Fieldnotes #06
On friction - in interfaces, in routines, and what it's trying to tell you.
I’ve started paying more attention to moments of friction - not just in interfaces, but in my own routines.
Where do I hesitate? Where do I compensate? Where do I quietly accept something as ‘just how it is’?
Those moments are instructive. They point to places where design - of systems, habits, or environments - hasn’t quite met reality.
I’m trying not to smooth them over too quickly. Sometimes friction is telling you something important.