Posts from 2012

To me, Twitter is more than just a technology company. It’s a company that is shaping global culture; but one that also appreciates the ethical implications of its work. In short, it’s an irresistible opportunity.

Last year, the UX uniform I’d worn for a decade started to feel like a straightjacket. I wasn’t learning as rapidly as I once did, and my work had plateaued.

I was going to write a long post, but I think this diagram suffices.

I still love what I do. But on days like today, when I’m woozy and tired, it gets too much.

I can’t remember my exact words – I’m rushing this post out over lunch – but let me give some context, so you can judge for yourself whether it was as dumb as it sounds.

Sure, sometimes great design is invisible. But sometimes great design is violent, original, startling.

It’s easy to dismiss Instagram as a lomo-hipster triviality, but over the last few weeks I’ve come to think of it as perhaps the most interesting social software around.

I’ve contributed two pieces to Issue 2 of The Manual, a book on the craft of web design, alongside the remarkable Josh Brewer, Alex Charchar, Mark Boulton, Karen McGrane, and Trent Walton. From the editing to production and the custom illustrations, it’s a quality publication, and a rare chance to absorb new ideas away from [...]