Leadership is tricky. It's easy to get wrong. It's easy to take the wrong assumptions from finding a willing follower and believing that their adoption of you means anything in particular for your greatness. That's not it at all. We could all do with
“When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, "Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.” ― Fred Rogers I've been thinking about this quote a lot lately, and it keeps coming
I have an annoying trait that I've come to appreciate. The energy with which you demand I do something creates an equally inverse desire to not do it. Thankfully I'm not the only one. But for some reason it seems to be built in a bit
The shift in product design Product design is changing as a profession. I've been writing about this for the last year, but just this month it feels like things are accelerating. I'm not the only one thinking this. It's crazy how some changes take
There's a lot brewing right now about AI taking over the world. Maybe it will, maybe it won't. But stressing out over the future doesn't help. Yes, I want to keep learning all I can and apply the learnings practically; but anxiety isn'
My career started because I got into graphic design as a teenager. That led into me being a product designer today. I got my first internship at a screen printing shop, and things took off from there. I did good work, showed up on time, and used it as a
I feel like I've become someone who enjoys the idea of something more than the actual thing itself. I've become a collector of people's thoughts. All without ever having read many of those thoughts. How so? Well, I've been using Reeder as
Over the last decade my views on nearly everything have shifted. If I go back further, to my teens, just about every perspective I have on the world is different. We should change. As new information comes in, as we experience life, we have the chance to improve and grow.
Defeating the first boss Last night was amazing. My son and I, along with the help of my brother and nephew, took down Eikthyr, an electrified stag. And we lived to tell the tale. Alright, yes, I played a game on my laptop. And yes, I may have let out
The thing you're making doesn't have to be perfect. In case you weren't sure, you can use that statement as permission to move forward in life without lining up everything in just the right way. If you have to, choose action over deliberation. Ship
It was dinner time, and I was starving. We decided to get some pizza. My wife always orders. There's two reasons for this. First, she's better at coordinating groups of people clamoring for that favorite American pastime. She takes the requests, maneuvers the app, and has