Why website redesigns fail
It has been baking hot here at 16by9 HQ (aka my bedroom office). Hope you’ve all been managing okay in the heat. I was chatting with a friend recently and we...
Working Notes: web security
Since I wrote my last newsletter, Anthropic announced their latest model, Mythos. It made mainstream news because Anthropic claimed it's "strikingly capable...
Working Notes: Time and care
Working Notes: #5 Marc Jenkins · 1st April, 2026 Here's a prediction: over the next few years, a lot of websites are going to get worse. More generic. More...
Working notes: The human side of a redesign
Working Notes: #4 Marc Jenkins · 2nd March, 2026 I've facilitated two discovery workshops in the past month. I love running workshops; they're an opportunity...
Working Notes: Simplifying complexity
How do you take complexity and turn it into a website that's simple and easy to use?
Working Notes: The Soggy Test
Working Notes: Great websites are goal-oriented
Working Notes: #1 Marc Jenkins · 4th December, 2025 I was recently chatting to Erik Kennedy, a great designer and writer. He was giving me some feedback on...