Joshua Wold

As a followup to the details and bigger picture of product design, I often think about the future of the field. With the advancements of AI, and the squeezing of purses in hiring, I wonder where this area of design will go. The role may be just fine. Or it

Product design is a rewarding and incredibly challenging role. It shifts, evolves, and requires learning new tactics and technologies on a regular basis. With the mass layoffs of the post pandemic tech world, and the purse tightening of startups and companies in general, this field is feeling immense stretching as

I’ve been podcasting for 8 years on and off. Not as long as some of my heroes in the space, but long enough to have gotten the feel for it. The taste gap is still there. But I know when I’m happy with the output and contents of

Six years ago I took a nasty tumble on a bicycle. Thankfully I only had a mild concussion. So my brain is mostly, probably, ok. But another issue I’ve dealt with since is chronic neck pain. I work at a computer all day, so I’m not doing my

Recently I listened to a podcast interview of a startup founder. It’s a great listen. Avery tinkered with technology, went to school to learn, and stumbled through ideas for the early part of his career. He loved to build things and see how they fit together. He also had

Robin’s recent post on feeling nothing captures the emptiness I’ve felt at times in my career. As a designer I create because I love to see things come to life. Creativity fuels me. I see things all around me, bask in their beauty and magnificence, and feel the

I love work. It drives me. It’s exciting. Everything about building things with folks is a pure thrill. Like when I crack open a hard design problem and learn something! This post resonates deeply with my own journey. Anyway! I worry that I enjoy work way too much. I

Turns out it’s just easier to let Spotify or Netflix or Instagram feed us media that, while perhaps not our first choice, seems consistent with things we’d likely choose if we actually decided to make a choice in the first place. The magic that we felt when tech

This piece by Liz Gumbinner is beautiful. So we’ve been working on the habit of putting down the Google machines welded to our hands and just discussing an idea instead of immediately looking up answers. At first I thought I’d disagree with the premise. I actually enjoy being

My first job out of high school was working in a screen printing shop. I was in charge of taking customer ideas and logos and designing them out on Adobe Illustrator. I learned to vectorize objects, prep them for print, and became blazenly fast with the pen tool. A customer