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Feb 27, 2016

Your commitment to diversity is terrifying

Why this minority prefers to work at small companies — _______________ is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

BlackLivesMatter

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Your commitment to diversity is terrifying
Your commitment to diversity is terrifying
BlackLivesMatter

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Feb 18, 2016

Why it’s important to keep a work journal

Stuff my Momma taught me — My Mom gave me great advice when I began working. Always document your successes (and failures). But did I listen to her? Nope. Creating a portfolio has changed since I started designing. I‘m positive that I can dig up a printed portfolio from when I started from a cardboard box…

Design

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Design

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Jan 26, 2016

Brute force design

Or, “I’ve already tried that.” — This is what my method of design often is called. The first time I heard it, I have to admit, I took offense. I’m used to having my designs critiqued, and debating ideas, but my process? This was a first. It put me in a funk. On my next project…

Design

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Brute force design
Brute force design
Design

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Oct 3, 2014

Tackling UX Interview Homework

A view of the process from research to wireframe — I received my first homework for a UX Design position. The homework that I took on was a dashboard. In hindsight, probably not the best project to take on unless you already have an intimate knowledge of the software you’re building it for or have a very detailed spec sheet to work from. Creating a dashboard with limited information just…

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Tackling UX Interview Homework
Tackling UX Interview Homework

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Apr 9, 2014

Self-hosted blogging is wrong.

Maximizing new blogging platforms to grow an interested audience — Tiffany Warmowski The vast majority of any blogging tips will tell you to start with a platform such as Wordpress, Blogger, Tumblr, yada, yada. It’s wrong. Unless you have a business to attach the blog to, or have an existing audience waiting with baited breath for your next words, you…

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Self-hosted blogging is wrong.
Self-hosted blogging is wrong.

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Apr 2, 2014

Essential trait of a Product Designer

It’s not all about drawing wireframes — Empathy. Yes, empathy! Empathy allows us to relate to others. And for design, to put ourselves in others’ shoes to try to understand how we can make the product we’re working on work for them. …

Design

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Design

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Rashaad

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Product Designer @Slant. Yup.

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