Editor’s note: I wrote this in either March or April of 2019, I reckon, and recently found it languishing in…
Tag: productivity
Learn thinky things
Folks seem to like my latest bit of advice for aspiring designers: Learn Thinky Things. I coined this advice (with…
Seven lessons from publishing 100 issues of a weekly UX newsletter
This excerpt originally appeared as part of Issue 100 of the UX Writing Events newsletter on September 12, 2022. Would…
Oh, to be unreachable
I would have a healthier relationship with technology and social media — and be healthier in general — if it…
Give him some room
When it comes to maintaining a productive, creatively fulfilling life, the simple answers are terribly alluring. I’ve swooned to the…
Conceptual debt is killing your design process
Conceptual debt accrues when we take shortcuts in developing the foundational concepts behind our products.
The effortful way
Job one is doing the job.
How do you estimate the time needed for doing the writing?
The project managers turns to you and asks: “How long is it going to take to write this?” Hoo boy. It’s time to proceed very, very carefully.
Nothing unfamiliar (Tools I used to write a book)
My book advises designers to be intentional about the tools they choose and use to do the writing on their…
Long paragraphs
“So often the long paragraphs I write in life are responses to Facebook posts, or reply letters to someone, or…