Uploaded September 2020 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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My guest in this episode is Molly Wright Steenson, a designer, author, professor, and international speaker whose work focuses on the intersection of design, architecture, and artificial intelligence. 

In this wide-ranging discussion, Molly explains how the history of computational technologies, architecture, pattern language and AI combined to define the fields of Agile, interaction design, UX, AI and pretty much the rest of today's digital world.


Show Notes


•  This episode's archive and transcript (pln.me/p10)





• Molly at Girlwonder.com (girlwonder.com/)


• Molly on Twitter (twitter.com/maximolly)


• Molly on LinkedIn (linkedin.com/in/mollysteenson/)


• Molly at CMU (https://design.cmu.edu/people/faculty/molly-steenson#profile-main)


• Architectural Intelligence: How Designers and Architects Created the Digital Landscape (amzn.to/32ZApiF)


• Bauhaus Futures (amzn.to/361wHGP)


• Molly talking pneumatic tubes (soundcloud.com/roman-mars/61-a-series-of-tubes)






• Mark Pesce and Dr. Genevieve Bell’s podcast on the Mother of All Demos (nextbillionseconds.com/2018/12/07/1968-when-the-world-began-the-mother-of-all-demos/)



• Doug Engelbart’s Mother of All Demos (youtube.com/watch?v=yJDv-zdhzMY)






• Doctor’s Note newsletter (pln.me/nws)


• Andy on Twitter (twitter.com/apolaine)


• Andy on LinkedIn (linkedin.com/in/andypolaine)


• Polaine.com (polaine.com/)


• Get in touch! (polaine.com/contact)



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