• Make Time to Play: How Breaks, Hobbies, and Boredom Can Improve Creativity

  July 27, 2019 — Our brains are amazing, but they're not wired to work constantly. Explore a few ways to take breaks and become more creative.

• Automation for Designers: Starting with Email, Photoshop, and Sketch

  June 27, 2019 — Want to get started with automation? Look no further than some of the tools you may already have, like email, Photoshop, and Sketch.

• How to Build a Handy Portfolio Filter

  June 12, 2019 — When I recently refreshed my portfolio, I built a handy filter for showing projects by the role I played on them. Here’s how I built it.

• Automation for Designers: An Introduction

  May 29, 2019 — Some people paint automation as the ender of industries. With thoughtful application, automation can be more of a boon than a bane for designers.

• Nice Touch: Sharing Podcast Clips in Overcast

  May 22, 2019 — Overcast introduced a new feature for listeners to share short clips. It’s a brilliant example of great glue between a product and other tools.

• Organizing Design Work for Your Team (and Your Future Self)

  March 11, 2019 — Are creativity and organization really at odds? A touch of thoughtful organization can help you collaborate and communicate better.

• Telling Stories: Using Scenarios to Visualize Better Experiences

  August 27, 2018 — Great stories pull our readers into the experience and help them envision a world we create. So why not use stories to inform better design?

• Designing for Accessibility: Forms & Input

  April 3, 2018 — Forms are the primary method that users interact with our products. More accessible forms mean more people can use our products more easily. So let’s get started!

• Designing for Accessibility: Navigation & Interaction

  March 29, 2018 — What’s truly amazing about the web are the links and other elements that allow users to navigate and interact. How can we make it easier for all users to get around?

• Designing for Accessibility: Content & Context

  March 27, 2018 — If content is king, then accessible content is a wise and benevolent ruler. Explore how to make your content more accessible to people.

• Designing for Accessibility: Color & Contrast

  March 24, 2018 — Color plays a big role in the personality of many products. Without proper testing and consideration, though, those beautifully crafted palettes may be completely meaningless to some people.

• Designing for Accessibility: An Introduction

  March 24, 2018 — Designing for accessibility doesn't have to be an add-on feature. By designing for accessibility from the start, you can create more usable products for everyone in the end.

• The Question Block: Level Up with Better Questions

  February 17, 2018 — While playing a game of Mario, I learned a thing or two about framing better questions from those iconic question blocks our intrepid hero loves to bash.

• Symbolizing Diversity: Creating Inclusive Illustrations in Sketch

  February 12, 2018 — It turns out you can use nested symbols in Sketch for more than just reusable UI components. Follow along on my journey toward creating reusable, inclusive illustrations.

• The Broken Comb: Learning To Be a Multi-Skilled Designer

  December 16, 2017 — If you’re not learning, you’re stagnating. Not every designer needs to learn to code, but they should learn beyond their core specialty.

• 23 Unique Gifts for Designers

  December 7, 2017 — Getting the right gift for your favorite designer (or yourself) can be a challenge sometimes. Here's a delightful selection of choices that will impress even the pickiest recipient.

• The Hidden Complexity of “Just”

  November 17, 2017 — Designers often see the world as a series of problems waiting to be solved. If we’re not careful, though, we may over-simplify problems to justify our solutions.

• Designing Glue: How to Mind the Gap

  October 17, 2017 — All too often, product designers focus on features within a product itself. But users rarely use products in a silo. How can you design for the gaps between different products?

• Nice Touch: Marginal Fixes Can Help Others Too

  September 20, 2017 — It is a noble goal to help those who need an extra hand. You may be surprised how many people you can help just by making a little extra effort.

• The Ultimate Guide to Sketch Symbols

  September 11, 2017 — A great symbol library can drastically improve your workflow. Learn how to create intuitive, flexible symbols, organize and document symbol libraries, and share them with your team.

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