Design

Anticipating User Needs: Creating Software for Humans

User Research as Failure: Fighting your Impulses for the Greater Good

Every time I ‘get out of the building’ to conduct some user research, I find myself fighting against one of my most deeply ingrained impulses as a designer. I got into this field to try to create things that…

Reflecting on 14 Weeks of Full Time School & Work

This fall I enrolled in Kent State University’s graduate program in User Experience Design on top of my full time UX job. It’s been a positive and challenging experience to become a remote full-time student “in Ohio” while physically working…

Demystifying User Research: The Three Tiers of Design ‘Goodness’

User research is lauded as the holy grail of good product design by UXers all over the world. However, when timelines get cut short and budgets dry up, it’s usually one of the first parts of the process to get the boot.

The Slash Between UX and UI

The term “UX/UI” is everywhere. It’s in front of job descriptions, titles, vaguely defined tasks in a backlog, and even in little notes in margins.

Wherever it appears, it seems to carry a sort of mysterious aura. What does it refer to? Some sort of…

One Month In

I started a two-month-long residency at Goodyear Arts on July 1st. When I told people about it, they’d say some variation of, “oh, I didn’t know you were an artist.” And then they’d ask, “so what are you going to be making?”