Good Graf!
Carly AyresDesign, tech, and writing with substance and style.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 67 | Founded | 6 years ago | Last Issue | 3 months ago |
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The latest design problem? Getting a job
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times—for designers, that is. We had been cooked, but now we were back. So back. Paul Graham shared-an-essay-on-taste-levels-of-back. Sure, we always knew that our work had value, but now it’s b...
The extremely online report: January 2026
January opened with promises of new beginnings and closed with the realization that 2026 looks a lot like 2025, just faster and louder. A WhatsApp bot became a security risk. An image editor became a policy crisis. Platforms chased reinvent...
A year of yap: Looking back at 2025
I took a break from writing in October. There’s an anxiety to that kind of pause, the sense that momentum is something you’re always on the verge of losing. As weeks passed, there was this gnawing that I should write something. Anything. Bu...
The extremely online report: August 2025
August brought the strange blend of acceleration and grief that’s become the default for 2025. AI models leveled up, only to be rolled back. Logos were redesigned, then unreleased. Nostalgia got algorithmically reconstituted, then collectiv...
Mooooooooooooooood
Earlier this month, Michael Roberson posted a clip of his tool, Mooodboard, alongside a provocation: “if brand auditing/faster design research is threatening your employment status, you’re ngmi” He said he’d been catching flak from designer...
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