• 10 graphic design paradoxes - though I can't see anything here which only applies to graphic design, all good stuff
• dominant UI metaphors and how we might escape them: "It seems a bit fatalistic, but I can’t think of a way that the entire desktop metaphor can be overhauled without either everyone in the world switching over at once (which won’t happen), or becoming a “data island” like the Newton or Classic Mac OS.". I've just read Geeks Bearing Gifts by Ted Nelson, who's wonderfully annoyed at the universal adoption of UIs from Xerox PARC: more metaphors, now!
• Design considerations for touch UI