Jim Kosem

Hands-on, full-stack design, moving products and services from 0 to 1.

Jim Kosem

Writing

Earphone Echolocation
Most people don’t like bats. There are probably ingrained and insidious reasons as long as time itself for this. There is Dracula I suppose and it is October, spookiness abounds and you never know with all the ghosts and ghouls roaming about. Most people don’t like bats, but
(3 min read)
Navigating without looking at an app
Nobody likes being outside and looking down at your phone. We all do it, but nobody likes it. In fact, being outside is one of the few times we really don’t feel like looking at a display. The maps, you say, give me turn by turn directions. They do,
(2 min read)
PRD Revenge
Vibe vs Agile in the ultimate showdown I’m now open to new opportunities where I can help solve problems through design, strategy, and research—whether that’s improving user experiences, guiding product decisions, or uncovering insights that drive better outcomes. Happy to chat about how we might work together.
(2 min read)
Agents and managing design by proxy
At this point, if you have anything to do with using a computer on a regular basis, you don’t have to use those two letters even. AI is conceptually becoming the Internet, a thing-place which was once a thing you go to, and now is just sort of everywhere.
(2 min read)
Designing with AI Agents (part 1)
2 min read Agents, agents, agents. You can’t open the internet without reading about how AI agents are already changing everything from how we shop to how we understand and appreciate sliced bread. They’re everywhere, devious little operatives lurking in the shadows doing things out of sight, resolved
(1 min read)