Some thoughts on my career, advice I wish I’d known when I started out, and how to be a well-rounded designer in large or small corporate enviornments.
Monday 28 July 2025
Ask, give, and receive feedbackNew
Turns out, there’s more to it than ‘what do you think?’ Learn to ask, give, and receive feedback to improve your work.
Ask away
Tuesday 1 November 2022
Therapy AKA UX research
The therapist wants to understand the patient more. The researcher wants to understand the user more. Coincidence?
Research yourself
Thursday 25 August 2022
Product-ivity design
4 productivity tips to help you be more productive, and feel more productive.
Everything is productive
Monday 11 April 2022
How to be a UX designer (sans the UX)
How-to’s, especially in today’s impatient world, tend to overlook complex, nuanced, or challenging aspects of UX.
Another how-to...
Tuesday 15 February 2022
The subtle art of using your words
Next time you catch yourself in a I’m-stupid-I-can’t-do-this kinda place, stop what you’re doing and use your words.
Use ’em or lose ’em
Tuesday 11 January 2022
Expectation versus reality, or 11 versus 8
Expectation versus reality. Dreams versus the sobering truth. Play to your strengths. Play the music at 11 and play reality at an 8.
8’s across the board
Wednesday 5 January 2022
Change your perspective, not your job
Work to your strengths – try accepting the things you can’t change, and try changing the things you can. You’ll know the difference.
I can change...
Tuesday 28 December 2021
The top 5 regrets of a dying UX designer
I don’t think it’s possible to live a life, or career, without regrets, but stopping to acknowledge some of them, can help set a course correction.
Hey, it’s great to grieve!
Monday 27 December 2021
Hello design world!
Here’s what I say when I’m asked how I became a UX designer; it’s not a straightforward trajectory.
Hello backstory!