They hold hands as they drift off to sleep—to keep from drifting away, so they won’t be lost in the deep.

When it’s time to get serious about looking for a job you can increase your chances of finding a good job with a little preparation. …

Post-layoff burnout can be a difficult and overwhelming experience. You have to get moving on the next thing, but you also have to deal with being pulled through the wringer. This is an excerpt and update from a longer article, Getting Back on Track: A Guide for Job Seekers After…

Losing a job can be a difficult and stressful experience—not only emotionally but financially as well. However, there are ways to cut costs and make the most of the resources available to you. …

I’m sorry that your job ended. You deserve so much better. It was extra hard right around the holidays and with the new year starting. …

Your Product is one piece of your success—is your product marketing website pulling it’s weight? A UX Audit and 10 key take aways. — I’ve been reviewing a lot of product websites lately. My company recently completed the acquisition of a design firm in Boulder and the merger of two additional firms in Salt Lake City. …

Fine-tune your processes so you can capture more work. Updated July 2021. — Welcome to 2021*. This is going to be your year to make the most of your design business. At least, that’s what we’re going to do at Anchor & Alpine. I want all of us to take this time to get our agencies in order to capture more business from…

Productivity is all about the most efficient use of time in the moment — set up your Apple Watch for the most meaningful displays of time. — Productivity is all about managing time—our most personally important non-renewable resource. No matter what hacks, systems, or beliefs you have about productivity—it’s all about time management. I resisted getting an Apple Watch for several generations, but now I’m a convert and after several experiments, I’ve landed on an ideal configuration…

Risks to watch out for and opportunities to snag — I have the best worst timing. But my long and successful career has been catapulted by that bad timing. In the early 2000s, I graduated college and went looking for my first salaried design job. The dot-com bubble had just burst. There were layoffs everywhere, especially in design. I was…