I’m taking a bit of a break from my typical content to hopefully help some English-speaking folks with their travels in Japan. Note that I cannot take responsibility if this guide doesn’t work for you, if you lose your luggage doing this, or if the content in this post becomes…

Our friends in Europe and Asia have been doing it right for decades. In silence, without so much as a whisper, our cousins across the pond have been using a bidet as part of their daily bathroom routine. “Ew, gross, are we really about to talk about bodily functions?” Yes…

I’m learning to code (#2) — Quantity leads to quality This story is part of a series on my experience learning to code at Recurse Center. Go here to start reading from the…medium.com This story is part of a series on my experience learning to code at Recurse Center. Go here to start reading from the very beginning. I’m four weeks into Recurse now, and here’s how I’ve been faring. Longing for frameworks

I’m learning to code (#1)—Introduction The last few years have been non-stop. I guess that’s a given, seeing as that’s how time seems to work. But my story…medium.com This story is part of a series on my experience learning to code at Recurse Center. Go here to start reading from the very beginning. Week one has come to an end and it’s time for me to look back at the work I’ve done so far at the Recurse…

The last few years have been non-stop. I guess that’s a given, seeing as that’s how time seems to work. But my story was basically college to work to grad school to work to work to work. So right now, life looks a bit different. I just started my first…

Monday morning. November 21, 2016. 6:00 am EST. New York City wakes up to a new shop right off of Fifth Avenue, built without the public having any idea.

Finance is ripe with UX design opportunities. The possibilities are simply lost in confusing language, lots of numbers, and dense charts on screens. For the past four years I’ve been designing software for investment banks. …

Guiding conversations, tracking points, and reacting to users were all part of the process. — This past weekend, my friends and I released Emoji Salad as part of the first annual Emojicon. Emoji Salad is an SMS-based chatbot game, which allows you and your friends to play a Pictionary-style game using emoji. If you haven’t checked it out, please check it out here. Designing Emojibot…

I love design and hip hop — I’m really happy to be able to write about these two worlds of mine colliding. As most of the world knows by now, Kanye West has released his latest album The Life of Pablo to the world. …