Case Study: lynnandtonic.com 2017 refresh

Over the past ten years I’ve made ten different versions of my website. I call it my…

Why give a conference talk? But also, why not.

Why do work without a practical purpose?

The first website I ever made was a fansite for a local Phoenix band called 17FourEyes. I was obsessed and compiled everything I knew about them, including transcribing the lyrics to their songs from demos and an eventual EP (I found out later I got a lot…

Simplifying the Talky Ecosystem With React Native

To the thousands of people who made Talky calls on February 14, 2017, Talky didn’t seem much different. There were some icon and button color changes, but nothing to write home about. However, it was a very big day in our world.

What I recently learned about leadership

A few months ago I became a team lead. It was a pretty unexpected role shift. I’d always considered myself more of a worker bee than a leader. When the opportunity was presented to me, I didn’t let the idea sink in very long before I said ‘yes.’ Only I didn’t…

Design for Developers and Where to Start

I talk a lot about designers learning development and in most discussions someone will…

Design for Developers, Part 2: Tool Time

A little while back I got a new bike. I’ve long had the dream of becoming a bike…

On making design decisions

Articulating our decision making is a huge part of our jobs as designers. Every day we should be asking ourselves “Why did I decide to do it this way?” Our coworkers, clients, and users will be asking the same question, so we may as well be prepared.