A couple of weeks ago, before the holiday shopping season officially began, I did some shopping at the Mall of America and noticed how the parking experience improved since my last visit. In my opinion, parking is pretty straightforward and …
Design Reflections
Personal opinions about UX and design and what I feel passionately about.
Why do I paint?
It's not quite over just yet, but as plein air painting season comes to an end, I'll be working on studio paintings during the next few months. It's been great getting out and practicing in the wild. I've been doing plein air painting for just over a …
Speaking Event – GDI Minneapolis August Meetup
Speaking about style guides I had the opportunity to speak at the Girl Develop It Minneapolis Chapter Monthly Meetup. It's been awhile since I've done a presentation and I was a bid nervous since I did not know if the audience would be interested …
Design crash and treatment
Recently, I think I was on the verge of a design crash. As designers, we take a lot of crap. Other industries do too, so this isn't completely exclusive to design. Restaurant servers, retail employees, nurses, and many other occupations are very …
Design portfolio reflections
My website redesign was extremely long overdue, it's almost embarrassing that I let it go this long. I could give a long list of excuses as to why but the important thing is that it is better than the last version. Continuous improvement, right? As …
