I've recently created The Design Brief Companion (working name) to help US designers practice, grow, and build stronger portfolios without the frustration of vague or cookie-cutter prompts (not trying to offend any design brief accounts out there lol). This custom GPT (my very first, so please bear with me) acts like a design mentor and creative co-pilot: it generates detailed, client-style briefs, expands vague prompts into strategic projects, creates quick skill-focused challenges, and even gives portfolio presentation tips. I made this tool because I know how hard it can be to sit down to practice and feel stuck, waste time with uninspiring prompts (especially those that are biased toward a certain style), or wonder if your work looks “professional enough.” My goal is to make practicing design feel structured, inspiring, and confidence-building. This might just be one of my most important projects yet (like a passion project of all passion projects if that makes sense), but I can't build it alone. If y'all are interested, I'd to invite y'all to test this GPT for yourself. Here's what you can expect at this time (subjected to change based on feedback): structured briefs that feel like real client projects; clear feedback on vague prompts; quick mini-challenges to sharpen specific skills; portfolio coaching tips for mockups, storytelling, and presentation; reflection prompts to help you grow strategically, not just visually. Just click on the links here to open both the Custom GPT and the corresponding survey afterward. Thanks for taking the time outta your busy schedule to build this tool with me. Sincerely, Sha'mya P.S. If you use the GPT to analyze an existing design brief, I'd recommend taking a screenshot of all the components of that brief (like these examples below, including a brief by TBC).

Hey y'all, I've got a bunch of Dia invites (500!) so if you're looking to try out an ai-powered browser, now is your moment! I know some people are loving Comet from Perplexity and Strawberr,y but I'm still loyal to my ride-or-die Dia, and just had a call with one of their team members, she's looking to get feedback from more women users, so if you try it out I'd love to hear what you think, what you'd change or improve, what's working and what's not, use cases, whatevs! All the feedback they can get helps inform a better product, obvi! So go ahead and try 'er out and let me know what you think. Def set up your personalization (similar to how you'd set up custom instructions in ChatGPT) and the create some skills or check out some of the skills in the gallery, I'm loving them!!

Hey everyone, I'm new here ready to learn, share, grow and explore

I know this is probably a dumb question but I cant seem to get a copy of the notion spreadsheet form BASICamp into my Notion. Is that on purpose or is it just user error? @lauren

Has anyone tried the Zen browser? Came across this article touting is as an alternative to Arc: https://www.xda-developers.com/arc-browser-is-dead-found-its-perfect-replacement/