Design & Media

In the Weeds: Running the Numbers on a Lemonade Stand (With AI Doing the Math)

A dog groomer, a freelance designer, and a bottle of shampoo walk into a spreadsheet. The unsexy, specific, Tuesday-afternoon math that tells a small business owner whether they're making money — and how AI does it in a conversation instead of a cell.

In the Weeds: Print-on-Demand and the Listing Nobody Writes

Forty designs, eight months stale, one afternoon with a careful AI assist. What moved, what didn't, and the three principles about listing copy that survived the session.

What Mainstream Productivity AI Gets Wrong About ADHD

Time-blocking that assumes you can estimate time. Habit trackers that assume consistency. Focus mode that assumes you can initiate. An honest editorial on why every mainstream productivity tool assumes the exact executive function that's the thing missing — and what designing for ADHD actually looks like.

The Spoonie Product Designer's Bench: Tools for Working With Chronic Illness in Tech

Chronic illness shapes how people work. AI tools can flatten the disability tax inside the work itself — not just in the products.