Om Tosca (@omartosca.com)

UI for AI: The Series

Sunset in Mexico. Warm clouds contrasting with dark blue sky.

Posts

I was skeptical, but now AI believe

Shortcut is an AI-Pioneering design studio who crafts delightful digital products and experiences for founders and intrapreneurs.

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This week we had some (more) layoffs on the company I'm working on. I wasn't affected but it is always difficult to manage something like that. 

Personally I have so many personal projects with my wife but days like this make me think on whether we should go for the safer ones.

Can’t wait for the web version of Posts.

It will definitely be my home for design/tech conversations.

A keyboard or a screen? ⌨️ + 🖥️ : ⌘

The new logo of our design studio could be anything, 🔥.

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⌘ /ˈSHôrtˌkət/

A shorter alternative route.
An accelerated way of doing or achieving something.

Throwback to when we at the studio shared all the projects we worked on from 2015 to 2019, just months before we got acquired by frog design themselves, 🐸.

I was involved on a third of the projects we highlighted here, good times, 🤟.

https://23.design/2020/archive/

Is there a way I can suggest features for Posts? @andy 

I wish it was a real PWA or something that let me install it on my phone even if it's not in the Play Store? Similar to Oku Club.

Right now it's just a shortcut to the website but it's not the same experience.

Good morning!

Super excited to launch some big updates to profiles on read.cv! Our new writing tab gives you the power to publish a blog, journal, or anything word-related right on your profile, and attachments and text editing are now richer and more flexible ✨

A small update: After almost 4 years, this is my last week working at frog.

From the moment they came to acquire our small design studio, to when I realized my work was actually reflecting my maturity and growth as a designer.

Some new things are coming, but wait for them, 😉.

My last post is an invitation to follow me on Bluesky.

Posts was such a great platform for designers that I will miss so much, hopefully it can be replicated right there.

I will keep posting on how I'm building a design agency in Mexico!

https://bsky.app/profile/omartosca.com

We've been trying to find the right tool to build our new studio website and tried with both Webflow and Framer.

We needed just one day to built it in each platform. But honestly, I enjoyed building it way more on Framer.

It feels smoother and like if it was made for designers.

Finally on Posts!

Let’s see how this end up. Hopefully a good replacement for Twitter. 🤞🏽🤞🏽🤞🏽

A finance / fintech app concept 💳 📱

Made with Rotato

Midnight publishing:

The introduction to my series of articles in which I will talk about AI in user interfaces, using as references different AI products that I have already used personally.

The first article of the series coming soon, ✨.
https://omartosca.com/ui-for-ai-series

I'm becoming a happy supporter of @cv!

This is one of my favorite projects of all internet and will do anything on my side to keep it alive and healthy.

I just deleted my newsletter, refunded everyone who supported the project.

The important thing for me was to find a place to share my written thoughts, but I didn't find it there.

Also, I need to focus on my other projects and I would probably end up ignoring it completely.

I don't remeber the last time I've designed an app icon, but the comeback is not that bad.

I still see a couple of weird vector lines that doesn't get with the grid, but I still think it is a good start.

Happy Saturday everyone 👋

We're getting ready to launch our web client on Monday, but wanted to have you all kick the tires before we fully announce it. There are some last minute bugs we're hacking on this weekend, but it's Good Enough™ to try out:

https://posts.cv/

I’m not sure why I’ve been hesitant to try out Arc.

The whole thing of starting again something so personal like a web browser feels dumb at this point.

Even this great product people keep talking about is not enough buzz for me. Did I changed?

Sometimes I go back to do some user interface design for Android and I'm definitely loving Material You to create so many pleasant palettes and handling typography.

Ares is an RSS Reader coming soon for Android in a beta release, 🚀.

Credits for mockups to Anjo Cerdeña.

In recent months I have changed my opinion about AI, I leave you all the resources that led me to new realizations and the understanding behind the technology.

https://omartosca.com/my-path-to-ai

What are your thoughts on foldable devices like the new Google Pixel Fold or the others from Samsung?

Right now they seem to be a niche device (just look at the price). 

Do you see potential? Some use cases seem to solve some issues with our current rectangle phones.

A designer journey:

1️⃣ Joining a studio that grew with me, 8 years ago.
2️⃣ Facing my fears in a global studio like frog, 5 years ago.
3️⃣ To founding my own studio with all the learnings that these years have given us.

I officially evolved into Charizard with shortcut.is 🔥

The next chapter in my career is happening, and probably announcing pretty soon, 🚀.

We are cooking, ⏲️.

✍️ I've recently launched a newsletter where I post about design, technology and sometimes even sports.

For now, publications will only be in Spanish but I'm evaluating the possibility of adding English versions too.

✨ Feel free to subscribe:
https://world.hey.com/omartosca

We haven't launched our new design studio officially yet, but our website is almost finished.

Take an early look into it! 🖱️🤞👀

Made in Framer, ⚡️.

https://shortcut.is

This was the realization week for me as co-founder of my own studio.

I've got into heavy conversations deciding business stuff with my co-founders.
I've got a client for us, my first and a huge one.
I assembled the team for that project.
I feel ready for what's coming, 🔥.