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#charts-and-templates

Test smart: how to approach AI and stay sane?

AI tools can enhance productivity but may compromise quality if not used critically.

Web development

Google adds AI Skills to Chrome to help you save favorite workflows | TechCrunch

Canva's AI assistant can now call various tools to make designs for you | TechCrunch

Canva's AI assistant enhances design workflows by allowing users to create editable designs through text prompts and automated task planning.

Data science

Data models: the shared language your AI and team are both missing

Understanding the attention mechanism in AI is crucial for effective use of AI tools.

UX design

We become what we behold

AI is reshaping the roles of designers and our interaction with technology.

Test smart: how to approach AI and stay sane?

AI tools can enhance productivity but may compromise quality if not used critically.

Web development

Google adds AI Skills to Chrome to help you save favorite workflows | TechCrunch

Google introduces Skills in Chrome, allowing users to save and reuse AI prompts across webpages for enhanced browsing efficiency.

Canva's AI assistant can now call various tools to make designs for you | TechCrunch

Canva's AI assistant enhances design workflows by allowing users to create editable designs through text prompts and automated task planning.

Data models: the shared language your AI and team are both missing

Understanding the attention mechanism in AI is crucial for effective use of AI tools.

We become what we behold

AI is reshaping the roles of designers and our interaction with technology.

Reclaiming the power of the story - fueled by data and AI | MarTech

Marketing teams can enhance storytelling and authenticity by integrating AI without sacrificing human connection.

How to Identify Winning Marketing Strategies with Data-Driven Testing - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com

Effective marketing tests require clear hypotheses to produce actionable insights and reliable results.

fromThe Drum

The Great Marketing Declutter are you surviving, striving, or thriving

Marketers must identify their group—survivors, strivers, or thrivers—to navigate challenges effectively in a disrupted environment.

Marketing looks successful, but misses what matters | MarTech

Marketing has drifted from driving business growth to focusing on optics and internal validation, leading to a disconnect from revenue.

Creating meaningful moments across the customer journey | MarTech

Modern marketing must balance automation with genuine human connection to maintain customer trust.

fromAdExchanger

Can An AI Solution Fix Misaligned Marketing Orgs? | AdExchanger

Opal's Gem AI solution aims to unify marketing efforts and streamline collaboration among teams using natural language processing.

Reclaiming the power of the story - fueled by data and AI | MarTech

Marketing teams can enhance storytelling and authenticity by integrating AI without sacrificing human connection.

How to Identify Winning Marketing Strategies with Data-Driven Testing - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com

Effective marketing tests require clear hypotheses to produce actionable insights and reliable results.

fromThe Drum

The Great Marketing Declutter are you surviving, striving, or thriving

Marketers must identify their group—survivors, strivers, or thrivers—to navigate challenges effectively in a disrupted environment.

Marketing looks successful, but misses what matters | MarTech

Marketing has drifted from driving business growth to focusing on optics and internal validation, leading to a disconnect from revenue.

Creating meaningful moments across the customer journey | MarTech

Modern marketing must balance automation with genuine human connection to maintain customer trust.

fromAdExchanger

Can An AI Solution Fix Misaligned Marketing Orgs? | AdExchanger

Opal's Gem AI solution aims to unify marketing efforts and streamline collaboration among teams using natural language processing.

A 15-minute AI workflow to clean campaign data | MarTech

Data hygiene is crucial for effective campaign personalization and segmentation, requiring a quick AI-assisted cleanup before launching.

AI & Search Whiteboard Friday Rollup

AI search tactics require a different approach than traditional SEO, with minimal overlap in rankings.

fromHubspot

The FSA framework explained: Why AI engines cite certain brands (and how marketers can use it)

SEO alone is insufficient; brands must adapt to answer engines using the FSA Framework: Freshness, Structure, and Authority.

Online marketing

fromMoz

AI & Search Whiteboard Friday Rollup

AI search tactics require a different approach than traditional SEO, with minimal overlap in rankings.

fromHubspot

fromSearch Engine Roundtable

The FSA framework explained: Why AI engines cite certain brands (and how marketers can use it)

SEO alone is insufficient; brands must adapt to answer engines using the FSA Framework: Freshness, Structure, and Authority.

Synthetic research is a promise with a catch | MarTech

Economic pressure for quick research results conflicts with the scientific demand for rigor, leading to potential biases in synthetic data outputs.

Typography

Microsoft Bing Testing Animated People Also Search For

Bing is testing a new animated outline for its 'people also search for' boxes to enhance user attention.

New Claude Code Desktop App

The redesigned Claude Code desktop app improves user experience with new usage stats and contextual controls, but still has some downsides.

Practical Guide for Creating Animated Effects with Claude Code

Use specific, clear prompts for Claude Code to create effective animated effects.

UX design

Claude Code for Creating Diagrams

Software development

New Claude Code Desktop App

The redesigned Claude Code desktop app improves user experience with new usage stats and contextual controls, but still has some downsides.

Practical Guide for Creating Animated Effects with Claude Code

Use specific, clear prompts for Claude Code to create effective animated effects.

UX design

Claude Code for Creating Diagrams

Adobe and Canva releases push AI deeper into creative workflows | MarTech

Adobe and Canva are both enhancing creative work through AI, but they approach it with different strategies.

Rethinking the shape of design teams in an AI world

Organizations must adopt a dual transformation model to balance innovation and foundational mastery in design processes disrupted by AI.

Adobe and Canva releases push AI deeper into creative workflows | MarTech

Adobe and Canva are both enhancing creative work through AI, but they approach it with different strategies.

Rethinking the shape of design teams in an AI world

Organizations must adopt a dual transformation model to balance innovation and foundational mastery in design processes disrupted by AI.

AI-powered website builders have come a long way - here's your best option in 2026

Generative AI significantly enhances web development, with notable improvements in AI-based website builders since 2025.

fromHarvard Business Review

The Hidden Demand for AI Inside Your Company

Many corporate gen AI programs fail, leading employees to use personal AI tools secretly.

fromZDNET

AI-powered website builders have come a long way - here's your best option in 2026

Generative AI significantly enhances web development, with notable improvements in AI-based website builders since 2025.

fromHarvard Business Review

Online Community Development

The Hidden Demand for AI Inside Your Company

Many corporate gen AI programs fail, leading employees to use personal AI tools secretly.

more#generative-ai

fromTNW | Opinion

Trusti explores human-centered recommendations in digital platforms

Digital platforms have transformed decision-making by providing access to reviews, which significantly influence consumer choices.

Business intelligence

fromwww.housingwire.com

Interactive dashboards: A move from optional to essential

Interactive dashboards enhance speed and transparency in mortgage servicing, enabling real-time data access and faster decision-making.

Productivity

We need to kill the bloated 100 slide 'Frankendeck'

The 100-page slide deck, or 'Frankendeck', hinders decision-making by overwhelming executives with unnecessary information.

Web frameworks

fromInfoQ

Speed at Scale: Optimizing the Largest CX Platform Out There

Optimizing performance in customer experience platforms involves addressing challenges rather than focusing solely on the latest technologies.

DON'T LOSE THE PLOT: WHY BRANDS STILL NEED A GOOD STORY

Storytelling remains essential for brands to connect with consumers in a content-saturated world.

Media industry

fromInc

The Content Strategy Mistake Almost Every Founder Makes

Timeliness and relevance are crucial for story selection in newsrooms, overshadowing credentials and personal achievements.

fromThedrum

DON'T LOSE THE PLOT: WHY BRANDS STILL NEED A GOOD STORY

Storytelling remains essential for brands to connect with consumers in a content-saturated world.

Media industry

fromInc

The Content Strategy Mistake Almost Every Founder Makes

Timeliness and relevance are crucial for story selection in newsrooms, overshadowing credentials and personal achievements.

Data portraits of population

India's 1971 Census documents featured hand-drawn charts, showcasing significant effort to make data engaging and accessible to the public.

DevOps

fromInfoWorld

fromwww.socialmediatoday.com

The agent tier: Rethinking runtime architecture for context-driven enterprise workflows

Digital workflows in large enterprises struggle to adapt to contextual variations, leading to increased complexity and challenges in customer onboarding processes.

Social media marketing

Pinterest's latest ad campaign encourages people to get off social media

Pinterest's new ad campaign positions it as an anti-social media platform, encouraging users to engage in offline activities.

Digital life

fromZDNET

I tried Google's new desktop app, and I'll never search the old way again

Google's new desktop app enhances productivity by providing quick access to Gmail, Drive, and Search features.

React

fromDEV Community

Letting Product Teams Own SVG Icons (Without Code Changes)

Subito developed a dynamic SVG icon system allowing marketing teams to update icons independently and adapt colors based on context.

fromRealpython

Altair: Declarative Charts With Python Quiz - Real Python

The quiz contains 7 questions and there is no time limit. You'll get 1 point for each correct answer.

Python

Media industry

fromNieman Lab

Social traffic kinda stinks for news publishers now, in 3 charts

Social media traffic to news publishers has significantly declined, with Twitter traffic down 70% since 2022.

Growth hacking

fromThe Drum

Marketing impact. Facts, with receipts

Only 5-20% of business growth is driven by marketing; key strategies can elevate effectiveness beyond this range.

Angular

15+ Best Shadcn Templates for Next.js Developers

Choosing the right Shadcn template for Next.js impacts performance, maintainability, and scalability.

#canva

fromTNW | Anthropic

Canva and Anthropic launch Claude Design for AI-powered visual creation

Canva and Anthropic launched Claude Design, enabling users to create editable visuals from text descriptions using AI technology.

Canva is officially 'an AI platform with design tools'

Canva is transforming from a design platform with AI tools to an AI platform with design tools, enhancing user experience and capabilities.

fromEngadget

Canva starts previewing a more powerful version of its AI assistant

Canva AI 2.0 introduces significant updates, including a conversational interface, persistent memory, and expanded workflows for enhanced design capabilities.

fromTech Times

How to Use Canva Templates for Social Media & Graphic Design Like a Pro

Canva enables anyone to create professional visuals easily with templates and drag-and-drop editing.

fromTNW | Anthropic

Canva and Anthropic launch Claude Design for AI-powered visual creation

Canva and Anthropic launched Claude Design, enabling users to create editable visuals from text descriptions using AI technology.

Canva is officially 'an AI platform with design tools'

Canva is transforming from a design platform with AI tools to an AI platform with design tools, enhancing user experience and capabilities.

fromEngadget

Canva starts previewing a more powerful version of its AI assistant

Canva AI 2.0 introduces significant updates, including a conversational interface, persistent memory, and expanded workflows for enhanced design capabilities.

fromTech Times

How to Use Canva Templates for Social Media & Graphic Design Like a Pro

Canva enables anyone to create professional visuals easily with templates and drag-and-drop editing.

Scaling the Digital Shelf: How Designkit is Revolutionizing E-Commerce Visuals

High-quality product images are crucial for e-commerce success, and traditional photography methods are inefficient and costly.

Business intelligence

fromTechzine Global

Qlik brings agentic execution to data engineering

Qlik is enhancing its data engineering capabilities with four new features to accelerate AI-ready data delivery for data teams.

How To Choose A Web Design Company That Understands Your Customers

The right web design company can optimize websites for higher conversions by understanding business needs and integrating necessary systems.

Is the Data Scientist Role Dead? No, it's Transforming

The data scientist role is evolving, not disappearing, as organizations demand broader skills and system-oriented thinking.

The Modern CMO's Expanding Strategy

The role of CMO is evolving, with varying titles and responsibilities across companies.

#design

UX design

The misrepresentation of "good taste" as a core design skill

Oh, but there's one more thing

Designers must address real project challenges while navigating the evolving role of AI in the creative process.

The misrepresentation of "good taste" as a core design skill

Taste is positioned as a crucial differentiator for designers in an AI-driven landscape, but its meaning and implications are complex.

Oh, but there's one more thing

Designers must address real project challenges while navigating the evolving role of AI in the creative process.

7 View Transitions Recipes to Try | CSS-Tricks

View transitions enhance user experience and are supported by major browsers, but require careful setup and understanding of animation types.

fromExchangewire

The Stack: Advertising's Next Phase - ExchangeWire.com

Advertising, streaming, and regulation are converging as platforms focus on monetization amid increasing scrutiny and evolving industry standards.

Growth hacking

fromEntrepreneur

How to Understand Your Website Through Your User's Eyes

User journey maps enhance understanding of user goals, questions, and needed information, improving website navigation and user experience.

fromThedrum

QR Code Marketing

QR codes have evolved from low adoption rates to widespread use, driven by smartphone accessibility and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Web development

fromwww.jqueryscript.net

Weekly Web Design & Development News: Collective #652

Essential resources and tools for web development and design are highlighted for the week.

Claude Design: Figma Killer or Just Another Design Tool?

Claude Design offers a range of design options, including Prototype and Side deck, allowing users to create polished visual work without leaving the Anthropic ecosystem.

UX design

fromwww.socialmediatoday.com

Meta simplifies ad performance elements

Meta updates its Pixel and Conversions API to simplify data gathering and improve ad targeting for businesses, especially smaller ones.

3 AI shifts reshaping market research | MarTech

AI is transforming market research by evolving from a tool for tasks to a collaborative research environment that enhances data-driven insights.

How to Use App Templates to Build Faster - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com

App templates democratize app development, allowing anyone to create functional applications quickly and affordably without coding skills.

Anthropic launches a design tool to take on all the other design tools

Claude Design enables collaboration with AI for creating visual work, catering to both non-designers and designers for efficient prototyping.

fromTNW | Data-Security

Why data quality matters when working with data at scale

Data quality should be prioritized from the start to prevent costly issues later in data engineering projects.

fromMIT Technology Review

Building trust in the AI era with privacy-led UX

Well-designed consent experiences enhance trust and business performance, evolving privacy into an ongoing relationship rather than a one-time transaction.

Haptics: how to build a consistent cross-platform solution and align code with Figma

Implementing consistent haptics across iOS, Android, and mobile web enhances user experience through tactile feedback.

fromModern Retail

Creator content has become critical for retail media networks

Retail media and the creator economy are increasingly interconnected, enhancing advertising effectiveness through data-driven creator partnerships.

fromExchangewire

44% of Web Inventory Fails Quality Standards, Picnic Finds

44.4% of domains fall below quality thresholds, driven by AI-generated content, complicating advertisers' ability to find valuable inventory.

#ux-design

fromSmashing Magazine

How To Improve UX In Legacy Systems - Smashing Magazine

Improving UX in legacy systems requires gradual progress while addressing user and stakeholder needs.

The mirage of UX Design's demise keeps coming back

The claim that 'UX Design is dead' reflects deeper anxieties about existence and professional relevance.

fromSmashing Magazine

How To Improve UX In Legacy Systems - Smashing Magazine

Improving UX in legacy systems requires gradual progress while addressing user and stakeholder needs.

The mirage of UX Design's demise keeps coming back

The claim that 'UX Design is dead' reflects deeper anxieties about existence and professional relevance.

more#ux-design

#artificial-intelligence

fromwww.theguardian.com

AI companies make powerful tech but they're also savvy marketers

AI models like Anthropic's Claude Mythos could expose significant software vulnerabilities, raising concerns about cybersecurity risks and potential misuse.

fromDigiday

Why marketing is now the operating system for growth

Artificial intelligence is transforming marketing into a central growth engine, influencing brand perception for both humans and automated systems.

fromwww.theguardian.com

AI companies make powerful tech but they're also savvy marketers

AI models like Anthropic's Claude Mythos could expose significant software vulnerabilities, raising concerns about cybersecurity risks and potential misuse.

fromDigiday

more#artificial-intelligence

Why marketing is now the operating system for growth

Artificial intelligence is transforming marketing into a central growth engine, influencing brand perception for both humans and automated systems.

How's your martech stack shaping up? | MarTech

Marketers are invited to participate in the 2026 State of Your Stack survey to assess their martech stack's effectiveness and compare it with industry standards.

Phenomenon Studio: AI-Driven UI/UX Innovations Defining the 2026 Design Evolution - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com

AI is now essential in UI/UX design, enabling anticipatory interfaces that enhance user experience and drive business success.

fromExchangewire

Rewriting the Rules of Ad Tech: Intent-Driven Discovery, Meaningful Human Connections, and Transparency

AI and privacy are pivotal forces reshaping the ad tech industry in 2026.

DeepSeek and Grok Cloud Dancing Data Color Schemes

The 2026 Pantone Color of the Year, Cloud Dancer, presents unique challenges and opportunities for data visualization color schemes.

UX design

Data visualization. How to make it understandable

2 weeks ago

DeepSeek and Grok Cloud Dancing Data Color Schemes

The 2026 Pantone Color of the Year, Cloud Dancer, presents unique challenges and opportunities for data visualization color schemes.

UX design

Data visualization. How to make it understandable

more#data-visualization

How To Move From Paid Social Reach To Owned 1P-Data-Driven Connections

Brands are shifting focus from paid social ads to building direct relationships with customers through first-party data and owned channels.

AI, UX, and the factory model

The digital design landscape is shifting towards a factory model, redefining roles and metrics of success in software development.

Social media marketing

fromWE AND THE COLOR

Best Instagram Layouts for Editorial Social Media Templates

RedGiant's Instagram template pack applies high-end fashion publishing aesthetics to social media, prioritizing typography and editorial grid systems over typical marketing template conventions.

Figma Design System + Claude Code

Maximizing Claude Code efficiency with Figma design system requires a structured approach to avoid common design issues.

How AI Interfaces Are Reshaping Discovery, Trust And Decision Making

The traditional home page is losing its significance as AI assistants reshape how users interact with brands online.

The Future of UI Design is Agentic Design

AI tools are now integral to product design, enabling collaborative UI creation and refinement in tools like Figma.

Transform your data into compelling stories that drive results - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com

Data storytelling transforms data into engaging narratives that inspire action and drive change.

fromWWD

Bridging the In-Store Digital Media Measurement Gap

In-store digital media investment stagnates due to misaligned goals, not measurement issues, requiring a shift to evaluating success through product movement.

Are you buying simplicity or dependency in CreativeOps? | MarTech

CreativeOps buyers face a choice between perceived simplification and underlying dependency in their production ecosystems.

The erosion of design authority, burnout problems, invisible customers

Vibe coding is reshaping design authority by bridging the gap between description and interaction.

fromWE AND THE COLOR

Can AI Search Read Your Design? The New Invisible SEO

AI search engines cannot interpret visual design, making brands with only aesthetic appeal effectively invisible online.

Design

fromBusiness Matters

Why You Should Beautify Slides for Better Engagement and Clarity

Effective presentations prioritize clear messages with supporting visuals over decorative design, making content memorable and engaging while reducing cognitive load for audiences.

The UX ground is shaking, synthetic users, building perspective

A clear design perspective is crucial; it defines what to exclude, ensuring focus on what truly matters.

Digital life

fromFlowingData

Release your lantern

Taiwan Data Stories created an interactive tool allowing users to customize and release virtual lanterns during lunar new year celebrations, inspired by the traditional sky lantern festival in Pingxi.

fromEngadget

Claude can now generate charts and diagrams

Claude now generates charts and diagrams using HTML and XML vector graphics to explain concepts visually, available to all users in beta.

Python

fromReuven Lerner

Build YOUR data dashboard - join my next 8-week HOPPy studio cohort

Create shareable interactive data dashboards in Python using Marimo; HOPPy cohort teaches dashboard building with mentorship, live instruction, and modern distribution tools.

fromComputerworld

Tableau re-engineers dashboards, adds new analytics tools for business analysts

Tableau 2022.3 adds Data Guide and Table Extension, dynamic dashboards, event auditing, and performance/cost optimization to simplify self-service analytics for business users.