How to Think About Your Career

If you had asked 22-year-old me what my “career aspirations” were, I would have looked at you blankly and…

Unintuitive Things I’ve Learned about Management (Part 1)

Unintuitive Lessons on Being a Designer

I sometimes joke that everything I have ever learned about design, I learned from my first…

Metrics Versus Experience

Some decades ago, if you wanted to build a great experience, you’d take a deep breath, close your eyes, and…

Unintuitive Things I’ve Learned about Management (Part 2)

The Sanctity of Your Calendar

I am currently on parental leave, so these days I wake up to the freedom of an empty calendar that’s ready…

Why Design

The best presents I received growing up came from my uncle who lived in Japan.

What You See is What You Use

A few summers ago, I had the opportunity to live in two separate units of a loft building in San Francisco.

Creative Confidence

Recently, someone I was interviewing asked me what I looked for in the perfect maker.