How HCI and Design Educators Can Future-Proof Their StudentsThe future of design is already here and it’s partially automated.May 29May 29
Whether WireframesIt’s always good to question dogma, especially when you’re teaching it. One of the classes I teach is Interaction Design Fundamentals, and…Sep 17, 2024Sep 17, 2024
Design Strategy for Design PortfoliosI hired designers for fifteen years, so I’ve probably seen thousands of portfolios, many of them pretty awful. This isn’t necessarily the…Jul 13, 2023A response icon10Jul 13, 2023A response icon10
Notes on Donald Shön’s The Reflective PractitionerDonald Schön’s The Reflective Practitioner: How Professionals Think in Action has so much to say (indirectly) about design and what it…Jul 7, 2023A response icon1Jul 7, 2023A response icon1
Create More Value Than You TakeOver the last decade, the tech industry has seen a shift towards prioritizing value extraction over value creation. Companies are…Apr 19, 2023A response icon10Apr 19, 2023A response icon10
Reconfiguring “Reconfiguring the Value Space”In 2001, the late management consultant guru Richard Normann, best known for creating the idea of corporate “missions” in the 1970s, wrote…Jan 30, 2023A response icon2Jan 30, 2023A response icon2
My Favorite Design Articles of 2021The 100 Best Pens, As Tested by Strategist Editors by Karen Iorio Adelson and Lauren RoJan 2, 2022A response icon1Jan 2, 2022A response icon1
2021 BibliographyNot going to lie: Like 2020, 2021 was another terrible year for my reading. Nevertheless, 20 books. Not quite as bad as the (ugh) 10 books…Jan 2, 2022Jan 2, 2022
Why I’m Joining FlipboardSome of you after reading this headline might be like, wait, they’re still around? Others of you, over 100 million of you, are current…Jun 1, 2021A response icon12Jun 1, 2021A response icon12
Lessons from a Job SearchNote: I didn’t really want to write this article, but am doing so at others’ urging hoping it’ll give other job hunters some hope, some…May 19, 2021A response icon23May 19, 2021A response icon23