Category Archives: personal

Time for something new — but what?

10 Mar 2011 – 9:56

It’s with mixed emotions that I’m announcing my departure from the startup I’ve been working at since last August. I’m going to keep this post brief and follow up with a longer, more thoughtful post on why I left after the SxSW craze dies down. In short, my startup was no longer a place where [...]

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Using design for social good

28 Jan 2011 – 10:43

I’m in Chicago this weekend to participate in a pretty cool design event: it’s called UX for Good (hashtag: #uxxu) The premise behind it is that we (designers) can apply our skills to actual, real-world social problems like unemployment, urban violence, public education, community mental health, and cross-cultural understanding. User experience and visual designers are [...]

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Themeword for 2011: “fitness”

16 Jan 2011 – 20:40

My #themeword for 2011 is fitness. In fact, it’s Chris’ themeword too! I decided that fitness would be a good themeword for me as I was walking into work one day in early January. Of course I need to focus and work hard this year (especially being at an early stage startup without a lot [...]

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Please tell Congress to renew the flood insurance program

8 Apr 2010 – 17:40

This is a quick plea for your help and attention. My sister and her husband — first time homebuyers — are on the brink of losing the house they have a winning bid on and are totally on track to close on April 14. EXCEPT that they cannot get the flood insurance they need for the loan [...]

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Bodystorming privacy at OverlapSF

6 Apr 2010 – 19:42

We had a great bodystorming session at Hot Studio last night. Dennis Schleicher Skyped in for the whole thing from Chicago and led the introduction and warm-up exercises! Our topic dealt with privacy issues in 2019 when we may, theoretically, have some device hanging behind our ears — or someplace discrete — that reads our [...]

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