Writing

These are mostly brief musings on design, technology, and adjacent topics, inspired by my own readings and experiences.

You Are Not (Like) The User

Many people are likely familiar with the classic UX adage "You are not the user." But too often,

19 Mar

A common talking point in AI discourse is that AI can take tedious tasks off people’s plates, freeing them

12 Mar

A few years ago I used to run a meetup group for people who wanted to speak or learn German,

03 Mar

Around the age of 10 or 11 I had an interaction with an English teacher that had a profound impact

25 Feb

It was a common problem in consulting that people already started projects with solutions in mind. This was especially problematic

17 Feb

It feels like not a day goes by without a plethora of posts that AI is killing XYZ. This job

05 Feb

Say and think what you want about workshops, but I am still surprised by how often workshops are treated as

29 Jan

I recently came across an idea that talked about casting a broad net to build a unique combo of skills.

21 Jan

I recently read an interesting thought about the difference between artist makers and creator makers (I believe it was from

13 Jan

It's not uncommon to see people sneer at pixel perfect mockups, this way of working was heavily influenced

06 Jan

While I know that the 10,000 hour idea has been debunked, you can turn wherever you want and still

11 Nov