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Writing
Writing down an idea is a way to gather your thoughts and think through a problem. It's also a way to decompress after a long day. I've found over the years that I need to get out what I'm thinking in some form. Sometimes
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Working with people
You run into an interesting situation the moment you introduce more than one person into a project. Whereas at the start a project may have been from the mind of just one, now you have a few folks weighing in. At this point multiple opinions enter into a discussion, and
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Two sides
There are times when you're presented with two opposing views. Surely two sides of something can't both be correct at the same time, right? Life usually isn't black and white on everything. If you're trying to figure out the best way forward
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What do you do with the insanity?
Five projects are due next week. You're a blocker for two teams across four of those projects. You need to hire three new team members to handle all the work going on, but you have no time to find that hire. What do you do? You could work
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Getting away
On Friday I stepped away from work. Lots going on, but I had done what I could to get things in place for Monday. And with that, for the most part I was off until Monday morning. On Saturday our family spent some time in the afternoon hiking with friends
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Stay low fidelity
If you've ever try to build something, at some point you'll need to figure out what it should look like. As a result you'll probably turn to creating a wireframe or prototype. That's a good thing. Try to get it into a
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Fear from too much
There are times where we may feel that we have a bit too much going on. That might mean having a bunch of unactioned emails, unmarked todo list items, unread Slack messages (marked that way after taking a peak), or handful of text docs floating around. At these times it&
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Having a good day
Sometimes there are days where you've done it. You accomplished a herculean task. You got all the way through and by applying every last bit of energy you pulled off the impossible. Days like that are magical, and unfortunately, can be rare. If you've reached that
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Paired designing
Over the past few weeks I've been working with our team on several design related projects. Since we're all remote, and only get a few opportunities a year to spend time in the same room, we need to find a way to work in collaboration. While
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Doing too much
It's a bit of a circular game. You're available to do stuff, so you say yes, and yes, and yes some more. Then pretty soon you've taken on too much, and things start to slip. At first it's just a little, barely
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Be kind to yourself
You're generous, understanding, and forgiving of your best friends. You understand when they mess up and aren't able to meet everything they thought they could. You're there for everyone else, you're making a difference for others, giving consideration for when things just
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The Best iPad Pro Drawing App
Updated June 6, 2018 TL;DR: Paper 53 is the best all around drawing app for sketching, illustration, and wireframing. ——- Pen and paper offer endless opportunities to create anything your mind can imagine. Throughout my life I've always been drawing. This led into a career in design and