Hey fam! It’s that time of year, AKA the end of it ;) Last year I wrote my first year in review and I wanted to continue the tradition this year. The goals I had stated last year were follows: In 2018, I hope to: Speak more, hopefully at at…

This is a repost of an article written for The Pastry Box. One of the skills that I’ve found most useful in my career thus far is pattern recognition. The beauty of pattern recognition is that once you’ve cultivated the skill, you can glean insights from almost anywhere, even from…

We make decisions and tradeoffs at every turn, and it’s up to us to be mindful of them. — This is a repost of an article written for The Pastry Box. When I was given the opportunity to write for The Pastry Box, the first thing I did was get really freaking excited. The second thing I did is what I normally do when I embark on a new…

What’s up, 2018? I see you. Get over here: I’m ready for you. I had a pretty freaking good 2017, if I do say so myself! It wasn’t all unicorns and cupcakes, but I: left LinkedIn where I was a UI engineer, and got a new job at Adobe where…

Have you all heard of this cool new thing called design systems? They’re popping up everywhere. They’re not really new, but more of a distillation of a lot of things we’ve been starting to do for a long time now. They help us with creating consistency, productivity, and creating better…