It’s now going on four months since I’ve been on social media. It’s been a fun experiment just stepping away entirely. The time I’d usually spend there has transitioned to this blog, reading articles, more podcasts and books, and even the occasional game. Part of me
A few months ago I started tracking my sleeping. I’d tried in the past but found the whole thing uncomfortable because I mostly sleep on my side. A trick I tried was to flip the watch around, facing my inner wrist at night. Now that I’m sleeping with
Alright, so one my personal pet peeves is the idea that being right requires forcing your views. Too often we resort to coercion, trying to convince someone else that our way makes sense. We justify in our mind that it was the correct thing to make someone do a thing
We’ve all had that friend. We text them and they never ghost us. Days, weeks, or months later there’s an awkward exchange where they apologize for not following up, and assure you they forgot. I used to think this was some grand coverup. Others were intentionally leaving me
Perhaps you're finding yourself unable to push even a tiny bit further on a project. No amount of brute force or additional time will unblock your desire to check that item off a list. In almost all cases the answer is to take a break. Get some water,
I’m a perfectionist. Or rather, a recovering one. In every area of my life I want things to be perfect. I’ve learned, slowly and painfully, to ship something messy to the world instead of hiding until every part is perfect. Yes the things we ship feel ugly and
Some days I have all the energy in the world to tackle every problem I could imagine. On those days it seems I can work for twelve hours straight and come up wanting more. Other days I can barely manage to get through the afternoon, exhausted and feeling that there’
Sometimes you meet someone and you just know. That person connects with you on all the right wavelengths and wants to continue the conversation forward as much as you do. Those moments are rare, but when they happen they’re worth seizing. As someone who often puts my foot in
My working life is essential to me, I design and create for a living, so in many ways it is perfect. To earn a living doing something you enjoy is everyone’s dream; however, I have an inability to switch off unless clear lines are drawn. So, as with every
I’m sure I’m not the only one that’s had this feeling. You have a stressful communication that you have to handle. Back in the day that was mostly via email. But now it’s on Slack or the like. The stakeholder or client wants something, you have
I’ve been a fan of AirPods for years. Now, they aren’t perfect. I’ve had many frustrating moments where the headphones connects to the wrong device, disconnect when I don’t want them to, or I’m fiddling with the sound settings on a video call trying to
Years ago someone shared the idea in design that having opinions is better than offering choices. This fits especially well with consumer focused mobile and web apps where I spend most of my time creating. It’s easy to throw a bunch of options on a screen, call it a