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John Rodrigues @johnrodrigues4.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

I spent some time observing and understanding how to meaningfully integrate AI to improve the product experience, and I’ve shared my insights in this blog. I also wrote about how to approach AI implementation from a design perspective—so that AI features remain human-centric. Read the full post

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John Rodrigues @johnrodrigues4.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Exciting AI Updates from Google I/O Impressed by the latest wave of AI projects. If you’re into AI agents, these two are worth checking out: • Project Astra – Designed for building AI assistants. • Project Mariner – Focused on creating autonomous agents for the web.

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John Rodrigues @johnrodrigues4.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

LLMs are actually a great medium for note-taking. I usually drop in my notes, ideas, and helpful links—and whenever I need them, I just ask the AI to retrieve the information. I can also see this being a helpful way to document design decisions, build knowledge bases and references. No more w

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John Rodrigues @johnrodrigues4.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

In AI-native products, multimodal interactions are becoming more important than ever. I just wrote a blog diving into why multimodal interaction matters right now—and the tools that help designers explore and prototype these experiences. Give it a read #AI #design

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John Rodrigues @johnrodrigues4.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Figma needs an AI feature that auto-assigns variables. Manually applying them is so tedious.

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John Rodrigues @johnrodrigues4.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Here’s a behind-the-scenes look at how I designed personalities for AI agents. Read more here: open.substack.com/pub/johnrodrigues… #AI #design #AIagents

Here’s a behind-the-scenes look at how I designed personalities for AI agents.

Read more here: https://open.substack.com/pub/johnrodrigues/p/designing-personalities-for-ai-agents?r=9e818&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

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John Rodrigues @johnrodrigues4.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Unfortunately didn’t get picked for WWDC25 💔 but will be around town for meetups and events. Maybe will host a visionOS design meetup. #wwdc2025

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John Rodrigues @johnrodrigues4.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

Design is like playing music — we sequence the right chords to create harmony. Similarly, in design, we sequence information through different forms to create value.

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John Rodrigues @johnrodrigues4.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Creating characters and rigging them with GenAI. Pretty fun! Tool : Meshy. ai

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John Rodrigues @johnrodrigues4.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

In this blog, I share how to design and build your first visionOS app. If you're curious and interested, check it out here. open.substack.com/pub/hyphenxr... #AppleVisionPro #visionOS

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Introduction to building apps for Apple Vision Pro

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John Rodrigues @johnrodrigues4.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Got to see frameworks like 'Feel, See, Do,' storyboarding, level design, and more come together experiences for Apple VisionPro. Excited to dive deeper into designing for VisionOS! #Applevisionpro

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John Rodrigues @johnrodrigues4.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

You don’t always get to see behind the scenes of creating such memorable experiences Apple designs, but in this session, we got a glimpse of how multiple disciplines come together to create products.

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John Rodrigues @johnrodrigues4.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

I gained some valuable insights on how to design and prototype for Apple Vision Pro.

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John Rodrigues @johnrodrigues4.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Had the pleasure of attending 'Create Interactive Stories for VisionOS' at the Apple Developer Center. Feeling inspired after meeting so many creatives, designers and developers building amazing things.

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John Rodrigues @johnrodrigues4.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

If you are interested in designing and developing for Apple Vision Pro, I have put together a roadmap and a list of resources to help you get started in this blog. Feel free to give it a read! hyphenxr.com/p/roadmap-to... #Applevisionpro #VisionOS #XR

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John Rodrigues @johnrodrigues4.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Figma's split view is very helpful when maintaining different pages for your components. With split view, you can reference the components while working on the main screens. Also here a sneak peek of Design Quest App in making. #Figmatips

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John Rodrigues @johnrodrigues4.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Great talk on virtual reality by Caitlin Krause ( Author of MindWise®, Educator at Stanford ) and Angel Say ( CEO of Resolve ) at the Silicon Valley Virtual Reality event. I also had a great time exploring XR demos by designers and developers. Got to to try a AVPro game Huy Le.

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John Rodrigues @johnrodrigues4.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

I cover concepts such as scale, comfort, visual design, interaction design, and accessibility while designing for spatial computing.

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John Rodrigues @johnrodrigues4.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

If you plan to design spatial experiences for the upcoming AndroidXR by Google, I have put together this two-part video series on Spatial UI design principles for AndroidXR. Watch the videos here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uEZ...

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John Rodrigues @johnrodrigues4.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

You can learn more about how to design with SwiftUI from here developer.apple.com/videos/play/... Thank you Apple developer center and all other speakers as well for another great session.

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John Rodrigues @johnrodrigues4.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

I can’t wait for our design industry to adopt more of this approach to prototyping and creating products that not only solve a problem but also make the experience memorable for users.

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John Rodrigues @johnrodrigues4.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

I started my prototyping journey with SwiftUI after being inspired by Philip and Will’s approach to integrating SwiftUI into the design process and pushing the limits of interaction design. Great session by Leah Womelsdorf as well on how to create animations with SwiftUI!

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John Rodrigues @johnrodrigues4.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

I had the pleasure of attending the Design with SwiftUI talk by Philip Davis and Will Danner in person at the Apple Developer Center in Cupertino.

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John Rodrigues @johnrodrigues4.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

That’s great news. Congratulations

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John Rodrigues @johnrodrigues4.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Time to adapt towards the new medium. What’s your take on the future of spatial computing?

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John Rodrigues @johnrodrigues4.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

-Google’s recent launch of AndroidXR and focus on mixed reality hardware, ‘Moohan.’ Google also acquired part of HTC Vive for $250M. -Apple’s development toward VisionOS and microLED for AR glasses. -And, of course, Meta’s focus on Project Orion augmented reality glasses.

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John Rodrigues @johnrodrigues4.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

The next exciting space for designers and engineers is the interaction of AI and spatial computing. You can start seeing a focus from major companies like Apple, Google, and Meta:

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John Rodrigues @johnrodrigues4.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Fidget Card Effect with SwiftUI: Studying the rotation3DEffect modifier and drag gesture interaction. Tutorial from Philip Davis's course. #Interactiondesign #iOS #SwiftUI

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John Rodrigues @johnrodrigues4.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

In November 2024, I had the pleasure of attending “Build Great Spatial Computing Apps for VisionOS” at the Apple Developer Center in Cupertino. In this blog, I’ve curated the resources and insights I gathered during the event. Feel free to check it out: johnrodrigues.substack.com/p/design-for...

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Design for Apple Vision Pro

November 2024: Attending the Apple Developer Vision Pro Event

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John Rodrigues @johnrodrigues4.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

While it can feel scary to put yourself out there, I’ve received nothing but great support, opportunities, and meaningful connections. Happy New Year!

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John Rodrigues @johnrodrigues4.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

10.Started my first iOS app side project: Coding as a designer has been a much fun.

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John Rodrigues @johnrodrigues4.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

9. Grew my product design newsletter to 892 awesome people.

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John Rodrigues @johnrodrigues4.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

8. Attended my first event at the Apple Developer Center.

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John Rodrigues @johnrodrigues4.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

7. Attended Config, met Dylan Field, and connected with industry leaders.

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John Rodrigues @johnrodrigues4.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

6. Published the Prototyping with SwiftUI Course.

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John Rodrigues @johnrodrigues4.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

5. Published the Advanced Figma Course.

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John Rodrigues @johnrodrigues4.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

4. Published a book: “Landing Design Job with Confidence.”

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John Rodrigues @johnrodrigues4.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

3. Completed 4 projects at JPMorgan Chase, founded a Fig Club to foster a culture of growth and learning. Built a local design system for my projects, reducing the maintenance of Figma files by 50%.

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