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Tech buzzwords are so snazzy! Move fast and break things, machine learning, internet of things, big data, blockchain, pivot to video! All of them a...
June 12, 2025Tech buzzwords are so snazzy! Move fast and break things, machine learning, internet of things, big data, blockchain, pivot to video! All of them a...
June 12, 2025Let me paint a picture for you. A team is well into the inner depths of a project. The large brush strokes of the concept have been put down, an el...
June 18, 2024Another year, another list of new design rules we must follow. Sigh.
December 14, 2020Testing potential candidates sounds like one of those fun ideas a designer came up with while slamming work beers. But it isn’t. File it away with ...
September 11, 2020Please consider the following resumes for future employment at your tech company
July 31, 2020Jared Spool, is a professional designer who has made a living designing software and running workshops where he teaches design thinking. I like Jar...
September 10, 2019Online dating is by and large a mess. For all intents and purposes, it’s a blind date. Sure you can see what they look like, where they went to sch...
February 15, 2019I downloaded the Android 9 update and realized fairly quickly that it kinda sucks. Longtime, loyal Google fans like me might be starting to wonder ...
August 28, 2018Adobe approaches design the way Stephen Miller approaches D. C. area prostitutes, with insidious rage and murderous intent.
June 22, 2018I walked into an Apple store several weeks ago because I was bored and I’ve been coveting a MacBook Pro for awhile (as my boss damn well knows). I’...
April 26, 2018What happened to whimsy & delight?
April 25, 2018A critique of the brutalist design trend in web design
October 23, 2017On the Google memo and tech culture
October 10, 2017Learning to give actionable design feedback
November 02, 2016Learning to code and finding satisfaction in the struggle
December 04, 2015An infographic guide to sketching for digital designers
August 19, 2015What criminals can teach us about design thinking
February 07, 2014