We survived 2024, and then 2025 happened. It’s been a royal shit show since that digit flipped from four to five. Still, we soldier on. I’ve got my usual slew of projects in motion (links below), and work keeps me busy. I can’t complain, but I do complain.
Books that I’m currently reading…
It takes me a long time to read books because I read many at the same time
- Surrounded by Liars by Thomas Erikson
- Inspired: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love by Marty Cagan
- NPR’s Podcast Start Up Guide by Glen Weldon
- Player Piano by Kurt Vonnegut
Books I just finished…
- Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism by Yanis Varoufakis
- Make Something Wonderful by Steve Jobs
- Innovating for People by LUMA Institute
- Small Things Live These by Claire Keegan
- They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us by Hanif Abdurraqib
- The Intelligence Trap: Why Smart People Make Dumb Mistakes by David Robson
My goal for 2014 was to read 50 books this year. I didn’t make it. I got to 47. Not too shabby, but I’ll shoot for 50 again in 2025. I’m already running behind.
I finally canceled my Medium account. I’ve been threatening to do this for over a year. After they changed their pricing/payment structure it wasn’t really worth it anymore. You can read my last Medium post on Medium. Part of the closure (and a big part of why this took forever) was that I wanted to move all my content over to this site. Of course, this took weeks longer than I anticipated. It is done, and the section below is some of that content. I don’t expect you to read them all but my favorites are The Dick Print & 36 All Nighters.
A Girl Named Letter
I was playing the arcade video game classic Galaga in a nondescript convenience store focused…
The Dick Print
You just finished version fourteen of your design. The Art Director (AD) has finally given…
That’s When You’re Lost
Sometimes going to bed is really hard for me. I like to maintain the state…
“I Guess Somebody Up There Likes Me”
Lessons from the real-world Noel Constant that I didn’t ask for The creative workplace is…
Back to Where I Almost Died
Yesterday, I drove through the intersection where I was in a potentially deadly car accident….
99U Conference 2016
A quick review of the 99U Conference. If I don’t do this now, I’ll have…
Things you think when your eBike is on E
I ride my bike to work: a 16 mile commute. My bike has pedals–but yes,…
The Formation of A Design Team
or, How a Ragtag Bunch of Misfits Came Together to Make Pretty Things with Computers…
ApplePay Payment Sheet UI
Sketch template for ApplePay I found a slew of great iOS template tools for Sketch.I…
ApplePay Payment Sheet UI : V2
Sketch template for ApplePay with more bells and whistles I’ve continued my project building the…
You Don’t Own Your Idea
“Ideas are worth just five cents” — Art School Teacher Sometimes it’s the simple lessons…
Smashing Conference SF: 2017
A quick summary This is as much for me to remember as it is to…
36 All Nighters
In the Fall of 1996: Architecture Department at Rhode Island School of Design According the ‘The…
99U Conference: 2017
Design thinking, and not just ‘design thinking’ 99U stage with the charming host, Mr. Matt…
The Sad State of Payment Buttons
It’s a damn mess and I have some theories on why I’ve been doing design…
Random stuff I thought was worth capturing…
Phase 005 accomplished. Next time, I’m not going to put this off day after day and focus–I swear.
Other projects in motion…
Four years ago, I embarked on a mission to share one trick every day for the entire year. This effort was brutal and by the end, I was broken. So, yeah, let’s do that again in 2025. Why not? So far so good but the hard stuff is coming. Follow along on my Instagram.
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