PinnedThe Case for Intellectual LonelinessI recently had lunch with a dear friend — one of those friends that you start with the obligatory “what’s new since I last saw you (four…May 25, 2024376May 25, 2024376
PinnedPublished inUX CollectiveMetaverse, you’re cringe (right now)We’re going to start with The Canned-Food Phenomenon. Yeah I made that up. But bear with me.Jan 26, 202313Jan 26, 202313
PinnedLife after burnoutMoving from burnout, to existential crisis, and back into life as a design leader.Sep 19, 202110Sep 19, 202110
PinnedPublished inUX CollectiveUnderstanding why you’re not happy at workApplying the Hierarchy of NeedsOct 19, 2020Oct 19, 2020
Published inBetter ProgrammingWork Isn’t Working for WomenRecounting a box-ticking, DEI nightmare of a meetingMar 11, 202349Mar 11, 202349
Design feels irrelevant these daysI can’t help but feel like design is in a crisis. It’s restless, agitated, and uncomfortable at worst. At best, it’s irrelevant.Aug 16, 20223Aug 16, 20223
Published inUX CollectiveThe instability of the 3-legged UX stoolFor all of you in the UX field, you have probably been exposed to and used the 3-legged stool of user experience.May 2, 20201May 2, 20201
Published inPrototyprDefining yourself as a designer, when we can’t even define design.As designers, we work in a field that I will argue has the most ambiguous titles of all professions. With every new definition and…Jul 5, 2019Jul 5, 2019
Published inPrototyprAssessing Your (Design’s) ImpactA few years ago, I attended a guest lecture by a professor from Emily Carr. She talked about throwing design process out the window and…Apr 23, 2019Apr 23, 2019
Published inPrototyprWhy are designers so critical?The Tetris effect (also known as Tetris Syndrome) occurs when people devote so much time and attention to an activity that it begins to…Sep 26, 20183Sep 26, 20183
