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In Sense-Making theory, identity is a central priority. It assumes that who people think they are shapes their behaviors (how they enact and interpret events). I am an information architect; I have...
View ArticlePriorities, Failure and Follow-Through
I have joined a new company in the past six months and have the great pleasure and opportunity to bring together a few different teams to make up an experience design practice of 40 people tasked with...
View ArticleCome work with me
I am looking for the right person join my team as Director of User Experience Design. I am in the process of creating one integrated multi-disciplinary experience design practice (the organization used...
View ArticleBeing new at something feels worse as you get older
When I was younger I was incredibly hungry to learn. This is still my self-image: an open, questioning and willing woman who thirsts for knowledge. I have, however, noticed that while I feel this way...
View ArticleWork through problems not around them
Humans are lazy. I tried to find a reference to this commonly thrown around phrase and could not find anything reliable. So I looked for the definition of laziness and loved coming across...
View ArticleFully engage or get out of the way
In my previous post I talked about how I choose to work through problems not around them. It summarizes my overall mindset towards life and helps me deal with my procrastinatory tendencies. This belief...
View ArticleYou are not a storyteller
I love this so much. I’m fatigued by people’s insistence in having conceptual crutches that have nothing to do with what they actually do. You are not a storyteller – Stefan Sagmeister @ FITC from FITC...
View ArticleResponsive versus Adaptive is not a thing
I wrote about the reasons why we talk past each other when mixing up issues of Responsive Web Design and Adaptive Content: Responsive versus Adaptive is not a thing
View ArticleResponsive Web Design Podcast
I talked to Ethan Marcote and Karen McGrane about the work Marriott has done to make its websites responsive. It was great fun. I learned that I say et cetera a lot. Responsive Web Design podcast...
View Article2015 Knight-Mozilla Fellowship
Next year I will be a fellow in the Knight-Mozilla Fellowship program run by OpenNews, where I will work with the NPR Visuals team, making fantastic things that help empower people with tools and...
View ArticleGetting Organized To Get Things Done
As I begin my 10-month adventure as a Knight-Mozilla Fellow, this seems like a good moment to re-evaluate how I’m managing my time, commitments and workflow. I expect I’ll have to make a lot of changes...
View ArticleConcept Modeling is Hard
Concept Modeling is a method used to visually express understanding. It forces the author to indicate the explicit relationships between the concepts that make up a domain. I became interested in this...
View ArticleSo you think you can dance
You made it. You are a Knight-Mozilla fellow. You are past all the self-inflicted anxiety of applying, interviewing and getting in and you are ready to start this thing. Now what? Or you are...
View ArticleIntroducing Lunchbox
I’m happy to share the launch of Lunchbox, a suite of tools to create images for social media sharing. The app combines a few tools created for newsrooms to share the links in social media with...
View ArticleSustainable file system hygiene
“Does anyone have good tips/tricks for file structures? I keep losing track of my projects.” I hear this question or a variation of it frequently. Just got asked today during a skill share session I...
View ArticleIntroducing Carebot
You may have heard about Carebot in the media and you may have talked to us about the technical aspects of what it could be, so here is a quick update about what Carebot is today and where things...
View ArticlePlanning is imagination and preparation
Yesterday I had a phone interview with Peter Morville who is writing a book about planning. We talked about planning, career and some of the things I’ve noticed so far living in Rwanda. The interview...
View ArticleSowing the seeds of OKRs
I recently wrote about my experience trying out personal Objectives & Key Results so help me make an old dream happen. Read on Medium.
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