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Big Medium
Company blog · bigmedium.com/ideasdesignai
Big Medium is the company blog at bigmedium.com, writing about design and ai. Since 2017, 12 different Hacker News readers have linked it 14 times, most often “Design in the Era of the Algorithm”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-08-08, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Big Medium for its design thinking on voice interfaces, such as how UI decisions shape the gap between users' expectations and what a voice assistant can do.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Big Medium is a digital agency that helps complex organizations build design systems, craft exceptional online experiences, and transform digital operations.
Most-linked posts?
- Design in the Era of the Algorithm3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2017-06-22
- No Share Buttons on Mobile Sites (Except This One Weird Exception)2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2017-03-22
- Systems smart enough to know when they're not smart enough (2017)2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2017-03-14
What Hacker News says?
It seems like there's something akin to the uncanny valley effect going on here where a voice UI invites people to think about the other end of the conversation as a person and then be disappointed when they hit the edges of what it's designed to do. There's a really interesting discussion to be had about how UI decisions can make that process smoother — I really liked https://bigmedium.com/speaking/design-in-the-er…
Comment linking /speaking/design-in-the-era-of-the-algorithm.html
on “I ask 100 information questions to four digital assistants”Submitted Ship faster by building design systems slower (2023) as a story · 134 points
HN discussionSubmitted Systems smart enough to know when they're not smart enough (2017) as a story · 83 points
HN discussionSubmitted Systems Smart Enough to Know When They're Not Smart Enough as a story · 38 points
HN discussionSubmitted Design in the Era of the Algorithm as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted A.I., Snake Oil, and Miracle-Cure Expectations as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Design in the Era of the Algorithm as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Set Up Your Own Private VPN with Streisand as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted AI Is the Closest Thing to a Genie Lamp as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The already-here future of prototyping as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Sentient Design: AI and the Next Chapter of UX as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted A Coder Considers the Waning Days of the Craft as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted No Share Buttons on Mobile Sites (Except This One Weird Case) as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted No Share Buttons on Mobile Sites (Except This One Weird Exception) as a story · 1 points
HN discussion
