Professional Warning People
There are professional Cassandras out there and their curse isn't coming from Apollo this time — but…
June 15, 2021
5 min
Published by Author 54
Software Designer and Researcher
I'm a product consultant and design technologist.
I build my own independent products like Knowsi and StupidFits, and consult with big enterprises on building useful things internally.
I've worked at IDEO and the US Digital Service, and have gone deep with clients like IKEA, Planned Parenthood, and CIID.
I've been an entrepreneur, an artist, a designer at IDEO, a digital service expert at the Pentagon, and a think tank fellow. Right now, I'm trying to build something a little different: slowly, sustainably, and consciously.
Breathing In and Out, or Two Approaches to Design Research
Like our bodies need oxygen, our businesses need a constant supply of knowledge and understanding to…
June 09, 2021
5 min
Craft, Catalyst, and Expertise
It’s really hard to understand the value of expertise in a discipline from the outside. Or put…
May 24, 2021
5 min
Covid Anxiety: A Foresight Game
(Originally written March 23, 2020) Why is it that we can see something coming and still not prepare…
May 16, 2021
7 min
Legibility in Design
Design is a weird drug, and at least in the software world, we’re collectively high. Since I got…
May 09, 2021
4 min
Hidden in the Shallows
The zombie genre is a compelling lens on the world despite its bleak premise. The dead rise and…
May 02, 2021
3 min
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