March 14, 2022 2022-TechTrends-SXSW Some SXSW swag. Amy Webb returned to SXSW to present her annual tech trends report. Inspiring, terrifying, important, fantastic. And it’s open source. TL;DR When you have time for some deep dives.
March 4, 2022 Monica Lewinsky: Why Wordle Is Our New Favorite Thing to Do in Bed in the Morning “…it’s the ultimate anti-binge entertainment option.”
February 15, 2022 Why do we round corners “Rounded corners make effective content containers… because the rounded corners point inward… This puts the focus on the contents…”
February 11, 2022 Lisa Fagin Davis on Twitter “Well, you asked for it, so here it is: a brief history of the mighty ampersand!”
January 28, 2022 Other Uses for the New York Times’ COVID-Cases Chart “Number of questions I have about The Matrix movies…”
January 25, 2022 Say Goodbye to Your Manager “…the Peter principle, a management concept developed by Laurence J. Peter in the late ’60s that posits that a person who’s good at their job in a hierarchical organization will invariably be promoted to a position that requires different skills…”
January 21, 2022 Punitive Grading Policies Don’t Teach Kids to Act Responsibly. – Building Confident Learners “How do I know? Because I used to breathe fire about due dates, too. Would give kids a ton of penalties for missing work… It didn’t phase the kids who struggled with work completion one bit.”
January 18, 2022 A Missouri county’s ‘cluttered’ seal was ridiculed online. It prompted a global search for a replacement. “Find a good designer. Work with them,” Adams said. Seals are long-lasting and appear on official documents, he said, and skill should go into their designs.”
January 14, 2022 A quick note on masks and CDC guidance… I think trying a red-amber-green color scale would look great as another design option.
December 28, 2021 10 lessons in productivity and brainstorming from The Beatles “They don’t judge the idea, they judge execution. This is a very important distinction that’s the core of the Double Diamond design process.”