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The way I’ve designed I’ve never had a need for naming my layers. I never got into Photoshop—where it seemed a requirement to have good labeling practice. And in Ilustrator it just wasn’t a thing that you did, because of the visual nature of grouping and

Agile is a term thrown around in software development. It’s a beast with many heads. I’ve been running or involved in agile projects for nearly a decade. There’s as many flavors of it as there are letters attached to the names of the professionals leading such programs.

I recently had a chat with a friend about career paths, and the framework of thinking required for figuring out which direction to go. For years I’ve gone with the advice from So Good They Can’t Ignore You, encouraging people to dig down into what they’re good

Inspired by this fantastic post I’ve been thinking about what it means to be a guy in today’s world. As a teen I was enthralled by the draw of similar media as Joan describes. It was a siren call to the loneliness and isolation I felt as a

Despite the clickbait title I really enjoyed a recent video by Marques Brownlee where he explored the idea of an iPhone that turns into an iPad mini. I use an iPhone Pro Max alongside my iPad Mini (6th generation). Each are things I use daily, and the mini is my

I’ve long pondered the connection between effort applied and sheer chance in shaping the success of someone’s life. It’s a mix between the two that shapes the direction we take as we grow. My brother recently shared an excellent post on this topic, and it’s something

I’ve been a product manager and a product designer, and sometimes both at once. Because of this I’ve had the privilege of looking at the role from multiple angles and seeing where it helps and where friction can cause problems. Some companies eschew the role of product manager

It’s easy to keep pushing forward at all costs, eyes on the prize, ever shooting upward. But sometimes we come up short. Sometimes we don’t know the next step, or feel overwhelmed or spent. We shouldn’t get to the point of absolute emptiness before taking a moment

I had a great conversation with someone recently about meditation and its value. He challenged me to try it. I’ve tried it out in the past, and appreciated it in small bits, but never found a way to really work it into my daily life. The closest I’ve

My journey into writing words was not super conventional. Though I was taught the pieces and structure of English, my mind failed to hold it all together. If you put my on the spot I’d struggle to define adverbs, adjectives, and their proper place in a sentence. Prepositions I