You can call me Fannie, though I don’t want to define myself by my job, where I live, my age, or my ethnicity. My being is more than a culmination of demographic categories — though demography might help you understand a tiny bit of me. So I guess—I’m a designer, I live in Oakland, 31 y.o., I’m an Asian American, and 👍 is my most used emoji.
See what I did? I added a bit of personality.
I am blogging because I’m fascinated by the world around me and I am excited (and a little nervous) about what the future of the world could be. I’m not a natural leader, so I want to surround myself with great leaders that I can help guide toward the best future for me…I mean the world.
As a self-proclaimed thought leader in this space, this is my first blog.
I’ll be blogging about philosophy, psychology, and sociology, and how design intersects those things. Design is a form of problem solving. For example, language is a product of design that solves for communication. Words are designed so that you and I can read the word “dog” and immediately we’ll both understand that the context is about a four-legged, furry, mammal. Language was designed to solve for a way to communicate efficiently.
Anyway, I digress.
For those who also want an awesome future, I want you to be inspired by this blog. Use it as a tool to make fundamental changes. I want to awaken the leader inside of you and teach you to see design as a starting point, a resource, or a blueprint for your own goals to change the world. Wherein my goal is to help you understand design at its core and realize its potentials to help you define the future. I’ve been told that these ideas sound idealistic and you can call me a dreamer, a romanticist, or a visionary. But it’s probably easiest for you to call me Fannie.

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