Words & Letters
April is shaping up to be pretty hectic. I usually manage these phases well, but there’s a cost. Some things will fall to the wayside. There are only so many hours in the day. The links don’t collect themselves. Or do they? Industrial Design Playrise’s easy-build playground lets kids be kids even when fleeing war […]
My index finger on my dominant hand is out of commission. The machine doesn’t stop for a finger. Photography In Focus: Women Shaping Visual Storytelling Photographers framing life, culture, and the in-between Architecture Ten items from the Zaha Hadid archives that capture her talent and idiosyncrasies Today marks 10 years since the death of one […]
It’s been a busy few weeks. I’m getting through it. That’s what we do, right? Plug away, iterate, fail, try again, get closer, go way off course, realign, discover something, break it, start over, get to a solution that you can live with, start again, find a nugget that you love, iterate some more, and […]
Maybe you’ve heard the popular, data-centric phrase, “You can’t manage what you don’t measure.” I like data; it often informs what I do. The fact remains that we designers are so often beaten down by data in an attempt to create logic where feelings are scary. I’ve done my share of A/B tests. I’ve used […]
The time change is upon us, more light in the evenings–which I like. It’s been a grind, and I’ll take a little extra sun in whatever way I can get it. I’m still working on my game, with the help of Claude. I’m at the point now where it’s in app testing. If you have […]
I’ve travelled more this year already than all of last year. Mostly for work, with a few quick, fun, opportunistic trips in between. I love traveling. My family was always going somewhere, exclusively in a car, which is maybe why I still love a road trip, even when I rarely have the time for one. […]
For the first time in a long time, I wrote a short thing about my own work–Teaching Computers to Draw. It’s not that I’m not making things, but I often ignore the crucial step of documentation and telling the story. This is very common for designers. We’re always focused on the problem, making, and once […]
I don’t plan to take a week off. It usually happens when I see the deadline approaching and realize there’s just no way. Work has been busy, life has been busy, and it was time. I don’t see either of these calming down in the near future, but I’ll work through it. This week’s links […]
Short month, short batch of links to get it rolling. No rhyme ot reason, just trying to keep up, and get some sleep as well. Photography Benjamin Wolf Prints available on Etsy Web Design/UX/UI Apple’s unrivalled commitment to excellence is fading – a designer explains why It feels a peculiar decision to let users get […]
While the world continues to spiral, I’m trying to focus on making things. We can’t control it all, so what I can do is make nice things, highlight great work, and hug those that I love. I implemented a new feature on my blog with the help of Cursor and Claude Code. If you want […]