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Reading Challenge Review 2023

Recap of my reading for the 2023 Goodreads Reading Challenge. I read 50 Books this year, hitting my target exactly. After three years of failing to hit my goal, I finally got back on track. As I look back at what I’ve read this past year I’m struck (once again) by how the collection is […]

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Reading Challenge Review 2022

Recap of my reading for the 2022 Goodreads Reading Challenge. I read 32 Books this year, failing to hit my goal of 50.

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Reading Challenge Review 2021

Recap of my reading for the 2020 Goodreads Reading Challenge. I read 46 Books this year. Again, I’m gonna blame the pandemic–here’s the highlights.

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Reading Challenge Review 2020

Recap of my reading for the 2019 Goodreads Reading Challenge. I read 55 Books this year, despite the challenges–here’s the highlights.

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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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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 Emotional Rollercoaster of Going Viral

“In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes” – Andy Warhol I wrote my first article on Medium back in October of 2015. I’ve been publishing on the internet for much, much longer. I’m not an internet celebrity and I don’t have millions of followers on any platform–or combined for that matter. I’m […]

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99U Conference: 2017

Design thinking, and not just ‘design thinking’ I’m on the train, leaving New York after a pretty amazing week. It was the perfect time of year to be in New York. The weather was flawless and I got to attend the 99U Conference for the third time. I’m getting spoiled by the whole thing at this point. […]