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Plain language: what it is and why AI makes it more necessary

LÁMINA — Clear water lets you see every last stone on the bottom; so does a good text (DB/AI).

Plain language: what it is and why AI makes it more necessary

LÁMINA — Every town lights the same fireworks; only one looks like itself (DB/AI).

AI is making your town and your website look like everyone else's. What are you going to do about it?

LÁMINA — A colossal ship with one person at the helm: AI multiplies what gets produced, but setting the course and answering for it is still our job. Illustration generated with AI

Yes, we use AI. But no, it won't make your project cheaper

LÁMINA — In a well-kept lighthouse, the logbook says the same thing every night, and that is the good news (DB/AI).

Diary of a website nobody maintained

LÁMINA — Moving a cord takes one gesture. Moving the stone, once it is set, takes a lot more. Illustration generated with AI

174 comments on a wireframe

LÁMINA — The agents may be ready; nothing moves until someone on the team opens the gate. Illustration generated with AI

AI with our own method: how we build and maintain Drupal

LÁMINA — Each block is different. Whether they form a bridge depends on those who keep them aligned. Illustration generated with AI

Who holds a complex web project together

LÁMINA — The door exists. Whoever built it didn't think of everyone who would need to open it. AI-generated illustration

If someone can't use your website, they leave without telling you

LÁMINA — From the outside, it sometimes looks good. AI-generated illustration

The Art of the Deal

LÁMINA — Four in ten US desk workers received AI-made work last month that looked polished and was empty (DB/AI).

What will actually kill us is the rubbish you are doing with AI

LÁMINA — Nobody comes to the spring, but the water reaches everywhere: that is how your website works today (DB/AI).

Your website is no longer a destination. It's a source

LÁMINA — Choosing a platform is deciding which doors you want to be able to open in ten years' time. AI-generated illustration

Agnostics with a favourite: how we choose the platform for a website

LÁMINA — The knowledge that matters is not in the manuals: it is in the air, among the people who share it.

AI already gives you answers. What your team needs is judgement

LÁMINA — Everything the organisation knows is in the orchard; what actually gets published fits in one basket (DB/AI).

Your organisation has a problem, and its name is 3%

LÁMINA — The click still runs through the search engine, but each website gets a smaller share: it hasn't disappeared, it's become competitive (DB/AI).

The click isn't dead: it's out for a drink

LÁMINA — The ladder of the craft: judgment at the top is built on the rungs below. Illustration generated with AI.

AI and junior talent: the ladder companies are sawing off

LÁMINA — Every stone is correct and every stone is the same; the paths only lead to the one that is different (DB/AI).

Being different is no longer at odds with being found
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