Babblings
This personal blog is a portal through which I do my best deep soul snorkeling, about design to relationships, to life.
Everyone is talking about autonomous cars. Whether is urbanists talking about how streets will change, to our grandmas thinking about how they can get rid of their cars, it’s a phenomenon that is going …
Before the year started, a friend and I spent some time mapping out each month to help me create a plan of action around my future. I was on the verge of (slash in …
I recently went to a client meeting "unsupervised" and was astounded at the amount of anxiety I felt. While I've gone to many a customer meeting, this was my first time not being accompanied …
I created this for Dan Boyarski, one of my amazing professors I had a chance to take a class in my time at Carnegie Mellon University. Dan is officially retiring this year (he's been …
In my recent work, I've been thinking about what it means to be a product designer. Of course, I have to provide Wikipedia's definition first: Product design as a verb is to create a …
At the end of last year (2015), I made a personal promise to myself to dwell in the happy moments. As a designer who is paid to be critical at work, I could see …
A friend once wrote a little bit about how he goes home every 4 to 6 weeks to see his parents and feel grounded. I had a chance to do that recently, but in a …
It's been a year with lots of ups and downs and ins and outs. I started a new job, moved to a new place, and spent a lot of time traveling. The year started …
I’ve recently been listening to a lot of podcast episodes of Hidden Brain and Invisibilia. The concept of empathy has come up multiple times in the context of the social science research that is …
Almost a year ago (11 months to be exact) I started at GE Digital as a User Experience Designer as part of the UXLP (User Experience Leadership Program). Just a little over two weeks …
I acknowledge and pay respect to the Traditional Custodians on whose land I live, play, and work. I pay my deepest respects to all Indigenous Elders past, present and emerging.
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