobile phone from Lethal Weapon.
If you had ordered a shot of Yamazaki 12 in a bar in tokyo 15 years ago, it would have been considered an entry level whisky and would have cost €5. I‘m currently at a bar in Lisbon and it’s on the menu for €90.
November 8, 2025 at 8:19 PM
If you had ordered a shot of Yamazaki 12 in a bar in tokyo 15 years ago, it would have been considered an entry level whisky and would have cost €5. I‘m currently at a bar in Lisbon and it’s on the menu for €90.
It always surprised me how many people are drinking at 9:30am at the airport. It’s like the holiday hasn’t really started until your buzzed.
I can’t think of anything worse than trying to navigate a brightly lit airport, dealing with passport control and figuring out transfers while mildly drunk.
I can’t think of anything worse than trying to navigate a brightly lit airport, dealing with passport control and figuring out transfers while mildly drunk.
November 8, 2025 at 9:42 AM
It always surprised me how many people are drinking at 9:30am at the airport. It’s like the holiday hasn’t really started until your buzzed.
I can’t think of anything worse than trying to navigate a brightly lit airport, dealing with passport control and figuring out transfers while mildly drunk.
I can’t think of anything worse than trying to navigate a brightly lit airport, dealing with passport control and figuring out transfers while mildly drunk.
Imagine the world we could have had if Sinclair beat Musk to a commercially viable electric vehicle 35 years in advance.
Good morning 😊
Yes, Sir Clive hated that the Spectrum was popular because of the games and a C5 could never go this fast, but I had a lot of fun making this tribute to Sir Clive Sinclair ZX Spectrum 👍
Animation made in Blender, sountrack made in Studio one
#zxspectrum #retrogaming #8bitgaming
Yes, Sir Clive hated that the Spectrum was popular because of the games and a C5 could never go this fast, but I had a lot of fun making this tribute to Sir Clive Sinclair ZX Spectrum 👍
Animation made in Blender, sountrack made in Studio one
#zxspectrum #retrogaming #8bitgaming
November 7, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Imagine the world we could have had if Sinclair beat Musk to a commercially viable electric vehicle 35 years in advance.
Just had a lovely chat with Jake Kanpp and John Zeratsky for my new podcast, The Design VC, coming out as soon as I get round to editing the videos :)
November 7, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Just had a lovely chat with Jake Kanpp and John Zeratsky for my new podcast, The Design VC, coming out as soon as I get round to editing the videos :)
Somebody just asked to see my portolio.
I explained the bulk was in an S&P500 ETF, with the rest spread between Europe, Asia and the bond market.
Suffice to say i didn’t get the job,
😉
I explained the bulk was in an S&P500 ETF, with the rest spread between Europe, Asia and the bond market.
Suffice to say i didn’t get the job,
😉
November 3, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Somebody just asked to see my portolio.
I explained the bulk was in an S&P500 ETF, with the rest spread between Europe, Asia and the bond market.
Suffice to say i didn’t get the job,
😉
I explained the bulk was in an S&P500 ETF, with the rest spread between Europe, Asia and the bond market.
Suffice to say i didn’t get the job,
😉
If you're looking for an interesting long read on AI, check this article out.
www.wheresyoured.at/the-case-aga...
www.wheresyoured.at/the-case-aga...
The Case Against Generative AI
Soundtrack: Queens of the Stone Age - First It Giveth
Before we go any further: This is, for the third time this year, the longest newsletter I've ever written, weighing in somewhere around 18,500 wo...
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October 31, 2025 at 2:24 PM
If you're looking for an interesting long read on AI, check this article out.
www.wheresyoured.at/the-case-aga...
www.wheresyoured.at/the-case-aga...
Reposted by Andy Budd
Print edition @theonion.com ads don’t miss
October 30, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Print edition @theonion.com ads don’t miss
“You don’t need a formal conspiracy when interests align” - George Carlin
October 30, 2025 at 11:13 AM
“You don’t need a formal conspiracy when interests align” - George Carlin
I know i’m late to the party but The Penguin is bloody good.
A lot of people may avoid it thinkings it’s a silly super hero movie, but it’s not.
Instead it’s a super well acted, and super dark, crime boss drama.
Highly recommend.
A lot of people may avoid it thinkings it’s a silly super hero movie, but it’s not.
Instead it’s a super well acted, and super dark, crime boss drama.
Highly recommend.
October 29, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I know i’m late to the party but The Penguin is bloody good.
A lot of people may avoid it thinkings it’s a silly super hero movie, but it’s not.
Instead it’s a super well acted, and super dark, crime boss drama.
Highly recommend.
A lot of people may avoid it thinkings it’s a silly super hero movie, but it’s not.
Instead it’s a super well acted, and super dark, crime boss drama.
Highly recommend.
One of the things I love about @beyondtellerrand.com, apart from the slick looking site, is how it's one of the few web conferences left that attracts designer, developers and product managers from across the board, rather than a super siloed niche.
beyondtellerrand.com
beyondtellerrand.com
beyond tellerrand: Europe’s best loved conference for coders & creatives.
beyond tellerrand is the affordable single-track event where creativity and technology meet. Taking place in Düsseldorf and Berlin these days with 500+ attendees each in a renowned, familiar and frien...
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October 29, 2025 at 5:44 PM
One of the things I love about @beyondtellerrand.com, apart from the slick looking site, is how it's one of the few web conferences left that attracts designer, developers and product managers from across the board, rather than a super siloed niche.
beyondtellerrand.com
beyondtellerrand.com
If you're looking for an interesting long read, I just published this piece of speculative political/financial fiction for Halloween 2025.
andybudd.com/archives/202...
andybudd.com/archives/202...
The Bubble that Broke Britain: A dystopian horror story for Halloween 2025 | Andy Budd
Author’s note: The piece below is speculative fiction. It’s not reportage, it’s not a prediction, and it’s not intended to describe, depict, or accuse any real political party, public figure, broadcas...
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October 29, 2025 at 11:56 AM
If you're looking for an interesting long read, I just published this piece of speculative political/financial fiction for Halloween 2025.
andybudd.com/archives/202...
andybudd.com/archives/202...
Designers often talk about wanting to “get into strategy.”
But where do those strategy-only jobs actually live?
In most cases it's in our imagination.
medium.com/the-design-c...
But where do those strategy-only jobs actually live?
In most cases it's in our imagination.
medium.com/the-design-c...
So you want to be a strategist? I’m not sure it means what you think it means!
I meet a lot of designers who say something like, “I’m okay at UI design, but what I really want to be doing is strategy.”
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October 29, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Designers often talk about wanting to “get into strategy.”
But where do those strategy-only jobs actually live?
In most cases it's in our imagination.
medium.com/the-design-c...
But where do those strategy-only jobs actually live?
In most cases it's in our imagination.
medium.com/the-design-c...
Don’t know who this guy is (sorry) but wow!!
October 28, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Don’t know who this guy is (sorry) but wow!!
Reposted by Andy Budd
They say AI will replace the web as we know it, and this time they mean it. Here follows a short list of previous times they also meant it, starting way back in 1997.
Receipts: a brief list of prominent articles proclaiming the death of the web.
They say AI will replace the web as we know it, and this time they mean it. Here follows a short list of previous times they also meant it, starting way back in 1997. Wired: March 1, 1997: “You can kiss your web browser goodbye” – Kevin Kelly and Gary Wolf, The Big Story. 1Inspired by the success of PointCast, a clever application that displayed news headlines as a screensaver, our "Push!" story argued that Web browsers were about to become obsolete.
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October 25, 2025 at 10:23 AM
They say AI will replace the web as we know it, and this time they mean it. Here follows a short list of previous times they also meant it, starting way back in 1997.
Reposted by Andy Budd
“AI agents won’t kill the web. But they will radically reshape it. And just like with retail, the winners will be the ones who make that second layer worth visiting.” Andy Budd
https://andybudd.com/archives/2025/07/will-ai-agents-kill-the-web-as-we-know-it
https://andybudd.com/archives/2025/07/will-ai-agents-kill-the-web-as-we-know-it
Will AI Agents Kill the Web as We Know It? | Andy Budd
The way we interact with the web today is surprisingly manual. Want to book a flight? You’ll probably head to a familiar airline’s website or open Google and type in your dates. If that site also offers hotel and car rental options, great—you might stay and book everything in one place. But more likely, you’re picky. So you go off searching for that perfect boutique hotel or the restaurant you’ve read about. Click by click, tab by tab, you stitch your trip together.
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October 25, 2025 at 2:00 PM
“AI agents won’t kill the web. But they will radically reshape it. And just like with retail, the winners will be the ones who make that second layer worth visiting.” Andy Budd
https://andybudd.com/archives/2025/07/will-ai-agents-kill-the-web-as-we-know-it
https://andybudd.com/archives/2025/07/will-ai-agents-kill-the-web-as-we-know-it
Well ChatGPT agrees with this news story.
October 24, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Well ChatGPT agrees with this news story.
Reposted by Andy Budd
We want you 🫵 ! Join the team of #btconf in Berlin and experience the event from a different perspective. If you need reasons why, accept from not paying a ticket, here they are: beyondtellerrand.com/blog/join-be...
Join the Team – Be a Volunteer in Berlin 2025
Join the beyond tellerrand Berlin as volunteer! Be part of the team behind the magic.
beyondtellerrand.com
October 24, 2025 at 7:58 AM
We want you 🫵 ! Join the team of #btconf in Berlin and experience the event from a different perspective. If you need reasons why, accept from not paying a ticket, here they are: beyondtellerrand.com/blog/join-be...
I genuinely don’t understand the mentality of people having speakerphone conversations in a public place (train, hotel, airport longe). Haven’t people heard of headphones?
October 19, 2025 at 1:09 AM
I genuinely don’t understand the mentality of people having speakerphone conversations in a public place (train, hotel, airport longe). Haven’t people heard of headphones?
GenAi has the ability to turn product designers into creative technologists.
October 15, 2025 at 6:45 PM
GenAi has the ability to turn product designers into creative technologists.
“Let me walk you through some of our new features. First up we have Bigmoji’s which are like emojis but 10 times bigger”
October 15, 2025 at 4:10 PM
“Let me walk you through some of our new features. First up we have Bigmoji’s which are like emojis but 10 times bigger”
So here’s the scene. I’m finishing up breakfast in a NY diner. An older white guy who looks like a grizzled detective and a 14 year latinx girl come in and sit a few tables away from us. I assume its a parent daughter breakfast so think nothing of it. Until I overhear their conversation.
October 14, 2025 at 12:00 PM
So here’s the scene. I’m finishing up breakfast in a NY diner. An older white guy who looks like a grizzled detective and a 14 year latinx girl come in and sit a few tables away from us. I assume its a parent daughter breakfast so think nothing of it. Until I overhear their conversation.