human-computer interaction – Ruth Stalker-Firth

July 5, 2026 Musings

You Can’t Fall Off: From Social Media Burnout to Buzzing New Designers and AI for ourselves

Well… it happened. Just one week into promoting my AI course and I hit complete social media burnout and spent

July 3, 2026 Musings

Fresh Perspectives: New Designers 2026

A spontaneous visit to New Designers 2026 became an unexpectedly inspiring evening, prompting me to highlight five standout emerging designers exploring sustainability, wellbeing, multifunctional design and storytelling with creativity, care and joy.

June 27, 2026 Musings

Launching a Live AI Course: Behind the Scenes

If you want to watch me ignoring AI advice as part of the messy, real-time journey of me building this business, whilst using AI tools to handle launch pages, sales, and community building…

June 18, 2026 Musings

Duizend dagen Duolingo Dutch

I love learning Dutch. It’s like English but not at all and each word gives me a fascinating peek into our shared linguistic history. On top of which, the Duolingo app allows me to observe AI and human-computer interaction – two of my favourite things.

May 13, 2026 Musings

Demystifying AI at Pints of Knowledge, 24th June 2026

I am delighted to announce that I will be ‘demystifying AI’ in the pub, hosted by ‘Pints of Knowledge’ Wednesday 24th June 2026 at 7.30pm, The Blues Kitchen, Brixton.
Come listen to me talk about AI over a pint!