🦋 This week's brainfood: Making magic, MSN's y2k reboot, & creating actionable goals

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Brain food 🍎 

✧ How to make magic: Trusting intuition when building products
Creating a 'magical' design for Sparkle’s site wasn’t just about making something functional; it was about creating something people feel. It’s not always about the polished process but trusting your gut to create something memorable.

✧ MSN is back & its new look is giving y2k revival
Microsoft’s relaunch of MSN embraces a Y2K throwback, reviving the iconic butterfly with a modern twist. This delightful mix of familiarity and contemporary design highlights how nostalgia can provide audiences with both a cherished link to the past and an exciting vision for the future.

✧ Stop being vague! How behavior driven goals drive real impact
Vague concepts aren’t enough—clear, observable behaviors make all the difference. Discover how focusing on actions and setting clear expectations can improve team alignment and foster impactful change.

You could be overpaying for car insurance

This purported increase is driven by inflation, costly repairs, and more weather-related claims.

To mitigate costs, drivers are encouraged to shop for insurance and explore discounts.

View Money’s Best Car Insurance list to shop around and see if you can save.

SHOP AROUND

Tools to try 🛠️

✧ AI Context Strategies: How to teach AI what you need it to do
Ever struggled with ChatGPT or Claude not doing something the “right” way? This article helps you set context specific directions for your AI prompts to help you use AI in a much more targeted, relevant way.

✧ RightFont lets you install & organize fonts quickly
Say goodbye to the days of hunting down missing fonts or tracking specific icons. With RightFont, you can easily download & manage fonts on Mac - all fonts are available instantly, with no need to go looking in your system directory for file info.

✧ Design Principles - an open source library of design methodology
Principles.design is a friendly open-source platform that offers tools and examples to support designers and organizations in crafting effective design principles.

What you loved this week ❤️ 

• seattle, wa

• seoul hanging cam

• victoria harbor at night

• city and sea view (hong kong) 

See you on Sunday 🥰 

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