Leaders, stop giving permission
Instead, build an environment where they actively take responsibility. Many books about management and countless leadership coaches exhort us to “give people permission to act”…
I design Design teams. I lead teams at the intersection of strategy & design. I start fires (the good kind). 🔥
Questions for my new boss
For the vast majority of us, new bosses come along every so often. Maybe we move to a new team within a company, or we’re…
Why I ignore concept work in a designer’s portfolio
Let’s start with a pretty straightforward analogy… In 2007, Chevrolet showed off their concept car for a new hybrid—the Chevy Volt. Chevy Volt concept car…
Why are companies scared of “junior” people?
A little while back, I was asked this question by someone looking for their first design job: “why do companies fear hiring “junior” people?” Oof.…
New designers: here’s what you can do to stand out
If you’re new to the field of design, you’re in an interesting spot - you’re excited, bursting with energy and passion, but you’ve hit a…
Office hours: the powerful design tool you aren’t using (yet)
Make your team available so you improve your work, build connections and extend your influence. One of the practices that our Design team has put…
Interviewing – Up, Down & All Around
How I interview people for my team, peers in other teams and my potential boss Hiring is the manager’s most important responsibility. The results of…
“You Don’t Have the Experience for this Role…Let’s Talk!”
Embracing Junior Designers Who Apply for Roles that Require Experience Hiring designers (or developers) here in Austin is a paradoxical combo of too many and…
What it Means to be “Senior”
Bear with me as this is the first time I’ve put my thoughts on this topic in writing. I expect I’ll iterate the content of…
The Branching Career Path
Too many great designers and developers become mediocre (if not terrible) managers as there’s no other visible path forward. It’s an inexcusable failure of our…
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The PM Career Ladder: Your Unofficial Guide »
A great summary that matches my perspective and the structures that I implement for Product teams.
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Gling AI »
An AI/ML tool to remove unwanted silences and bad takes from videos.
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JSON Crack – Crack your data into pieces »
Visualize JSON data in graphs
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Rotato »
Create 3D mockup images and movies in minutes
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The Product Lexicon (v2) »
Handy set of definitions for common terms in Product Management.
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Miller »
“a command-line tool for querying, shaping, and reformatting data files in various formats including CSV, TSV, JSON, and JSON Lines.”
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exa · a modern replacement for ls »
“an improved file lister with more features and better defaults. It uses colours to distinguish file types and metadata. It knows about symlinks, extended attributes, and Git. And it’s small, fast, and just one single binary.” Via @april@macaw.social
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Elgon Financial Advisors »
Financial Planning For Professionals and Foreign-Born Families
