“Ideally, all of the new Figma AI tools will allow people who are newer to Figma to test ideas more easily while letting those who are more well versed in the app iterate more quickly, according to [Figma’s chief product officer].” — https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/26/24183730/figma-ai-tools-app-redesign-slides

that isn’t how this works

that isn’t how any of this works

Figma announces big redesign with AI

Figma is adding new generative AI tools to help people more easily make projects in the popular design app. It’s also adding a slides feature and introducing a redesign.

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the best time to read ursula franklin was thirty years ago; the second best time is today
@beep what should we start with?

@julientaq If you can get your hands on a copy of The Real World of Technology, I adore that book.

If you prefer listening, there’s an audio recording of the lectures that ultimately became the book, which I almost love *more* than the written version? (https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/the-1989-cbc-massey-lectures-the-real-world-of-technology-1.2946845, https://archive.org/details/the-real-world-of-technology)

The 1989 CBC Massey Lectures, "The Real World of Technology" | CBC Radio

Technology has always been a part of human existence. Today though, says the experimental physicist, Ursula M. Franklin, technology has large-scale effects on culture itself. Ursula Franklin is an experimental physicist, University Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto, a former board member of the National Research Council and the Science Council of Canada, and a companion of the Order...

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@julientaq @beep Amazon has it and it’s not even expensive

@jeffsussna @julientaq @beep If you're in the US, Bookshop has it (and you can select an indie bookstore to benefit from your purchase): https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-real-world-of-technology-ursula-franklin/9995479?ean=9780887846366

Libraries also have it: https://search.worldcat.org/title/781487284?oclcNum=781487284