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A few weeks ago I shared why I write. The heart of it is sometimes I write what I wish I could read. So many of us have a thirst to learn, an undying curiosity. While you may find that starts to take the edge off of your curiosity, more
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Yesterday a story running around caught my attention. In the beta version of iOS 13 FaceTime is doing something pretty unique for iPhone XS and iPhone XR users. Normally, if you make a FaceTime call, and are looking at the screen to watch the person you're calling, it
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There's a movie that came out a few years ago starring Eddie Murphy. In it he could only speak 1,000 words, and if he went over that amount something bad would happen. That's all I know, I never saw the movie. Some days I feel
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The above sketch is from my work on the product filter blocks for WooCommerce. For the past three months I've been working at Automattic as a Product Designer with the WooCommerce team. The first few weeks were Support Rotation, followed by onboarding, and then jumping into some smaller
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Over the years I've had various motivations for writing on this site. Recently the main reason has been because I have something I want to get out of my system. Writing can be for others to read, but it can also be for me to process how I&
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As a post-apocalyptic story, this film explores themes that dig into what it means to be human, and how humanity affects the world around us; all this against a backdrop that isn’t the exact world we live in, but something similar. I Am Mother begins with a brief
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I’m too closely intwined with my digital life. I have a problem. At times it holds my attention more than my real life, and some days it’s hard to tell the two apart. Technology has been wonderful for me. As a teenager, with unknown prospects for where I
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Recently I did an illustration for Jonathan Wold for an article he wrote on his site. In this post I wanted to share a bit of the process, and hopefully inspire others with how messy it can be to get from the beginning to the end. We've worked
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For traveling If I'm working at a coffee shop for the day (I like to do that 1-2 days/week, even though I work from home), or if I'm on a trip, I'll likely bring some combination of the following. * Backpack - My current
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Or, another title could be, my quest for my perfect backpack. For quite a few years I've tried backpacks of all types. It's a funny hobby for me to research different backpacks and see what makes the most sense for me. I wrote previously about a
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I'm just a few weeks into a new job, and I have a few observations I want to share. I've been inspired by a new book, It Doesn't Have to be Crazy at Work. This book, combined with Deep Work, has encouraged me to
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Tomorrow I'll be starting a new job at Automattic as a Product Designer. I'm both excited and reflective as I think about what's ahead in 2019 and beyond. For the past 3 1/2 years I've worked full-time at XWP. I