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Words are fun. Sometimes the first thing that comes to mind fits, othertimes I need more thought. The Emotion Thesaurus has been a boon. But now I found another tool: Lose the Very

I wonder if this desire to create will ever end. Will I reach a point where it’s enough? So far that hasn’t happen. Periods of rest are followed by a desire for creation, for energy output, for impact. I hope that never changes, or if it does that

Since 2007 I’ve run in one type of shoe. Asics GT-2000. Rain or shine, snow or sun, they carry me across roads and trails, through woods and mud. I love these shoes. They’ve had small tweaks over the years, but overall they’ve remained the same. I’

I took a month off social media. It was fantastic. I felt myself calmer, more collected, open to slower moments, and ultimately willing to digest news in formats I’d never have done before. I found myself opening the Apple News app to read… articles! This weekened I jumped back

Everything changes, then it changes again. In the last few years AI has come to change many fields. I’ve watched to see where design will be affected. It starts on the edges, where things that took forever happen in an instant. I keep testing out the tools as they

When I’m struggling to solve a problem, particularly with designing an app, I find it helpful to get everything onto a single page. My notes, screenshots, sketches, designs, references, inspiration, all of it. Lay it out on a canvas and just look at everything together. Then, bit by bit,

A few years ago, much was made of the fact that the novelist Sally Rooney had no Twitter account—this must explain her prolific output. But the logic is back to front: it’s only top-selling authors who can afford to forgo social media. Call it Deactivation Privilege. Following

Tomorrow is the end of a month without Infinity Wells. Well, not entirely. I cheated. I downloaded Stardew Valley on my iPad mini, one of the best games I’ve ever played. I allowed myself to play it in the evenings and sometimes afternoons. That mostly worked since I was

Years ago, I started designing websites, flyers, business cards, logos, t-shirts, and just about anything you can imagine. It was a lot of fun, and I had opportunity after opportunity to stretch myself and grow. My process evolved over time. I kept experimenting, learning from others, and generally just

Anticipation is powerful. We wait for things. For our whole lives, we go from doing something to waiting on something else. It’s neither good nor bad, but neutral. How we react to the wait is up to us. Recently, I sat in a lobby waiting for someone. I was