Leaders, stop giving permission
Instead, build an environment where they actively take responsibility. Many books about management and countless leadership coaches exhort us to “give people permission to act”…
I lead teams at the intersection of strategy and design. Autodidact. Polymath. Barbecue acolyte. I start fires (the good kind).
Instead, build an environment where they actively take responsibility. Many books about management and countless leadership coaches exhort us to “give people permission to act”…
For the vast majority of us, new bosses come along every so often. Maybe we move to a new team within a company, or we’re…
Let’s start with a pretty straightforward analogy… In 2007, Chevrolet showed off their concept car for a new hybrid—the Chevy Volt. Chevy Volt concept car…
A little while back, I was asked this question by someone looking for their first design job: “why do companies fear hiring “junior” people?” Oof.…
If you’re new to the field of design, you’re in an interesting spot - you’re excited, bursting with energy and passion, but you’ve hit a…
Make your team available so you improve your work, build connections and extend your influence. One of the practices that our Design team has put…
How I interview people for my team, peers in other teams and my potential boss Hiring is the manager’s most important responsibility. The results of…
Embracing Junior Designers Who Apply for Roles that Require Experience Hiring designers (or developers) here in Austin is a paradoxical combo of too many and…
Bear with me as this is the first time I’ve put my thoughts on this topic in writing. I expect I’ll iterate the content of…
Too many great designers and developers become mediocre (if not terrible) managers as there’s no other visible path forward. It’s an inexcusable failure of our…
Double the brightness of the M1 Macbook Pro
Customizable felt wall tiles to dampen noise
A series of zines about the ways organizations coordinate
Stock options, RSUs, job offers, and taxes—a detailed reference, including hundreds of resources, explained from the ground up, for both employees and managers.
A modernization of the excellent 1993 strategy game “Master of Orion” by Ray Fowler
“The Tourist Map of Music”
A “crown moulding system … with the added advantage of a built-in wire chase for all your cable management needs.”
A flow design plugin for Figma
“Instantly test how accessible your experience is with the real assistive technologies people rely on — screen readers, magnifiers, and more — from any computer.”
Useful resource for Siri Shortcuts and the Shortcuts app on iOS
“Create Beautiful, Smooth Gradients” I love that the tool helps you avoid the “gray zones”
“Minimal snippets for modern CSS layouts and components” – very handy
Home battery solution
“A single source for UX and product teams to manage their UX copy from design to production”
“an easy to use, open-source, native colour picker for macOS”
a free Mac app that allows you to easily download videos from YouTube and hundreds of other websites for offline viewing
An open-source alternative to Zapier and IFTTT
A complete guide to poll closing times, vote counting, and races to watch on election night from @FiveThirtyEight