Removing the Marketplace

What portions of your privacy are you willing to trade in order to use the Web? Here, on this site, you don't have to trade anything.

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Design Week at Michigan House

Michigan House hosted a panel on the value of design during Design Week. I chimed in. :)

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Design as a Team Sport

Design is a team sport that takes both designers and developers. Here are 4 practices that will help you leverage the dynamics between designers and developers.

leadership • Article

6 Lessons Cancer Taught Me that You Should Learn

Cancer, as destructive as it is, has, in many ways, been a good teacher. Here are a few of the life and leadership lessons I’m learning along the way.

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Simply Flat

Flat design has become the status quo, but why? What are the driving cultural reasons behind this trend and what can we learn from it?

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Familiarity Breeds Simplicity

Elegance lives on a spectrum between simplicity and clarity; as a result, elegance is a moving target. As familiarity grows, elegance drifts.

leadership • Article

Managing The Partnership Spectrum

A diversified portfolio consists of transactional and strategic work. Knowing how to balance your portfolio can have a direct impact on the bottom line.

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Critical by Nature and How to Stop

Let's face it, designers can be pretty critical if we're not careful. Use these 2 tips to help you avoid these 3 blind spots.

leadership • Article

Dangers of Success

Success isn't always a friend to growth. Keep these 3 gotchas in mind to make sure you don't get caught by your own success.

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Rethinking the Wireframe

Wireframes are fundamentally an alignment and learning tool. Iterating should contribute to both aspects, and when they don't, you might be wasting time.