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December 2025

Deep: The UX of Search Explored - Second Edition
How in-product search functionality is evolving. Real world examples from Instacart, Pinterest, Asana, Google, Linear and more.
 • Rich Holmes
🔵 Gmail gets a new AI Agent to help manage your day and the ChatGPT App Store officially launches
Plus: Figma says Prototypes are the new PRDs, the State of AI Coding 2025 and free courses from Replit
 • Rich Holmes
How to test a new AI Model to get up to speed with its capabilities quickly
🧠 And why “Model Sense” is being described as the new “Product Sense” . Knowledge Series #95
 • Rich Holmes
🔵 Claude Code comes to Slack and Cursor gets design capabilities
Plus: Google reveals a new prototyping tool, Apple’s iPhone App of the year, Perplexity’s research on how we’re really using AI agents
 • Rich Holmes
Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) Explained - a simple guide for product teams to get up to speed quickly
🧠 Tactics, terminology and tools for navigating AI Search. Knowledge Series #94
 • Rich Holmes
How to use Claude Code for non-engineering use cases
🧠 Claude Code without the Code: Agents for PRDs, Jira tickets, SEO analysis, creating a second brain, editing spreadsheets and more. Knowledge Series…
 • Rich Holmes
🔵 Google Workspace gets new AI Automation powers to pile more pressure on OpenAI
Plus: A one-page template for daily releases, Leaked Uber screenshots, Anthropic reveals how its own employees use AI
 • Rich Holmes
Deep: New AI Agent Product Features Explored
How the world’s top product teams are integrating AI agents into their product feature set. Inspiration from Adobe, Microsoft, Asana, Google, Instacart…
 • Rich Holmes

November 2025

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