Designing with/for “people”
It’s a truism to say that designers in the broader UX practice must have well-developed “soft skills†to be effective in the field. I gotta say, that trite phrase irks…
Post-sabbatical reboot, part 2
After almost 15 years of working in Silicon Valley as a designer in a variety of fixed, dedicated roles internally at large corps and start-ups (with some agency & freelancing,…
Post-sabbatical reboot, part 1
Well, it’s hard to believe, but it has now been officially two months since I last set foot in an office environment as a regular daily practice, i.e. “my day…
Starting up for design success…
As I look back across the nearly 15 years of design gigs that formed the basis of my career path, I noticed an interesting commonality that marks how I actually…
Creative habits for the designerly
Being a so-called creative, imaginative designer involves a significant degree of hard work (that “99% perspiration”, as Edison famously said) with many iterations and setbacks, as part of a connective…