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Each week I share five pieces I’ve written. That may not be all I write—as my friend Steve recently learned, but it’s my favorite things. As always feedback is welcome, whether you agree or disagree. * You can’t boil a frog - The boiling frog metaphor is wrong.

Recently I needed to create a design with multiple levels of hierarchy. I thought I’d solved levels 1-4. But realized that level 2 was getting lost in the mix. One solution could be to add more emphasis to the titles in level 2. But that’d just make

When I approach a design project—such as creating a dashboard—I’m ultimately looking for the problem that needs to be solved. But in the process of solving that problem I’m seeking out design patterns to get me to the solution. Inspiration for this comes in many forms.

It’s a common trait. Say something wrong, put the foot in the mouth, feel bad about it later. Rinse and repeat each day. This was my life. So much of my time was spent pondering the day, regretting what I’d said or done, and growing fearful of interactions

The penny is going away. This has been a point of debate for years. I for one support this change, even if it means will get more costly. This little piece of copper still held some value when I was a child. But it’s lost so much through inflation

Stop trying to boil the frog. We use this metaphor all the time. The references comes up in podcasts, the real world, and in all forms of media. Yes, I get it. We want to explain a concept to try and push an idea foward. Metaphors have their use. But

I forget things all the time. But I don’t mean to. Friends or colleagues who have spent any time around me quickly catch on to the fact that a simple conversation the day before, or a piece of data they shared will move into the space in my brain

My 7 year old strongly prefers to sleep with white noise playing. She’s got a little machine that does it on a timer. Whenever she sleeps somewhere else, if she can’t bring the machine, it’s best to have another solution. YouTube has those 10 hour long videos

I recently tested out live captions, and found a perfect use case for it. Years ago I had a colleague who was hard of hearing. Because I took notes in meetings he asked if he could read along to keep up with the conversation. I was happy to oblige. I’