In defence of the hairy line in drawings and sketches
In drawing, ‘hairy lines’ are generally considered ‘finished’ lines but that have not been resolved in certainty. A result of going back…
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Measuring the outcomes of learning programs
I thought there was a gap in knowledge or skill in myself and peers related to data literacy, quantitative reasoning, or excel wizarding practices. But this turned out to be much less of an issue.Photo by Diana Polekhina on Unsplash“How are we going to measure that?”
With the rise of big data in the..
Turning things around when everything sucks at work
Some tips to get overcome barriers and get things back on track
Photo by Jackson Simmer on UnsplashSometimes at work, the same issues can crop up so many times we start to think that things will never change, which makes us tired and resentful. Getting to that point is dangerous — we become negative..
Product managers as amplifiers
I often say that being a PM is like having superpowers.
You are constantly learning new things given the problem space you are working in. You have privileged access to all areas of your company and the most relevant discussions about your product and company’s future.
But this kind of superpower co..
Reclaiming your focus, anatomy of design trends, accessibility resources
Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers.Over the course of several months, Nir Eyal has experimented with changing elements of his smartphone so he could have the best of the technology — and avoid the worst. Those experiments paid off, and the steps he took are measures any and..
Ink traps and pals
Recently I’ve seen this tweet from Yves Peters asking how to call these spikes which I replied briefly (spoiler: it’s a light trap!). I had a lot more to explore on the topic, so I decided to write not just about light traps, but similar concepts and shapes too. There are days in life of typeface de..
What are your design maxims?
A few things I have learned along the way about design and business that have stood the test of time.My design career — if I can call it that — has now spanned multiple decades. The first thing I created that I would consider a proper design was a seven-inch record for a friend’s band sometime in th..
Prototyping interactions between physical and visual interfaces
When it comes to prototyping physical interactions with visual interfaces, Arduino and Processing are probably one of the first things that come to mind. But so is how tedious it can be to handle data streams between Arduino and Processing or how adventurous it is to mock up GUIs in Processing
The y..
10 Figma Tricks I Wish I Knew Earlier
Figma hacks you might not have heard of
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What design research can learn from Socrates’ sneakers
Design research meets Greek philosophy
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