2012 Recap: Lessons Learned

Well, it’s been a rather hectic & intense year with travel, summits, workshops, etc. Many achievements “unlocked”, so to speak. However, it’s also good to sit back and itemize some…

2012 Recap: Accomplishments

Whew, what an amazingly hectic and crazily productive year it’s been! And again, I’m feeling truly blessed and fortunate to have had some incredible opportunities with a fantastic team to…

Some thoughts on skeuomorphism…

This recently came up at work as part of an email discussion thread…Below are some excerpts of my own responses, formatted for public consumption. Enjoy! ———————————— Skeuomorphism is certainly a…

Designing out of the “failure fetish”

This is something that’s been burning in my mind for awhile now ;-) So, perusing current business magazines, books, and blogs you’ll notice a couple things: the popular, dramatic increase…

Meaning beyond the specs

For someone like me it’s always fun when a new device comes out, whether a new phone or a kitchen appliance. Shiny, fresh, new, with exciting animations and cool interactions.…