This is an abbreviated version of a talk I gave at SF Design week 2021. What’s the responsibility of a product designer once figma/sketch is closed. What are we doing What do designers do once designing is done? Once Figma or sketch is closed, a handoff to engineers is complete, what does a designer's…

Best practices for designing dark mode versions for applications using the RaiseMe iOS app as a case study. In 2019, chances are high your favorite app has a dark mode feature. With the introduction of iOS 13, this became the standard for many apps. Prior to this year, this…

How design changed in the past ten years from 2010–2020. From Job titles to data usage, Figma vs. Sketch and everything in between. Your favs and hates. — With the turn of the decade here it’s only fitting that as the design community, we take stock of the last ten years and judge our missteps and triumphs. The craft and the industry have changed so much they have become unrecognizable. Terms like swipe right did not exist, Steve…

You might be asking yourself: Why would anyone do this? In the world of endless podcasts and the need for constant escape from Trump tweets, why would someone ever subject themselves to a month without headphones? I calculated that any given day I had my headphones in 40% of the…

Banks are like libraries to millennials, they know what it’s function is, and that it was useful at one point, but it no longer fits into their everyday lives. Any fin-tech company can undercut a bank by coming in with a user-centric UI and features that banks should have introduced…

The goal is to look back on this post 9 months from now and feel a sense of accomplishment, joy and growth about how far I’ve come as a person and how well my thesis idea developed. …

Introduction Back in January, in my spring semester, my Fundamentals of UX class was tasked with discovering a way for the New York Times to attract a younger demographic of users. We were given a variety of buckets to choose from: subscription models to new content avenues to storytelling. Given the…

It is well documented in medieval times the best swordsman would often spar with a swordsmen of similar rank. Steel sharpens steel. A graduate program is not quite the grounds for sparring but it requires the same effort necessary for learning, discipline and developing a skill. For me this hasn’t…

Here lies some musings I’ve been mulling over in the middle of my live kickstarter campaign for a pop up art gallery for those affected by homelessness or blindness.We’re almost halfway there with 4 days to go. Support if you can, we could use your help. …