Summary : Using Nano Banana 2 to render the heroes of the graphical user interface as a monument | Two examples of great AI (short) videos | AI won’t kill software | Bing reports AI citations of your website | AI task horizons keep increasing | Google simplifies its AI product architecture | One-shot instructional AI video from NotebookLM | GPT 5.4 is probably a better writer than 5.2 UX Roundup for March 9, 2026 (Nano Banana 2) Using Nano Banana 2 To Render the Heroes of the

Summary: Six levels of AI design maturity. Early levels involve skepticism and ad-hoc tool use. Later levels embed AI into design systems and product delivery. The highest level envisions AI generating interfaces autonomously. As interfaces dissolve into real-time-generated experiences, the designer’s role shifts from pixel pusher to system gardener. The article includes a self-assessment framework and emphasizes the need to progress one level at a time to successfully instit

Summary : The AI is the computer | AI is disrupting the filmed entertainment industry | UX trends for 2026 | AI can use the GOMS UI analysis method | New image model: Nano Banana 2 | New music model: Lyria 3 UX Roundup for March 2, 2026 (Nano Banana 2) The AI is the Computer Aravind Srinivas (the founder of Perplexity, which is probably the best AI-driven answer engine  but has ambitions to be more) wrote an interesting essay titled “ The AI is the Computer .” When I worked a

Summary:  The GUI’s success wasn’t about any single invention, but a synergy of 4 elements: Window, Icon, Menu, and Pointer, through a 60-year history of usability improvements. But the era of WIMP is drawing to an end with a radical shift toward Generative UI and World Models, in which static menus are replaced by fluid, intent-driven AI interactions. (I made all the comics in this article with Nano Banana Pro.) The evolution of the Graphical User Interface (GUI) represents

Summary : Year of the Fire Horse | Reversing creative workflows | AI coding wins complete dominance | Usability scaling continues | 40 years of being right become 40 years of being wrong | Usability Engineering book passes 30,000 citations | Award-winning AI video UX Roundup for February 16, 2026: Happy Year of the Horse! (xx)     Year of the Fire Horse Happy Year of the Horse! But it’s not just any old horse this year, it’s the fire horse, a combination that only comes aroun

Summary:  We possess the philosopher’s stone in the form of AI (transmuting cheap sand into expensive thought), tutoring that used to be limited to emperors (also AI), and tools that transcend biological limits (AI again). The only thing holding us back is our willingness to act, because humans still need agency. AI works. The question is: will you? I have long been a fan of Marc Andreessen, the man who built the first practical GUI web browser  and now co-leads Silicon Valle