“It’s so hard to forget pain, but it’s even harder to remember sweetness. We have no scar to show for happiness. We learn so little from peace.” ― Chuck Palahniuk, Diary
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Weekly Design Links – 03/17/20
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Weekly Design Links – 03/10/20
“We’re all islands shouting lies to each other across seas of misunderstanding.” ― Rudyard Kipling, The Light That Failed
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Falling & Bleeding
Lessons from failure I’ve been falling, bleeding and occasionally breaking bones for most of my life. I’m not masochistic, at least not by the traditional definition. adjective: masochistic1. deriving sexual gratification from one’s own pain or humiliation1.1. (in general use) enjoying an activity that appears to be painful or tedious– from Oxford dictionary That second […]
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Weekly Design Links – 03/03/20
“The practice of art isn’t to make a living. It’s to make your soul grow.” ― Kurt Vonnegut
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Weekly Design Links – 02/25/20
“You have no responsibility to live up to what other people think you ought to accomplish. I have no responsibility to be like they expect me to be. It’s their mistake, not my failing.” — Richard Feynman
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Weekly Design Links: 2/18/20
“Home sickness is a bit like sea sickness. You don’t know how awful it is until you get it, and when you do, it hits you right in the top of the stomach and you want to die.”––Roald Dahl A little under the weather this week, but the show must go on. Enjoy the links, […]
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Reading Challenge Review 2019
61 Books in 365 Days
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How Not To Apply for a Design Job
As a design manager, I’ve looked at several hundred applications for open design roles over the last few months and I’ve noticed a series of painful missteps from the applicant pool.
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Reading Challenge Review 2018
50 books in 365 days In late 2016, I accepted the Goodreads Reading Challenge and decided to read 24 books in 2017. I’ve been reading more over the years and Goodreads has been my book tracker for a while, but I never set a firm goal. I did want to read more but I wasn’t really sure […]
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The Making of Weekly Design Links
Or, how the sausage gets made For over a year I’ve been writing/compiling a weekly design links post. This started via email at my last job. I was managing a team of awesome young designers and I felt that part of my job was to engage them in work, tools and thinking beyond our daily grind. I […]