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, 2024A response icon374May 25, 2024A response icon374
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, 2023A response icon13Jan 26, 2023A response icon13
PinnedLife after burnoutMoving from burnout, to existential crisis, and back into life as a design leader.Sep 19, 2021A response icon10Sep 19, 2021A response icon10
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, 2023A response icon49Mar 11, 2023A response icon49
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, 2022A response icon3Aug 16, 2022A response icon3
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, 2020A response icon1May 2, 2020A response icon1
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, 2018A response icon3Sep 26, 2018A response icon3
