Writing
Short essays and videos on product design, research and working across Product, Design and Engineering.
2 minute product design principles video series
As part of a push to get more of my profile out in front of all the wonderful people of LinkedIn, I had the bright idea to create a series of 1 to 2 minute…I let AI make a podcast about my career
I decided to run a quick experiment the other day about how AI might help coach me in self promotion. The goal wasn’t to create some amazing podcast just…UX has always been about business value
When leadership says designers don’t understand business, what they’re really saying is they haven’t bothered to learn what design actually does. Here’s…Fresh eyes – the overlooked superpower of new employees
Bringing someone new into the organization is so helpful for all the obvious reasons of why you were hiring the position in the first place, but there is a…When good is the enemy of done
I think the actual saying is, “Perfection is the enemy of good.” For me, for now, on this rework of my personal site and getting this blog up and running,…When code constrains design: a new perspective
From the archive of this site in 2013, the age old argument of designers learning to code – here we go. Front end engineering today feels almost…Beyond tools – the timeless skills of great designers
I originally wrote and posted this back in 2013. It’s funny to me that I call out Photoshop and Fireworks then, which you can easily replace with Figma…The one design rule: always be making
Another from the 2013 archive, design is an active profession, design is verb. I still believe you always need to be creating. Here’s the original 2013…The leadership triad: product, technology, and design
Another from the archive, this time about roles and leadership. My thoughts here haven’t changed much and it seems like other people today feel some of the…