Roger Wong
@lunarboy.com
Design leader, liberal, geek. Thoughts on design, AI, technology, politics, and geeky pop culture. Blog: https://rogerwong.me
As designers, as people who make technology, it’s time we took responsibility. The assassination of Charlie Kirk was shocking, but it wasn’t unpredictable. It was the inevitable outcome of platforms designed to optimize for outrage. 1/
September 23, 2025 at 3:07 PM
As designers, as people who make technology, it’s time we took responsibility. The assassination of Charlie Kirk was shocking, but it wasn’t unpredictable. It was the inevitable outcome of platforms designed to optimize for outrage. 1/
At midnight Eastern Time, Apple Music updated with a new pre-release album from Pink Floyd with cover art—the 50th anniversary edition of “Wish You Were Here.” It’ll be fully released on December 12.
September 12, 2025 at 4:10 AM
At midnight Eastern Time, Apple Music updated with a new pre-release album from Pink Floyd with cover art—the 50th anniversary edition of “Wish You Were Here.” It’ll be fully released on December 12.
Pink Floyd blacked out all their album covers on streaming services, replacing them with “alt text” titles like “A PRISM REFRACTS LIGHT INTO THE SPECTRUM.” There are fan theories. I have mine (which is no different than the consensus TBH).
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September 11, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Pink Floyd blacked out all their album covers on streaming services, replacing them with “alt text” titles like “A PRISM REFRACTS LIGHT INTO THE SPECTRUM.” There are fan theories. I have mine (which is no different than the consensus TBH).
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Happy 249th America! This is still my favorite logo.
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July 4, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Happy 249th America! This is still my favorite logo.
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I was riding the London Underground last week with my family and spotted this ad: "Humans Were the Beta Test" from Artisan. I've done plenty of B2B campaigns. Shock isn't a tactic I'd recommend when you're essentially promoting the death of the human race.
July 3, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I was riding the London Underground last week with my family and spotted this ad: "Humans Were the Beta Test" from Artisan. I've done plenty of B2B campaigns. Shock isn't a tactic I'd recommend when you're essentially promoting the death of the human race.
Whoever designed this map for Trump Mobile obviously doesn't know our flag. 🇺🇸 I understand it's a mask and the numbers won't be perfect, but personally, I wouldn't have gone over 50 stars and 13 stripes. I counted 148 (mostly) visible stars and 15 stripes. 🤦🏻♂️
June 16, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Whoever designed this map for Trump Mobile obviously doesn't know our flag. 🇺🇸 I understand it's a mask and the numbers won't be perfect, but personally, I wouldn't have gone over 50 stars and 13 stripes. I counted 148 (mostly) visible stars and 15 stripes. 🤦🏻♂️
Design leaders are using #AI 50% more than individual contributors.
That nine-point gap (29.0% vs 19.9%) from the new #UX Tools Survey caught my attention. Why? 🧵 1/
#designsky #uxdesign
That nine-point gap (29.0% vs 19.9%) from the new #UX Tools Survey caught my attention. Why? 🧵 1/
#designsky #uxdesign
June 3, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Design leaders are using #AI 50% more than individual contributors.
That nine-point gap (29.0% vs 19.9%) from the new #UX Tools Survey caught my attention. Why? 🧵 1/
#designsky #uxdesign
That nine-point gap (29.0% vs 19.9%) from the new #UX Tools Survey caught my attention. Why? 🧵 1/
#designsky #uxdesign
Just got @figma.com Make access, and after two days of testing, the thesis is solid. Generate working code from designs. But the execution? Not quite there yet.
Quick thread on what works, what doesn't, and where this is all heading 🧵 1/5
#DesignSky
Quick thread on what works, what doesn't, and where this is all heading 🧵 1/5
#DesignSky
May 27, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Just got @figma.com Make access, and after two days of testing, the thesis is solid. Generate working code from designs. But the execution? Not quite there yet.
Quick thread on what works, what doesn't, and where this is all heading 🧵 1/5
#DesignSky
Quick thread on what works, what doesn't, and where this is all heading 🧵 1/5
#DesignSky
This would scare any alien invader away.
April 24, 2025 at 7:28 PM
This would scare any alien invader away.
A film that takes place where you're from
April 17, 2025 at 7:11 PM
A film that takes place where you're from
I've been thinking a lot about the future of #uxdesign #productdesign recently after reading the "AI 2027" scenario report. Here's my take: Product design will look very different in 24 months. #AI will automate a lot of the busy work. Our human judgement and taste will be more important. 1/3
April 17, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I've been thinking a lot about the future of #uxdesign #productdesign recently after reading the "AI 2027" scenario report. Here's my take: Product design will look very different in 24 months. #AI will automate a lot of the busy work. Our human judgement and taste will be more important. 1/3
Although Trump disavowed Project 2025 during the campaign, he's 42% done with executing it.
Love this visualization by a couple of Redittors in the style of a project management app or todo list. ✅
#Project2025
Love this visualization by a couple of Redittors in the style of a project management app or todo list. ✅
#Project2025
March 22, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Although Trump disavowed Project 2025 during the campaign, he's 42% done with executing it.
Love this visualization by a couple of Redittors in the style of a project management app or todo list. ✅
#Project2025
Love this visualization by a couple of Redittors in the style of a project management app or todo list. ✅
#Project2025
I’m really appreciating the minimalistic lower-thirds for this Super Bowl broadcast. It’s refreshing.
February 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM
I’m really appreciating the minimalistic lower-thirds for this Super Bowl broadcast. It’s refreshing.
Yet another cool thing while code jamming with #CursorAI on a personal web app project: Have it run your unit tests and automagically fix any errors!
February 6, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Yet another cool thing while code jamming with #CursorAI on a personal web app project: Have it run your unit tests and automagically fix any errors!
Finally watched “The Brutalist” today. Loved it. Also adored the Bauhaus / Constuctivist main titles and end credits.
January 26, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Finally watched “The Brutalist” today. Loved it. Also adored the Bauhaus / Constuctivist main titles and end credits.
I made this anti-Trump poster about two-and-a-half years ago. Still apropos today.
January 23, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I made this anti-Trump poster about two-and-a-half years ago. Still apropos today.
Uh, yeah. OpenAI's Sora is NOT ready for primetime.
Here was the prompt: "Closeup of a homechef thinly slicing a tomato on a mandolin"
Here was the prompt: "Closeup of a homechef thinly slicing a tomato on a mandolin"
January 15, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Uh, yeah. OpenAI's Sora is NOT ready for primetime.
Here was the prompt: "Closeup of a homechef thinly slicing a tomato on a mandolin"
Here was the prompt: "Closeup of a homechef thinly slicing a tomato on a mandolin"
I just did a search of the USPTO site for patents filed by Apple and Meta since 2007.
Since then, Apple has filed for 44,699 patents. Meta, nee Facebook, has filed for 4,839, or about 10% of Apple's inventions in the same time period. 2/
Since then, Apple has filed for 44,699 patents. Meta, nee Facebook, has filed for 4,839, or about 10% of Apple's inventions in the same time period. 2/
January 12, 2025 at 3:23 AM
I just did a search of the USPTO site for patents filed by Apple and Meta since 2007.
Since then, Apple has filed for 44,699 patents. Meta, nee Facebook, has filed for 4,839, or about 10% of Apple's inventions in the same time period. 2/
Since then, Apple has filed for 44,699 patents. Meta, nee Facebook, has filed for 4,839, or about 10% of Apple's inventions in the same time period. 2/
“Return of the Jedi.” And I’m sure I watched it as soon as it came out.
January 5, 2025 at 6:23 PM
“Return of the Jedi.” And I’m sure I watched it as soon as it came out.
Companies are asking more from their UX designers. They want **product** designers who can think more strategically and connect business with audiences. #Designsky 🧵 1/
December 30, 2024 at 7:57 PM
Companies are asking more from their UX designers. They want **product** designers who can think more strategically and connect business with audiences. #Designsky 🧵 1/
The "R" here looks like the digitized Granby.
December 23, 2024 at 6:26 PM
The "R" here looks like the digitized Granby.
It's the same font used for the opening titles for Superman (1978).
(Although the "R" looks a little different in the digitized version, here by Elsner+Flake. The Scangraphic version is the same, FWIW.) #designsky
(Although the "R" looks a little different in the digitized version, here by Elsner+Flake. The Scangraphic version is the same, FWIW.) #designsky
December 23, 2024 at 2:23 AM
It's the same font used for the opening titles for Superman (1978).
(Although the "R" looks a little different in the digitized version, here by Elsner+Flake. The Scangraphic version is the same, FWIW.) #designsky
(Although the "R" looks a little different in the digitized version, here by Elsner+Flake. The Scangraphic version is the same, FWIW.) #designsky
