Mar 23, 2020Virtual Workshop Facilitation: An Evolving GuideFor reasons beyond anyone’s control, many of us are finding ourselves faced with the prospect of working from home and feeling somewhat ill-prepared to do so. While some aspects of remote work are commonplace in many digital product teams — virtual standups, Slack channels, Google Hangouts — working from home…Facilitation5 min read
Nov 19, 2019Mental health hack ft. Gmail: Alleviating burnout in othersIn April this year, Google introduced a feature allowing you to schedule your emails in Gmail to be sent at a later date and time. Google explained how the feature would allow emails “to be sent at a more appropriate date or time… allowing you to work across time-zones while…Email2 min read
Jul 19, 2016A good startAmongst everything that we have learnt during our first 12 months as Velvet Onion, the importance of kicking off a project the right way stands out as one of — if not the — most important indicators of a successful product. A well facilitated project kickoff brings the project team…UX3 min read
Nov 29, 2015What’s wrong with “Experience Design”There are so many different words used to describe what we do. User Experience Design (UX or UXD or UED or XD), User Interface Design (UI), Customer Experience Design (CX), Interaction Design, Product Design, Service Design — the list goes on. …UX3 min read
Apr 10, 2015Why I’m excited about the Apple WatchThe Apple Watch has the potential to be a breakthrough mainstream success. Or not. But that’s not why I’m excited. Like many, I’ve spent the weeks since Apple’s Spring Forward media event avoiding the deluge of conflicting reviews, opinion pieces, and predictions of the impending success or failure of the…Apple Watch3 min read
