How I Got Into Alt-Cycling and Why You Should Too
Custom bikes is good.
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Confronting the Elephant
A lot of people "in da biz," myself included, are only now beginning to reckon with the damage the past decade has wreaked on our psyches. We've faced upheaval after upheaval, each of which was a blow to some of the fundamental assumptions that were the
Becoming a Hedgehog
What does “marketing yourself” even mean, anyway?
Why User Research Doesn’t Happen
And What You Can Do to Change That
A Gardener’s Guide to DesignOps
I moved into my first house with a yard just before the pandemic, which means that getting deeply into gardening was inevitable. This is…
You company has too many fucking designers.
If you build a product with fewer discrete screens than it has designers, you have too many fucking designers.
All roads lead to DesignOps
When I started working as a designer, I thought my job was Designing The Thing. You know, doing the research, understanding the users…
A user interface is a medium. Design is a practice. Don’t get ’em twisted.
I spent most of my undergraduate education and a good chunk of my graduate education being immersed in the question “What is the essence of…
We need a better name for UX, and that name is “Screllvus”
The debate has been raging for decades now over what to call the practice currently known as “UX.” It’s been called at times (and sometimes…
“UX Developer” IS a Real Job
Just not the job your company wishes it were
The 7 Articles About Enterprise UX It’d Be Great If Someone Would Write, Please
Enterprise UX and consumer UX are very different animals. If this isn’t apparent to you, you’ve probably never worked for an enterprise…
“I Don’t Get It”: A Guide to Tim & Eric for Mem-Mems and Pep-Peps
Note: This was originally written in December 2011 but reposted here for posterity’s sake after letting my old blog slide into oblivion…
Cultivating Empathy: How Working in UX Makes You a Better Person
“What is the craft of UX? What act defines its practice?” is one of the great questions in the world of user experience, possibly The…