Thomas
@thruform.com
Director of UI/UX at Spectrum + 🎸💪🏻🏃♂️📷 ✈️ ⛺️ 🏖️ 🥽 🥃 🛵 ☕️
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Perplexity’s Comet, OpenAI’s Atlas, and Google’s AI Mode are all fighting to own the moment when your browser stops waiting for clicks and starts acting on your behalf.
Control is the issue. Whoever manages the agent that completes your purchase controls the data, the relationship, and the revenue.
Control is the issue. Whoever manages the agent that completes your purchase controls the data, the relationship, and the revenue.
The Agentic Browser Wars Have Begun
Three companies have declared war on how you use the internet. Perplexity AI launched Comet, its AI-powered browser, in July 2025. OpenAI released Atlas on October 21, promising a future where AI hand...
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November 10, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Perplexity’s Comet, OpenAI’s Atlas, and Google’s AI Mode are all fighting to own the moment when your browser stops waiting for clicks and starts acting on your behalf.
Control is the issue. Whoever manages the agent that completes your purchase controls the data, the relationship, and the revenue.
Control is the issue. Whoever manages the agent that completes your purchase controls the data, the relationship, and the revenue.
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Jeff Tweedy on His New Triple Album, “Twilight Override”.
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September 9, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Jeff Tweedy on His New Triple Album, “Twilight Override”.
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The best teams know when not to build something.
The backlog isn’t a to-do list—it’s a set of hypotheses to test.
#KnowTheProblemYouAreSolving #SoftwareDevelopment
The backlog isn’t a to-do list—it’s a set of hypotheses to test.
#KnowTheProblemYouAreSolving #SoftwareDevelopment
July 3, 2025 at 5:06 PM
The best teams know when not to build something.
The backlog isn’t a to-do list—it’s a set of hypotheses to test.
#KnowTheProblemYouAreSolving #SoftwareDevelopment
The backlog isn’t a to-do list—it’s a set of hypotheses to test.
#KnowTheProblemYouAreSolving #SoftwareDevelopment
My team visited our partners at Deloitte Digital in NYC today and the sun came out on cue. Good times!
June 11, 2025 at 2:43 AM
My team visited our partners at Deloitte Digital in NYC today and the sun came out on cue. Good times!
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I never, ever want to hear again that women are too emotional to be leaders.
June 5, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I never, ever want to hear again that women are too emotional to be leaders.
New tools, new friends, great to be back in SF! #config2025
May 8, 2025 at 9:05 PM
New tools, new friends, great to be back in SF! #config2025
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It’s weird how you can accomplish things by simply trying to do them
April 18, 2025 at 2:21 AM
It’s weird how you can accomplish things by simply trying to do them
A few new enhancements for Figma. ux-news.com/figma-unveil...
Figma unveils new features for streamlined design systems
Figma has released updates to enhance the management and efficiency of design systems.
ux-news.com
April 10, 2025 at 12:53 PM
A few new enhancements for Figma. ux-news.com/figma-unveil...
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April 9, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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I don't know who needs to hear this, but start living. The days are flying by, and all you do is work, pay bills, and stress. Enjoy what you can-walks, sunsets, music, laughter. Joy doesn't have to be expensive. You deserve it.
March 19, 2025 at 1:09 AM
I don't know who needs to hear this, but start living. The days are flying by, and all you do is work, pay bills, and stress. Enjoy what you can-walks, sunsets, music, laughter. Joy doesn't have to be expensive. You deserve it.
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“The earth laughs in flowers."
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
March 16, 2025 at 1:35 AM
“The earth laughs in flowers."
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
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You know who should've won an Oscar last night? The person who designed the little 'Gravity on / off' buttons in Alien Romulus.
March 3, 2025 at 8:04 AM
You know who should've won an Oscar last night? The person who designed the little 'Gravity on / off' buttons in Alien Romulus.
RIP, Skype. End of an era. But I'm actually surprised it lasted this long after the MS purchase.
New: Microsoft is shutting down Skype, the iconic internet calling and chat service it bought almost 14 years ago
Skype to Shut 14 Years After Microsoft’s $8.5 Billion Purchase
Microsoft Corp. is signaling the end of the line for Skype, the iconic internet calling and chat service it bought almost 14 years ago.
www.bloomberg.com
February 28, 2025 at 2:31 PM
RIP, Skype. End of an era. But I'm actually surprised it lasted this long after the MS purchase.
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I'm using using Dropbox to upload some large files after a long time not using Dropbox and the experience is reminding me why I haven't used Dropbox in a real long time
February 25, 2025 at 11:01 PM
I'm using using Dropbox to upload some large files after a long time not using Dropbox and the experience is reminding me why I haven't used Dropbox in a real long time
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Seriously, creative folks: Don't be afraid to let people know your stuff is out there for them, or worry that "now is not the time for that." People are stressed and freaked out and looking for the things that will give them a moment of rest and joy. It is EXACTLY the time for what we do. Tell them.
February 13, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Seriously, creative folks: Don't be afraid to let people know your stuff is out there for them, or worry that "now is not the time for that." People are stressed and freaked out and looking for the things that will give them a moment of rest and joy. It is EXACTLY the time for what we do. Tell them.
LinkedIn is quickly becoming the new Twitter/X. 🫣
February 7, 2025 at 3:12 PM
LinkedIn is quickly becoming the new Twitter/X. 🫣
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If there's any #DesignSystems folks here looking for work, you should sign up to the Slack community from @jina.social and friends. There's been quite a few job postings in there:
Design.Systems
Resources for the design systems community.
www.design.systems
January 30, 2025 at 5:00 PM
If there's any #DesignSystems folks here looking for work, you should sign up to the Slack community from @jina.social and friends. There's been quite a few job postings in there:
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Awhile back, someone asserted that UX is in the business of quality. I’d say that UX should be in the business of creating trust, as in, “I trust that I’m not being scammed. I trust that this works the way I expected. I trust in the service provided, etc.”
January 27, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Awhile back, someone asserted that UX is in the business of quality. I’d say that UX should be in the business of creating trust, as in, “I trust that I’m not being scammed. I trust that this works the way I expected. I trust in the service provided, etc.”
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You can be an effective leader by mastering 4x areas:
1. 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆 - are you clear where to focus?
2. 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹 - can you drive progress every day?
3. 𝗣𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 - have you got the right people in your org?
4. 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 - does everyone know what to do?
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1. 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆 - are you clear where to focus?
2. 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹 - can you drive progress every day?
3. 𝗣𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 - have you got the right people in your org?
4. 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 - does everyone know what to do?
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January 25, 2025 at 1:25 PM
You can be an effective leader by mastering 4x areas:
1. 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆 - are you clear where to focus?
2. 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹 - can you drive progress every day?
3. 𝗣𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 - have you got the right people in your org?
4. 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 - does everyone know what to do?
1/9
1. 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆 - are you clear where to focus?
2. 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹 - can you drive progress every day?
3. 𝗣𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 - have you got the right people in your org?
4. 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 - does everyone know what to do?
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2025 should be the year you stop using WCAG 2 colour contrast testing, and switch to APCA. This article is a few years old, and covers everything well. blog.datawrapper.de/color-contra...
January 6, 2025 at 12:41 AM
2025 should be the year you stop using WCAG 2 colour contrast testing, and switch to APCA. This article is a few years old, and covers everything well. blog.datawrapper.de/color-contra...
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If you played an instrument back in high school and stopped: we are in a golden age of decent cheap instruments.
The guitars are better, the amps are better. The pedals are cheaper, the wind instruments are actually instruments and not just shaped like them, etc.
Jump back into it.
The guitars are better, the amps are better. The pedals are cheaper, the wind instruments are actually instruments and not just shaped like them, etc.
Jump back into it.
January 4, 2025 at 11:10 PM
If you played an instrument back in high school and stopped: we are in a golden age of decent cheap instruments.
The guitars are better, the amps are better. The pedals are cheaper, the wind instruments are actually instruments and not just shaped like them, etc.
Jump back into it.
The guitars are better, the amps are better. The pedals are cheaper, the wind instruments are actually instruments and not just shaped like them, etc.
Jump back into it.
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Answering your questions about AI, smart glasses, TikTok, and more
Answering your questions about AI, smart glasses, TikTok, and more
Opening up the reader mailbag to kick off the new year.
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January 3, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Answering your questions about AI, smart glasses, TikTok, and more
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Not that Google was ever good, but this cartoon is a good summary of now.
December 28, 2024 at 5:53 PM
Not that Google was ever good, but this cartoon is a good summary of now.